Re: [logs] syslogd recommendations

From: jamie rishaw (jamieat_private)
Date: Wed Feb 13 2002 - 12:45:03 PST

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    On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 08:26:14PM +0100, Tim Bell wrote:
    > I am looking for a syslogd which supports
    > 
    > - reliable delivery
    > - compiles on different Unixes (i.e. not Linux specific)
    > 
    > I have reviewed the counterpane site and found several possible solutions
    > 
    > - syslog-ng
    > - msyslog
    > - nsyslog
    > - etc.
    
    I use syslog-ng for central log collection; it's great.
    
    For reliable/"guaranteed" syslog message delivery, you can also use
    syslog-ng locally on each client machine (We have it running on about 
    75 devices, mostly Solaris, some FreeBSD) delivering messages over a TCP
    socket connection as opposed to UDP messages -- A huge benefit.
    
    Syslog-ng on the collector machine (FreeBSD 4.4-R, P3/1.2Gig, 256M) is
    running at 1.1 megs in size, taking up 0.30% CPU, currently logging about
    30 messages/second (~3 million / day).
    
    jamie
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    jamie rishaw <jamieat_private>
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