KBI 311634 SQL Server Express Running Out Of DB Space Because Of NetFlow

Version

Argent Advanced Technology – All versions

Date

Friday, 16 March 2018

Summary

SQL Server Express has a limitation of 10 GB storage size

If a customer is using a Flow monitoring – such as NetFlow or sFlow — SQL Server Express disk space can often be consumed very quickly and the 10 GB limit reached

This is because of the volume of NetFlow or sFlow data and limitation on SQL Server Express

When running into such an issue, the choices are upgrade SQL Server Express to SQL Server, or turn off Net Flow and sFlow monitoring

Technical Background

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Resolution

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