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Ask HN: Fastest server log analyzer tool you use?

#1
Hi!

We are working on a blazing fast log analyzer tool for servers written in plain C.

I am wondering:

1. what are the known solutions you are using or are aware of in the industry?

2. what features/capabilities are a must have?

3. what features/capabilities are you missing and would like to see?

Re: Ask HN: Fastest server log analyzer tool you use?

#4

Sorry to hijack the thread, but why did you choose C instead of D? You can adapt your C program into D using a few find-and-replace searches, and you can #include arbitrary C headers (even Linux kernel headers) using DPP.

Technology familiarity. We know C and we are totally satisfied, we don't know D at all. :)

Re: Ask HN: Fastest server log analyzer tool you use?

#5
post #3

what do you mean specifically by log analyzer as this is a broad term. Parse the logs? Index the logs & do some aggregations/calculations? Do a search query to find matching logs?

Good question: we are focusing on these: aggregations/calculations, search query to find matching logs.

Re: Ask HN: Fastest server log analyzer tool you use?

#7
post #5
post #3

what do you mean specifically by log analyzer as this is a broad term. Parse the logs? Index the logs & do some aggregations/calculations? Do a search query to find matching logs?

Good question: we are focusing on these: aggregations/calculations, search query to find matching logs.

Just curious why do you want it to implement it from scratch? Have you looked into this https://github.com/valeriansaliou/sonic if it helps?