Re: Log rotation

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Fernando Nasser <fnasser@redhat.com>
Cc: Lamar Owen <lowen@pari.edu>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2004-03-14T17:19:06Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Fernando Nasser <fnasser@redhat.com> writes:
> Lamar Owen wrote:
>> Third, it seems that you don't have enough profiling data to support
>> a 'syslog is bad' position.

> That is true.  It is from hearsay, from people who run production 
> environments.  It may be a belief based on old experiences though.

I think it's pretty well established that syslog sucks for high log
volume if you run it in the mode where it fsyncs its log after every
message.  But I don't believe we have any data that says it's a problem
even if you avoid that pitfall.

			regards, tom lane