I'm investigating issues with the current syslog server that is running in our environment. The information I had found was they were running into issues with the instances reaching a connection limit on the port that resulted in them running multiple instances.
I'm beginning to suspect it had more to do with how the connections were being managed than a set limit of how many connections were being able to be supported by the specific fixed port. Thanks David. Based on the performance I've been seeing with Rsyslog, the fact that is also uses a fixed port supports my theory. -- James -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Lang Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 7:31 AM To: rsyslog-users Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Does rsyslog use ephemeral ports? On Tue, 14 May 2013, Boylan, James wrote: > Greetings! > > I'm trying to get a better idea on the number of connections a single Rsyslog > server can support. I currently have it running in our pre-production > environment as a smoke test for performance, but I want to check on this > prior to moving it into our production environment. > > Does it use ephemeral ports or is it using a static port with a finite amount > of load it can handle? It uses ephemeral ports as the source for outbound connections, the way just about everything does. It uses fixed ports for inbound connections, the way just about everything does. people have reported rsyslog handling 1M logs/sec, and this is not limited by the network ports. What are you referring to when you say "a static port with a finite amount of load it can handle"? David Lang _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT. _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
