Sorry folks, i had some very time critical things on my agenda... i overlooked a dependency ;) will rejoin this great discussion tomorrow. Just so that you know i am very interested. Actually, its kind of a reality check for me. Flexibility was always high on ny agenda, it probably has slipped for performance without me noticing. I'd like to get most of both. Maybe with the upcoming non-c interface...
Keep the thoughts flowing! Rainer Sent from phone, thus brief. Am 21.01.2014 19:35 schrieb "Dave Caplinger" <[email protected] >: > On Jan 20, 2014, at 4:24 PM, David Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 20 Jan 2014, Radu Gheorghe wrote: > > > >> I'm not saying rsyslog shouldn't do flexibility. I think it's > uberimportant > >> and it's worth investing in. I'm saying we should go with one of the > >> directions where rsyslog is pushed to that: > >> - is already partially accomplished (so it's credible) > >> - has the potential to go > >> - last but not least, where we want it to go :) > >> > >> I thought something that includes the words fast, light and processing > will > >> do, given the history of rsyslog and where it seems to go now with v8. > > > > I see rsyslog as being the core of a logging system, it gathers logs from > > (almost) anything, and delivers them to (almost) anything. It can modify > and > > filter the messages along the way. > > This is similar to my own "customer testimonial." The three main reasons I > switched to rsyslog are: > > 1) Much higher performance. > 2) It has DAQ, detailed pstats, TLS, RELP, and now log-signing support so > it's reliable in the sense that logs that get in are not going to get lost > someplace mysteriously. (Even drops outside your control become > manageable/correctable.) > 3) Property replacement, JSON, and filtering, allow you to modify and > route logs as you like. > > Going with the R-theme (since 'R' initially meant Reliable) that gives me: > > * Reliable > * Rapid > * Routing > > (Back to the logo: borrowing from another of Rainer's interests that I > happen to share, maybe R is for Rocket [with apologies to Ray Bradbury].) > > Contrast this with logstash, which is extremely flexible: it can connect > just about any input to just about any output, like pipe/grep/awk/etc. for > log streams. It's a "log format translator", but not necessarily a > high-performance "log router". > > - Dave > _______________________________________________ > 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.
