On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 11:03:42AM +0000, Svensson Peter wrote: > > A test to create postgis extension made 4 rsyslog processes run for several minutes with high cpu util, > and when you have only 8 cpu:s this take lot of resources. > The create command also have to wait until all the log are written so there are great impact. > Log file got 16 GB big only for this. Uh, that seems odd. Is rsyslog fsync'ing each write? You should check the docs on that. Here is an example report: http://kb.monitorware.com/simple-question-what-does-the-dash-t10237.html I don't see the dash behavior mentioned in my Debian Jessie rsyslogd manual page though. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + As you are, so once was I. As I am, so you will be. + + Ancient Roman grave inscription +