How to log application data?

Question

I have an asp.net web application backed by SQL Server 2005, and I want to log a lot of application layer things like

1. Account creations
2. Account permission changes
3. Password changes/resets
4. Certain application actions taken by a user (e.g. modified some setting in the application)

Logging these things will probably end up being about 200mb-1gb per day of data and growing (spread across multiple servers).

How would I go about adding this type of logging functionality into my application?

Answer 1

I came across a web service called "PaperTrail" the other day, it's a managed / hosted logger.

https://plus.google.com/114380944985532634845/posts/8dH2vAQ5JRV

Having a quick look over the tour, there a free version to get you started and then they do prices per how much you want to store per month. At the time of writing, it's pretty cheap at $7 a month.

https://papertrailapp.com/

n.b. I don't work for papertrail, nor have I actually used it yet, but it looks pretty cool and might suit your needs of storing lots of data.