On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 5:19 AM, Steve Foster <stephenfoster1971@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi there, > > I am looking at ways i can more reliably centralise apache access logs into > a single logging area, i have discounted syslog on the basis of reliabilty > and the sheer volume of log entries i need to handle. > > I am canvassing opinion on what others who maintain large configurations > might do, any pointers on where to look next. > > I am going to look at something called mod_log_spread but are there any > other products or off-the-shelf approaches. > > many thanks in advance > > Steve Steve, You might want to take a look at mod-sflow, it is provides lightweight, centralized logging and performance counters using the sFlow protocol: http://blog.sflow.com/2011/01/http.html If you also run Host sFlow agents on your Apache servers you will also be able to centrally monitor network traffic, system performance counters etc. across your cluster. http://host-sflow.sourceforge.net/ Regards, Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx