Answer by EnzoR for asynchronous logging via rsyslogd(8) and write buffer...
The answer to your first question is: Yes, any call to syslog() is blocking. Maybe for a very short time, but it's still a synchronous call involving a file descriptor. See man 3 syslog for more...
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As far as I remember the default mode for the main message queue in rsyslog is fixed size array. It has a limit for 10k elements or so. Try to change this to linked list queue it should handle your...
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On a pretty high traffic web site running in virtual containers (VMware) and lacking local storage, we've managed to increase throughput (requests per second) significantly by switching from logging...
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