On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Robert McIntyre <[email protected]>wrote:
> I have an installation where it would be very useful to be able to run a > high-performance syslog server on Windows. Unfortunately, when I took a > look at the options about a year ago, there weren't any that really fit the > bill, so I'm making things work with rsyslog on CentOS. Rsyslog is really, > really good, and I love it, but I'd still like to be able to run Windows as > my OS when I need to. > > I'm looking for something like rsyslog for Windows, with the DA queues, > text-file configuration, high-performance, etc.. I don't need a built-in > syslog viewer and stuff like that. I just need to be able to: > > - Receive and process 100K MPS of UDP or TCP > - Perform filtering of incoming messages > - Write messages to a file > - Forward messages to another destination (via TCP or UDP) > > Winsyslog looks OK, but it doesn't have a DA queue, it's just a pure disk > queue, plus it's got a built-in viewer, and all that stuff, and I'm not > sure where it caps out in MPS (I'm testing that now). > Let me elaborate a little bit on the design. The viewer is just an extra component. The core WinSyslog service is a typical background deamon, which operates at high data rates (though less than rsyslog, some loss due to Windows using 16-byte chars etc). Note that the interactive viewer also contains a low-end syslog receiver, but that's not the "real thing". I have designed the initial version of WinSyslog many years ago and still work closely with that team. Note that we will gladly help during your eval. Also, WinSyslog is very customer-driven, so we listen carefully to enhancement requests ;) The next version will also contain a purely textual config, which is currently being developed. The same core engine is also included in rsyslog windows agent professional edition, but WinSyslog is a more natural choice for this use case (and offers more syslog-receiver specific functionality). My 2cts, Rainer > There are other competitors that look OK as well, but all seem to suffer > from various issues. So, I'm wondering if anyone else has any experience > with Windows based syslog servers they could share. > > Thanks! > Robert > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
