logging statistics on BIG-IP

Hello,

 

I'm interested in putting together some historical data with regards to connections, times, IP's, etc. and can't find a good way to retreive that data in the web admin portion of the BIG-IP systems. I'm wondering a couple things:

 

 

1. How long does the OS hold historical data?

 

2. What are my options for retreving and formatting the stored data?

 

3. Do I need to setup a syslog server and iRules to log these type of requests or is something built into the OS?

 

 

For instance, here's a couple queries I'd like to have results for:

 

 

1. IPaddy; Connection time; Total HTTPS requests; Session Time

 

 

2. Total connections for time period; connections per day for time period; IP addresses for time period

 

 

Thanks for any input.