RE: [SA-list] Feature Requests

[David Cook]

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Agree totally! I also use Kiwi syslog and can recommend what it does/what you you can do with it to anyone on the list. I've stretched it legs a couple of times hitting it with >170000 messages in a 24 hour period and your right the scriptingand archiving functionality is rock solid. That said the same thing can be achieved with a *nix box configured the right way (NO I'M NOT A *NIX [or Windows] ZEALOT) 

 

 

Dave C

 

-----Original Message-----
From: J. Gary Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2003 8:28 AM
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Subject: RE: [SA-list] Feature Requests

I use Kiwi Syslog along with Servers Alive, and it has an archive function that is programmable.  I use it to move the log files to another drive (huge cheap storage) where they collect until the "Big Corporate Backup" happens, at which point they are deleted.

 

 

J. Gary Thompson

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: David Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 6:35 AM
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Subject: RE: [SA-list] Feature Requests

I tend to agree with most opinions on the list, this function is easier to achieve through scripting. There's a utility getting about called 'delold' that does the trick nicely, and even for an overworked and underpaid sysadmin the script should take less than a couple of minutes to knock up :-)

 

Rgds,

 

Dave C

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Temple [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, 25 July 2003 20:47
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Subject: RE: [SA-list] Feature Requests

That is a good point, but being a overworked and underpaid admin I like to have the application do as much work for me as possible ;) :)

 

 

Best wishes

 

Richard Temple

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk Bulinckx
Sent: 25 July 2003 11:39
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Subject: RE: [SA-list] Feature Requests

We don't think it's the application that should delete files.  It's something the admin should do and therefore we never added this feature to Servers Alive.

 

dirk.

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Richard Temple
Sent: Fri Jul 25 11:55 AM
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Subject: [SA-list] Feature Requests

Just a minor thing that would be good. Would it be possible to restrict the quantity of log files that Salive stores. For example, I tend to set Salive to create a new log each day - it would be good to only keep a maximum of 30 days of logs so that the disk does not fill up.

 

 

 

Best wishes

 

Richard Temple