Actually, Analog can perform faster on zipped/compressed log files than uncompressed files. This is because the slowest part of processing is reading the disk. Memory and processor are so much faster that you can actually get better performance with moderately compressed files even though it has to go through the process of uncompressing them.
-- Jeremy Wadsack Seven Simple Machines -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aengus Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 7:11 AM To: Support for analog web log analyzer Subject: Re: [analog-help] Ageing off old data On Friday, May 19, 2006 9:54 AM [EDT], Todd Beckett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have log files from 3 years ago. Every day I run analog with an at > command and reanalyze everything. This is valuable because I am able > to show our year over year growth, as well as make year to date > comparisons. The problem is that these files are beginning to eat up > my hard drive space. Some of my log files are in excess of 50megs > each. I could create a little batch/activex script that would wipe > at the data from a certain date back, but then I would loose the > ability to show where came from. > > Does anyone have a good idea on a way to "roll up" analog reports? First off, have you zipped the logfiles? Analog will report on zipped logfiles almost as fast as unzipped logfiles. Beyond that, you can use cache files to "condense" the information in older logfiles, with certain caveats, allowing you to create your longterm reports with smaller inputs. http://analog.cx/docs/cache.html Aengus +----------------------------------------------------------------------- - | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: | http://lists.meer.net/mailman/listinfo/analog-help | | Analog Documentation: http://analog.cx/docs/Readme.html | List archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives | Usenet version: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general +----------------------------------------------------------------------- - +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: | http://lists.meer.net/mailman/listinfo/analog-help | | Analog Documentation: http://analog.cx/docs/Readme.html | List archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives | Usenet version: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general +------------------------------------------------------------------------
