About the storage requirements for Enterprise Vault

Storage is required for the following components of Enterprise Vault:

Vault stores, where the archived items are held.
Indexes.
SQL Server databases:
- Enterprise Vault Directory database
- Vault store databases
- Vault store group fingerprint databases
- Monitoring database
- FSA Reporting database, if FSA Reporting is configured
Cache for temporary files used by Enterprise Vault.
Shopping baskets, which are used by Enterprise Vault for details of items that are to be restored.

In addition a small amount of local storage is needed on the Enterprise Vault server.

This section gives a basic guide to the Enterprise Vault storage requirements.

For full details of all the supported storage devices and software, see the Enterprise Vault Compatibility Charts at http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/276547.