Thanks, Rainer; I'm definitely interested in WinSyslog. Can you give me the
best contact at Adiscon to reach out to offline to see about setting up an
official evaluation?
Thanks!
Robert
> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 09:48:50 +0200
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [rsyslog] High-performance Windows-based syslog server?
>
> 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
> >
> >
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