Data Retention and Database Size Management

The Audit Data Retention documentation may be helpful for very large environments where there is audit and log retention flexibility. For example, some of these tables within the database are sizeable, so if your environment exceeds 50,000+ secrets, it may be a good idea to make some adjustments. Similarly, you could have a smaller environment, say 25,000+ secrets, but if you are using all Secret Server features heavily, adjustment might be helpful.

Deleting the data within here should not substitute for a database maintenance plan and should be only considered complimentary to one. Lastly, individual audit tables, such as the "secret audit", cannot be managed independently outside of this configuration unless adjusting those tables directly within the database. Thus, we do not recommend doing unless under direct instruction of our support or professional services teams.