[syslog-ng]Logs lost in the FIFO

[Jay Guerette]

I wouldn't say it's a 'detail of syslog-ng'; it's more the reality of FIFOs.

That said; it IS a common problem. It seems like a great idea until
the other end breaks,  and you lose data.

Perhaps a caution is warranted in the documentation, or at the very
least an entry in the FAQ; but neither exists.

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:29:19 -0600, torpedo <torpedo@bluebottle.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks a lot Jay.
> 
> Is there any manual mentioning all these minor details of the
> syslog-ng ?
> 
> Thanks and Regards,
> torpedo
> 
> 
> Quoting Jay Guerette <jayguerette@gmail.com>:
> 
> > They're dropped, lost, unrecoverable. There really is nothing else
> > syslog-ng could do in those situations.
> >
> > If your data is that important (and who logs un-important stuff,
> > anyway?) you should write it to a log file, and the parse it from
> > there; that way, if your parser dies, you don't lose any data.
> >
> > On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:02:01 -0600, torpedo
> > <torpedo@bluebottle.com> wrote:
> > > I have the confusion regarding logs which are not read by the
> > > Destination programs.
> > >
> > > In case of FIFO, if the destination program which is reading the
> > logs
> > > from syslog-ng is slow and unable to sysnchronise with the
> > syslog-ng
> > > and there is also a limit for the fifo buffer(amount of data it
> > > holds) then where does thoses logs goes , are those logs
> > > recoverable.
> > >
> > > In other case of FIFO, if there is no destination program reading
> > the
> > > logs from the FIFO what happens to the logs which are collected
> > by
> > > the syslog-ng are those logs droped.
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