[syslog-ng] change rsyslog for syslog-ng

[Gergely Nagy]

Bill Anderson <Bill.Anderson at bodybuilding.com> writes:

> On Jun 22, 2011, at 2:22 PM, Gergely Nagy wrote:
>
>> Josu Lazkano <josu.lazkano at barcelonamedia.org> writes:
>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>> 3.       Is there any client limit on syslog-ng?
>> 
>> Nope, here isn't. Apart from OS limits, that is. Whatever those may be -
>> but chances are, you're not gonna hit them anytime soon. ;)
>> 
>> Hope these answers make sense!
>
>
> Isn't the default limit on concurrent incoming TCP connections 100? I seem to recall hitting that when swapping out syslogd for syslog-ng on a central log server last year.

There's a max-connections() source option, which defaults to 10,
yes. But that can be increased, and then the limit is pretty much the
kernel. (Just tried with 512 concurrent connections, with
max-connections(1000), worked without a hitch).

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