[syslog-ng]memory-based ringbuffer

[syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu]

Hi,

I was just thinking if you have any plans to implement something along
the lines of a memory-based ringbuffer into Syslog-NG. To me it sounds
like a useful feature.

Here the reference to the functionality in BSD:
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=syslogc&sektion=8

One alternative possibility that I am aware of would be to use this
kernel module:
http://www.circlemud.org/~jelson/software/emlog/

But I still think that from a manageability point of view it might be
easier to have this functionality in the syslog daemon. Having it there
also reduces the number of copying around the same information.

Thoralf