ProGet tracks the use of packages in your feeds to help you decide which packages are being used, which packages are taking a lot of disk space, and which packages are frequently cached.
On the ProGet Overview page, you can see how much total disk space each feed is using.
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Feed-specific Disk Usage Statistics {#feed-specific data-title="Feed-specific Disk Usage Statistics"}
On the Manage Feed page, you can identify if any packages are consuming a disproportionate amount of disk space, as well as how much cached packages (i.e. packages downloading from connectors) are using.
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This can help you when you define retention rules to cut back on disk space usage if needed.
ProGet can also be configured to track individual package downloads and record every user that downloads every package.
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Because this can potentially consume a lot of database disk space, you must first enable it by going to Administration > Advanced Settings and checking the Package Statistics enabled box. Once enabled, ProGet will record the following information each time a package file is requested:
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- Username – the name of the authenticated user who downloaded the package, or “Anonymous” if the user was not logged in
- IP Address - the IP address that requested the package
- User Agent - the user agent header that was sent in the download request
- Date/time - the specific date/time the package was downloaded
On the Package page, you can see an aggregate of download data by clicking on the Package Statistics button on a package overview page.
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For more advanced analysis of package downloads, you can query the ProGet SQL Server database directly. Each download record is stored in the PackageDownloads table.