[syslog-ng] Queue size in syslog-ng?

[shadyabhi]

How many messages per second can syslog-ng handle? Does anyone have any 
number. Lets suppose, I have a 16GB RAM, 8 core 2.5Ghz box.

On Thu 22 Nov 2012 08:01:27 PM IST, Anton Koldaev wrote:
> Random tuning. Just make it bigger!
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Daniel Neubacher
> <daniel.neubacher at xing.com <mailto:daniel.neubacher at xing.com>> wrote:
>
>     You need to configure log_fifo_size. I've set
>     "log_fifo_size(1000000)" to get sure nothing get lost. Make sure
>     you have some memory left free on the server :)
>
>     Daniel
>
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>     <mailto:syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu>] Im Auftrag von Abhijeet R
>     Gesendet: Montag, 19. November 2012 11:43
>     An: syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu <mailto:syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu>
>     Betreff: [syslog-ng] Queue size in syslog-ng?
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     In my setup, I send logs from all the servers to a central syslog
>     server. This syslog-ng server also has a destination on a
>     different port which is picked up by logstash's input block.
>     (consider it just a consumer to those messages).
>
>     What if this consumer goes down? How big is the queue? Is that
>     configurable? How do I make sure that none of the messages are
>     missed for the time the consumer is down?
>
>     --
>     Cheers,
>     Abhijeet R
>     http://blog.abhijeetr.com
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> Koldaev Anton
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Cheers,
Abhijeet R
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