Apache access log file recommended size limit

kirukan · 01-17-2011, 10:47 PM

Based on some web reference, apache access log file size increased more than 2Gb. It will effect apache performances. Is this correct?
System Specification:-RHEL5.3 32bit OS
Apache version httpd-2.2.3-31.el5

chrism01 · 01-17-2011, 11:51 PM

Personally I'd use the logrotate tool to rotate it at a more reasonble size eg 1GB; for strict 32 bit systems, 2GB is the limit.
http://linux.die.net/man/8/logrotate
Normally logrotate is part of the std install, try looking under /etc ; probably /etc/logrotate.d (a dir)

kirukan · 01-18-2011, 01:19 AM

Thanks Chrism, Yes I have awareness about logrotate but I need to prove that the apache performance may effect because of huge access log size(say about 2Gb for 32bit OS).

geovg · 01-18-2011, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by kirukan

Thanks Chrism, Yes I have awareness about logrotate but I need to prove that the apache performance may effect because of huge access log size(say about 2Gb for 32bit OS).

yea, there will be issues with apache performance. I had experiences when apache was stopped due to the excess log size (more than 2GB).

kirukan · 01-18-2011, 10:12 PM

Which logrotate mechanism is most effective in heavy loaded apache webservers?