We're planning on logging between 100 and 200 servers for now, but the number will probably increase in the future. Haven't decided on a syslog level, so we're up for suggestions. About your calculation: I guess this is the most intuitive approach, and seems like a good calculation. After a quick random sampling of our servers indicates that the size of /var/log is between 15 and 30 MB. Most of these logs are rotated, though. Regards, Kenneth On 11/4/08, Broekman, Maarten <Maarten.Broekman@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Ken, > How many servers are you looking at logging? What syslog level? > What is your retention policy? > > A basic rule of thumb would be to look at several of your > servers and see how large /var/log is just multiply it out by the number > of systems. Then add some slop-space for growth or unexpectedly high > activity. > > Maarten Broekman > Email: maarten.broekman@xxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rohit khaladkar > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 6:19 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: Disk size recommendations for syslog server > > Well depends on the type of usage, but I guess 500 GB should be more > than > sufficient. > Thanks! > Rohit Khaladkar > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 4:24 PM, Kenneth Holter > <kenneho.ndu@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > Hello list. > > > > > > > > We're about to set up a centralized syslog server, and were wondering > if > > there are any rules of thumbs regarding the size of the disk. > > > > Regards, > > Kenneth Holter > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
