well, ProcessBuilder.start() and Runtime.exec is one way to go but it’s the 
same as running it out of jvm.

On 17 Nov 2017, 12:05 AM +0530, Matt Sicker <[email protected]>, wrote:
> I don't think Java supports process forking (not even sure if Windows
> does), but you can execute and control processes at least.
>
> On 16 November 2017 at 12:28, Ralph Goers <[email protected]
> wrote:
>
> > Sure, why not?
> >
> > Ralph
> >
> > > On Nov 16, 2017, at 11:24 AM, Chandra <chandra.tungathurthi@rwth-
> > aachen.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > with-in log4j?
> > >
> > > On 16 Nov 2017, 11:46 PM +0530, Ralph Goers <[email protected]>,
> > wrote:
> > > > I could see forking a process instead of spawning a thread to perform
> > the compression as a viable approach.
> > > >
> > > > Ralph
> > > >
> > > > > On Nov 16, 2017, at 10:01 AM, Chandra <chandra.tungathurthi@rwth-
> > aachen.de> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > thanks for info matt, was planning to use this on some other project
> > in mind ( might pick your brain on that later ;) )
> > > > >
> > > > > separating it out the compression to external process isn’t
> > necessarily a bad idea, but having non-reliable scripts is. As it so
> > happened many times before. I’d rather depend on my app than an external
> > process.
> > > > > which is why I was looking for an “agent” .
> > > > >
> > > > > thanks!
> > > > > chandra
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 16 Nov 2017, 9:57 PM +0530, Matt Sicker <[email protected]>, wrote:
> > > > > > I brought up Snappy only because I used their off-heap API recently.
> > Snappy
> > > > > > is more about real time compression rather than size (I think snappy
> > files
> > > > > > tend to be larger than gzip files, but take less resources to
> > compress and
> > > > > > decompress). The idea here is to offer support via libraries using
> > native
> > > > > > implementations that can work with direct byte buffers, mmap'd 
> > > > > > files,
> > or
> > > > > > even just a file name.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > With that in mind, is it so bad to offer the ability to execute an
> > external
> > > > > > process to compress the file?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 16 November 2017 at 09:59, Chandra <chandra.tungathurthi@rwth-
> > aachen.de
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > > What if compression worked off-heap
> > > > > > > off-heap compression sounds interesting. Let me check if I can 
> > > > > > > find
> > any.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Snappy’s compression is a different altogether, I am not 
> > > > > > > necessarily
> > > > > > > looking for a different compression formats, as I’d have add 
> > > > > > > support
> > for it
> > > > > > > in downstream. Standard bz2 , gzip would work in-fact.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Ideally a reliable agent something like `FileBeat` would be great
> > for this
> > > > > > > situation. :-/
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Best,
> > > > > > > Chandra
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 16 Nov 2017, 9:08 PM +0530, Matt Sicker <[email protected]>,
> > wrote:
> > > > > > > > What if compression worked off-heap like with some of the native
> > > > > > > > implementations of codecs? I'm thinking of this one <
> > > > > > > > https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java> for example.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On 15 November 2017 at 23:41, Chandra 
> > > > > > > > <chandra.tungathurthi@rwth-
> > > > > > > aachen.de
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Guys,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I need some input on how this handle situation:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > we are on HP/LL setting where the incoming requests are 
> > > > > > > > > processed
> > and
> > > > > > > > > logged ( buffered, of course with “async logging”). There are 
> > > > > > > > > some
> > > > > > > > > situations where due to spikes in the volume of requests, the
> > > > > > > compression
> > > > > > > > > on rolling creates memory starvation.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Now, a straight forward fix would to remove it from the 
> > > > > > > > > “context”
> > of
> > > > > > > jvm
> > > > > > > > > and use a script to monitor and compress it timely. as 
> > > > > > > > > low-hanging
> > the
> > > > > > > > > solution may be, I am skeptical of this solution as the script
> > _may_
> > > > > > > fail
> > > > > > > > > leading to disk starvation(!)
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I am looking for an alternate and _full-proof_ solution for 
> > > > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > > situation. Any thoughts, suggestions would be useful and
> > appreciated.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > thanks!
> > > > > > > > > Chandra
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On 16 Nov 2017, 10:01 AM +0530, Ralph Goers <
> > > > > > > [email protected]>,
> > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > Unless someone objects I plan to start the release process 
> > > > > > > > > > for
> > Log4j
> > > > > > > > > 2.10 tomorrow. I had wanted to include a fix for LOG4J2-2106 
> > > > > > > > > but
> > the
> > > > > > > > > problem only occurs in rare situations and I am not sure how 
> > > > > > > > > to
> > fix it
> > > > > > > yet.
> > > > > > > > > There are a lot of other issues that deserve looking at but
> > nothing I
> > > > > > > can
> > > > > > > > > see that warrants waiting on.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Ralph
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > Matt Sicker <[email protected]
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Matt Sicker <[email protected]
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Matt Sicker <[email protected]

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