Re: Log rotation

Fernando Nasser <fnasser@redhat.com> writes:
> Lamar Owen wrote:
>> Third, it seems that you don't have enough profiling data to support
>> a 'syslog is bad' position.

> That is true.  It is from hearsay, from people who run production 
> environments.  It may be a belief based on old experiences though.

I think it's pretty well established that syslog sucks for high log
volume if you run it in the mode where it fsyncs its log after every
message.  But I don't believe we have any data that says it's a problem
even if you avoid that pitfall.
        regards, tom lane