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How many clients can the central log server hold up to?

At what point should I have 2 central log servers?

TIA

• Custom written rsyslog.conf?
• Maintenance Contract?
• Installation support?

It depends on a lot of factors, for example on how many messages the clients send per second and what you do inside the rule set on the central server. Also, we use select() for waiting on tcp connections, and that may limit the number of concurrent connections on you platform. But there is no simple rule. If there is low traffic and the select limit is large enough ... thousands should not be a problem. Maybe someone has some numbers from the field for you...

Rainer