[syslog-ng] how to archive logs efficiently

[Daniel Neubacher]

Unfortunately btrfs failed the test. A few days ago syslog-ng startet to do weired things. At first it only stopped logging for a few seconds and then even reloaded every 30-60 seconds with no errors logged (even with verbose & debug). After switching back to a other filesystem / a clean new btrfs partition everything worked again - 2bad.
Now I'm experimenting again with the newly stable ZFS for linux :P
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Von: syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu [syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu]" im Auftrag von "Gergely Nagy [algernon at balabit.hu]
Gesendet: Montag, 18. Februar 2013 16:14
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Betreff: Re: [syslog-ng] how to archive logs efficiently

Daniel Neubacher <daniel.neubacher at xing.com> writes:

> Thanks for your detailed responses. The external compression was my
> last resolution but now I've maybe found my final solution. I've
> installed Kernel 3.2 & Btrfs with zlib compression. The fs isn't
> marked as stable yet but I've heard some positive responses from
> fellow admins. Right now I've got a real time compression rate of 84%
> without any cpu problems. I hope my long term test is running fine but
> right now I'm pretty happy.

That's an interesting solution aswell, thanks for sharing it! I was
already considering BTRFS for the next experimental servers I'll be
bringing up, this adds one more point in its favour. :)

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