diff --git a/source/comply/legal-hold.rst b/source/comply/legal-hold.rst index b840970d91f..04e21c6f0e3 100644 --- a/source/comply/legal-hold.rst +++ b/source/comply/legal-hold.rst @@ -173,4 +173,11 @@ Legal Hold is an initial step to ensure relevant electronically stored informati How do I enable e-discovery for Mattermost? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Learn more about extracting data for e-discovery in our :doc:`product documentation `. \ No newline at end of file +Learn more about extracting data for e-discovery in our :doc:`product documentation `. + +How do I manage storage costs and version retention in S3? +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +If you plan to use an existing S3 bucket for Legal Hold data storage, and your existing S3 bucket has versioning enabled, we strongly recommend using a dedicated S3 bucket with versioning disabled. + +The Legal Hold plugin frequently modifies files in the ``legalhold`` directory, and when S3 bucket versioning is enabled, each modification creates a new version. This can result in a rapid accumulation of object versions, increased storage costs, potential performance impact, higher S3 API usage, and complicating version management over time. See the `S3 Lifecycle Rules `_ documentation for additional details. \ No newline at end of file