Syslog onhttps://geekyschmidt.com/tags/syslog/Recent content in Syslog on<url>https://geekyschmidt.com/images/papermod-cover.png</url><link>https://geekyschmidt.com/images/papermod-cover.png</link></image><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><copyright>Copyright ©2002-2026, Nicholas Schmidt; all rights reserved.</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 04:51:59 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://geekyschmidt.com/tags/syslog/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Log File Sizehttps://geekyschmidt.com/2010/08/22/log-file-size/Sun, 22 Aug 2010 04:51:59 +0000https://geekyschmidt.com/2010/08/22/log-file-size/<p>I struggle with ROM for log file storage. It is one of those things that no one EVER looks at, but everyone covers their asses. As an example DHS requires 90 days online, 7 years offline. Anton Chuvakin from Security Warrior posted this today and I thought it was pretty good:</p> <p><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 19px;">100,000 log messages / second x 300 bytes / log message ~ 28.6 MB</span></p> <p><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 19px;">x 3600 seconds  ~ 100.6 GB / hour</span></p>