On 29 Aug 2006, at 18:38, Bron Gondwana wrote:
I fail to see the difference between this and a single big log file
where
each replica keeps track of where it's up to in the log file and
then seeks
to that spot, reads up to say 10,000 lines and processes that, then
stores
the new location so they next process can seek directly there
before starting.
I like multiple log files for two reasons. First, it allows me as an
admin to use a tool like "ls" to decide how far along any particular
replica is. Second, code exists that does this.
This pattern means a lot less copying data to multiple log files
and deleting
again.
Log files are pretty small.
:wes
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