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Hm - when does it show up, right after a restart or after it has been loaded to memory after using eventvwr?
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Hm - when does it show up, right after a restart or after it has been loaded to memory after using eventvwr?

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Solution discovered by testing.
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There is conflicting information regarding the size of the security event log. Some articles mention that the file is always loaded into memory in full, others say that the way the event log is loaded into memory has changed and that setting a larger size is no longer an issue. <br />
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Let's say, that for example I have a 4GB event log, will the full file be loaded into RAM? OS version is Windows Server 2012 R2.
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There is conflicting information regarding the size of the security event log. Some articles mention that the file is always loaded into memory in full, others say that the way the event log is loaded into memory has changed and that setting a larger size is no longer an issue. 

Let's say, that for example I have a 4GB event log, will the full file be loaded into RAM? OS version is Windows Server 2012 R2.

Security Event Log Size 2012 R2

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

Security is the protection of information systems from theft or damage to the hardware, the software, and the information on them, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide. The main goal of security is protecting assets, and an asset is anything of value and worthy of protection.  Information Security is a discipline of protecting information assets from threats through safeguards to achieve the objectives of confidentiality, integrity, and availability or CIA for short. On the other hand, disclosure, alteration, and disruption (DAD) compromise the security objectives.