Public bug reported:
I think that log files compression lowers the system performance on
desktop computers which have now enough disk space for storing old logs.
The "nocompress" and "compress" options of logrotate configure 2
different behaviours of logrotate.
If the log file isn't compressed,
logrotate will just rename it to something like 'log_file_name.log.1'
with quite no disk input/output.
If the log file is compressed,
logrotate will read the file, compress it and rewrite the content into a new
file with a name like 'log_file_name.log.1.gz'.
I think that files compression is a good tradeoff only in case the
compressed files have a longer lifetime than the log files (i. e. man
pages, documentation, fonts, Debian package files, ...).
Drawbacks of log files compression :
- increases disk input/output
- increases cpu and memory usage
- increases energy consumption
- slightly decreases the disk lifetime
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: jockey-common 0.9.2-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDmesg:
[ 26.629307] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
[ 26.706653] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
[ 26.718316] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
[ 4494.199661] atkbd serio0: Spurious NAK on isa0060/serio0. Some program
might be trying access hardware directly.
[ 4909.031016] hrtimer: interrupt took 12699711 ns
Date: Sat Sep 3 15:01:10 2011
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427)
Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1:
MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-11-generic
root=UUID=2a882681-bcf7-4d36-9eb7-ff82a9dff4da ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: jockey
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:
dmi.product.name: VirtualBox
dmi.product.version: 1.2
dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH
** Affects: jockey (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/840320
Title:
/etc/logrotate.d/jockey-common should not have compress option
Status in “jockey” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
I think that log files compression lowers the system performance on
desktop computers which have now enough disk space for storing old
logs.
The "nocompress" and "compress" options of logrotate configure 2
different behaviours of logrotate.
If the log file isn't compressed,
logrotate will just rename it to something like 'log_file_name.log.1'
with quite no disk input/output.
If the log file is compressed,
logrotate will read the file, compress it and rewrite the content into a new
file with a name like 'log_file_name.log.1.gz'.
I think that files compression is a good tradeoff only in case the
compressed files have a longer lifetime than the log files (i. e. man
pages, documentation, fonts, Debian package files, ...).
Drawbacks of log files compression :
- increases disk input/output
- increases cpu and memory usage
- increases energy consumption
- slightly decreases the disk lifetime
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: jockey-common 0.9.2-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDmesg:
[ 26.629307] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
[ 26.706653] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
[ 26.718316] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
[ 4494.199661] atkbd serio0: Spurious NAK on isa0060/serio0. Some program
might be trying access hardware directly.
[ 4909.031016] hrtimer: interrupt took 12699711 ns
Date: Sat Sep 3 15:01:10 2011
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427)
Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1:
MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-11-generic
root=UUID=2a882681-bcf7-4d36-9eb7-ff82a9dff4da ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: jockey
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:
dmi.product.name: VirtualBox
dmi.product.version: 1.2
dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH
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