If you don't need TLS, I recommend imptcp as an input. It handles even larger loads and uses less CPU (but is linux specific).
Rainer On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Boylan, James <james.boy...@orbitz.com>wrote: > I'm investigating issues with the current syslog server that is running in > our environment. The information I had found was they were running into > issues with the instances reaching a connection limit on the port that > resulted in them running multiple instances. > > I'm beginning to suspect it had more to do with how the connections were > being managed than a set limit of how many connections were being able to > be supported by the specific fixed port. > > Thanks David. Based on the performance I've been seeing with Rsyslog, the > fact that is also uses a fixed port supports my theory. > > -- James > > -----Original Message----- > From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com [mailto: > rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com] On Behalf Of David Lang > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 7:31 AM > To: rsyslog-users > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Does rsyslog use ephemeral ports? > > On Tue, 14 May 2013, Boylan, James wrote: > > > Greetings! > > > > I'm trying to get a better idea on the number of connections a single > Rsyslog server can support. I currently have it running in our > pre-production environment as a smoke test for performance, but I want to > check on this prior to moving it into our production environment. > > > > Does it use ephemeral ports or is it using a static port with a finite > amount of load it can handle? > > It uses ephemeral ports as the source for outbound connections, the way > just about everything does. > > It uses fixed ports for inbound connections, the way just about everything > does. > > people have reported rsyslog handling 1M logs/sec, and this is not limited > by the network ports. What are you referring to when you say "a static port > with a finite amount of load it can handle"? > > David Lang > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: > This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites > beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE > THAT. > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad > of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you > DON'T LIKE THAT. > _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
