Quick update here - This info is now on the wiki. http://wiki.basho.com/Configuration-Files.html#webmachine_logger_module
(h/t to Ryan for adding it). Mark On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Justin Sheehy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Ryan. > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Ryan Zezeski <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is this intentional? It seems like odd default behavior. > > Most databases, including Riak, do not write to a file every time you > do a GET, SELECT, or other query as appropriate. > > This is because the additional disk I/O of an access log imposes a > performance cost that many do not wish to pay. As you note, it can be > turned on -- but we believe that by default production users generally > are happier with it off and do not expect such a human-readable log > for database accesses. > > I agree that the way to turn it on should be clearly documented. I > would add that we should make sure that the documentation warns people > not to turn it on except in testing/debugging scenarios. > > Best, > > -Justin > > _______________________________________________ > riak-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com > _______________________________________________ riak-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com
