We're generating around 4Gb syslog data per week, and I'm looking for a good search interface into it. I can cut my way through it with egrep/etc, but waiting 10-15min for a result really isn't going to break any speed records. Especially when I then need to re-run it with another "grep" on the end of it! ;-) I have tried injecting it into a MySQL database using some schemas I've found on the Internet - but the performance didn't seem much better to me - and you lost the "free-text" attributes of grep (or more specifically, the sorts of searches I find I want to do aren't SQL-friendly). Has anyone come up with a good speedy way of coping with Gbytes of syslog data? Or is it time to invest in some Appliance or the like? -- Cheers Jason Haar Information Security Manager, Trimble Navigation Ltd. Phone: +64 3 9635 377 Fax: +64 3 9635 417 PGP Fingerprint: 7A2E 0407 C9A6 CAF6 2B9F 8422 C063 5EBB FE1D 66D1