On Mer, 2004-06-02 at 18:31, McKown, John wrote: > I don't understand why remote logging would slow down an application. > That is likely due to my ignorance. I thought that the app used the > syslog() calls to send the information to the resident syslogd. The > resident syslogd would then "do whatever". Is syslogd single threaded > that it would be negatively impacted by a high rate of logging? Are the > syslog() calls synchronous? I guess I could read the code, but I don't > have the time right now.
syslog isnt synchronous particularly (some buffering) but syslogd can be set up to do synchronous disk writes which is good for some bad situations. That is configurable in the syslog.conf file per log. Another useful tool depending on the kind of monitoring is "xconsole" which will grab the console log from /dev/console into an X session > This message (including any attachments) contains confidential > information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' > content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you > should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, > copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action > based on it, is strictly prohibited. And you are cordially reminded that the above is somewhat untrue. What next shrink wrapped java applet email. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
