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Archive Database
The system is preconfigured with an archive database (qadarc). Audit trail data is archived to this database. The archive database is a copy of the database with auditing enabled. No other schema needs to be loaded. There are several reasons for having an archive database:
Audit trail data requirements grow over time, requiring more disk space. Having a separate archive database prevents audit trail data from taking disk space in the application database.
Running audit reports against the application database will impact system performance.
The archive database can be deployed in a flexible way.
The archive database can store audit trail data from different application databases and act as a central reporting database.