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Performance Tests and Results

Determining the overall performance of a tool is not an easy task. Adiscon sometimes gets asked what the actual performance values for products like WinSyslog and MonitorWare Agent are, especially the processing rate of received syslog messages. This cannot be answered easily, because there are a lot of factors to be considered. Here are the … Continue reading "Performance Tests and Results"...

Questions about Queues

Is the queue limit applied to all services or per service? The queue limit is for all services combined. Be it a syslog listener, eventlog or file monitor. It does not differ between services, the memory queue is for all. The queue is basically to buffer message bursts that are higher than what MonitorWare Agent … Continue reading "Questions about Queues"...

How can I get rid of control characters and linefeeds?

How can I get rid of control characters and linefeeds? Created 2011-02-17 by Florian Riedl Some syslog sources create strange message formats. In many cases, this is of no concern. In other cases, this can disturb reviewing logs. For example, if you are using the InterActive SyslogViewer, control characters in the message create strange placeholder … Continue reading "How can I get rid of control characters and linefeeds?"...