Re: [ADMIN] syslog slowing the database?

Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au> writes:
>> You could also consider not using syslog at all: let the postmaster
>> output to its stderr, and pipe that into a log-rotation program.
>> I believe some people use Apache's log rotator for this with good
>> results.

> Not an option I'm afraid.  PostgreSQL just jams and stops logging after
> the first rotation...

I know some people use this in production.  Dunno what went wrong in
your test, but it can be made to work.

            regards, tom lane