Audit files utilizing more space in the hard disk

Hi All,
In my system, audit files are created in a huge size.
Sometimes, it will be 4 to 5 GB and sometimes 1000 files with 300MB each.
What could be reason for this repeat audit files.

You initially posted this question to a hardware forum.
It's not a hardware question, but rather is a system administration question.
Your issue is outside the scope of a hardware forum.
I'll be asking the forum moderators to move it to a location where it will be more on-topic.
Maybe someone over there will be interested in providing suggestions.

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