Do you keep your BI log files?

gwminor48

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I was noticing my folder for BI log files has 3 years of monthly files adding up to 241 MB. I have plenty of free space so it's not really a problem, I guess I have a touch of OCD and tend to clean out unnecessary flies sometimes. I was just curious if others kept their log files forever or cleaned them out occasionally.
 
Had not really thought about it. Just looked and have stuff since Jan 2019.

So I guess my answer is yes. Though I do not know what I could use them for.
 
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You could use 7zip to add all the old log files to a .7z archive and it will shrink down to no more than a few megabytes. .7z compression is typically a LOT more effective than regular .zip compression on highly repetitive text files like this.