# Sudden Disqualifications, while operating 24/7 (with minimal down times)

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/sudden-disqualifications-while-operating-24-7-with-minimal-down-times/15597>\
**Category:** troubleshooting\
**Tags:** windows, disqualification\
**Created:** [October 8, 2021, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/sudden-disqualifications-while-operating-24-7-with-minimal-down-times/15597 "2021-10-08T07:33:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alexey](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/alexey/32/41_2.png) [@Alexey](https://forum.storj.io/u/Alexey)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/sudden-disqualifications-while-operating-24-7-with-minimal-down-times/15597/22 "2021-10-08T19:20:27Z")

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We need to see a history - uploaded, downloaded, **something happened** , download failed.  
I want to know - what the **something happened** is. Is it hardware issue or software issue or wrong actions.

> [@mr.Viking](#):
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> - If I remove all satellite files, can I start store files on this satellite like a new node?

no

> [@mr.Viking](#):
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> Best practice store all logs from all nodes forever?

No, but it can be helpful in case of issues. If you decide to store logs - then you can install the logrotate if it’s not installed yet and configure it to remove old logs after a while, see

> [@Logrotate type of behavior](https://forum.storj.io/t/logrotate-type-of-behavior/7013/7):
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> You can use logrotate for the storage node logs as well. Here is my config /etc/logrotate.d/storagenode /home/storagenode/storagenode1.log /home/storagenode/storagenode2.log /home/storagenode/storagenode3.log /home/storagenode/storagenode4.log { weekly missingok rotate 4 copytruncate nocompress notifempty create 640 storagenode storagenode errors \<my email address\> } This config will truncate the existing logfile. The storage nod…

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