Data Handling and Retention

This article discusses the types of data that Validio can access and process, as well as the retention period for each type of data.

Data retention applies mostly to Validio Managed Solution accounts.

If you have a Validio Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) deployment, Valdio does not have access to your raw data or logs and will not provide a backup solution for your installation. For VPC deployments, data retention only applies if you choose to send your performance metrics and error logs to Validio for analysis--you can opt-out.

The following table lists the types of data Validio processes and their retention period depending on your deployment.

Type of Data	Validio Managed Solution	Validio VPC Deployment	Retention Period (In Validio)
Raw Data from streaming sources.* Validio ingests raw data from streaming sources.	Y	N	1 hour after the data is processed
Raw Data from data warehouse sources.* Validio ingests aggregrate metrics from data warehouse sources, and only ingests raw data when you run the debug query for incidents. The query runs against the warehouse and displays the results, and this data is not retained.	N	N	N/A
Query Logs	Y	N	30 days
Logs, metrics, and traces.* This data includes performance metrics and application error logs.	Y	Y¹	60 days
Daily backups of environments.* The backups include configuration and calculated metrics.	Y	N	90 days
Anonymized calculated metrics	Y	N	Indefinite

¹ For Validio VPC deployments, you can opt-out from sending performance metrics and error logs to Validio.

For more information about Validio deployments, see Validio Managed Solution and Validio VPC Deployment. For more information about how Validio protects your data, see Security and Compliance.