Fernando Nasser <fnasser(at)redhat(dot)com> writes:
> Lamar Owen wrote:
>> Third, it seems that you don't have enough profiling data to support
>> a 'syslog is bad' position.
> That is true. It is from hearsay, from people who run production
> environments. It may be a belief based on old experiences though.
I think it's pretty well established that syslog sucks for high log
volume if you run it in the mode where it fsyncs its log after every
message. But I don't believe we have any data that says it's a problem
even if you avoid that pitfall.
regards, tom lane