Disk size recommendations for syslog server

[Kenneth Holter]

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 at fmr.com> 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 at fmr.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] 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 at gmail.com>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
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