Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:20:23 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Zbigniew Szalbot <z.szalbot@lcwords.com> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: log size handling Message-ID: <20080717072023.4b9e1d2f.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <487F2525.3030304@lcwords.com> References: <487F2525.3030304@lcwords.com>
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In response to Zbigniew Szalbot <z.szalbot@lcwords.com>: > Hello, > > I am just wondering if for the software like Apache the log size matters > at all. I rotate httpd logs monthly and each domain has its own log. One > is over 145 MB in size. Just curious if I can keep it like that or > should rotate more often? I have enough space on HD so the log's size is > of no concern for me. I guess I am just asking for best practices > advice... Thanks! There are potential performance issues. I believe that appending to a file becomes more expensive when a file gets very large (which is obviously the scenario with log files) Also, at rotation time, if you're compressing those logs it can be a pretty big load to compress 145M. If you're not compressing and not moving the files to another partition when you rotate them, then this part probably isn't an issue. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
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