From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 17 11:31:48 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 472681065673 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:31:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from z.szalbot@lcwords.com) Received: from relay.lc-words.com (relay.lc-words.com [62.121.130.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D67B08FC0C for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:31:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from z.szalbot@lcwords.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay.lc-words.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72621B8037; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:31:46 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=lcwords.com; s=mainlcwords; t=1216294306; bh=IDLwfTyngNoZ40i704Y2Y3M4BV9VE9lwWV7 ezKv38zs=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject: References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=pFtA49GDevhS30xBd3Ka3gXM68t B62CXrQGjVF9xpCVXkce44xGiDFRq0tpQidSoJ38k+OT4o/LSlVwvhKlwvSihHBDkrQ qHIrMMEQub7ZSGLTJS59aTDNRmoPGot2W9KcdEnINIxGzlaZQR1onauxCsofKegQ5WH v2cxuadA6U= Received: from relay.lc-words.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (relay.lc-words.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 01564-01; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:31:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (aejq233.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl [79.186.250.233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: z.szalbot@lcwords.com) by relay.lc-words.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BF9BBB8035; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:31:45 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <487F2D9B.2010407@lcwords.com> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:31:39 +0200 From: Zbigniew Szalbot Organization: SGM Lifewords User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bill Moran References: <487F2525.3030304@lcwords.com> <20080717072023.4b9e1d2f.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20080717072023.4b9e1d2f.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/x-pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1; boundary="------------ms030107010004030101060603" X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard Cc: User Questions Subject: Re: log size handling X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:31:48 -0000 This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. --------------ms030107010004030101060603 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Bill Moran: > In response to Zbigniew Szalbot : > >> Hello, >> >> I am just wondering if for the software like Apache the log size >> matters at all. I rotate httpd logs monthly and each domain has its >> own log. One is over 145 MB in size. Just curious if I can keep it >> like that or should rotate more often? I have enough space on HD so >> the log's size is of no concern for me. I guess I am just asking >> for best practices advice... Thanks! > > There are potential performance issues. I believe that appending to > a file becomes more expensive when a file gets very large (which is > obviously the scenario with log files) Thank you Bill - this is what I had in mind - whether appending to a large file will not be an issue? It is currently about 145MB. By the end of month it will surely be around 300MB. > Also, at rotation time, if you're compressing those logs it can be a > pretty big load to compress 145M. If you're not compressing and not > moving the files to another partition when you rotate them, then this > part probably isn't an issue. Yes, I am compressing them. Load is not an issue yet but I want to optimize things that can be optimized. So I guess, rotate more often? I like the idea of having one monthly log because it is then processed by web stat software so it is easier to submit one than a couple of them. 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