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<h1>rsyslog vs. syslog-ng</h1>
<p><small><i>Written by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer Gerhards</a>
-(2008-01-29)</i></small></p>
+(2008-02-15)</i></small></p>
<p>We have often been asked abut a comparison sheet between
rsyslog and syslog-ng. Unfortunately, I do not know much about
syslog-ng, I did not even use it once. Also, there seems to be no
@@ -28,18 +25,6 @@ comparison sheet, so please don't be shy ;)</p>
<td valign="top"><b>syslog-ng</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
-<td valign="top">native support for <a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-rsyslog_mysql.html">writing
-to MySQL databases</a></td>
-<td valign="top">yes</td>
-<td valign="top">paid edition only</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td valign="top">native support for writing to
-Postgres databases</td>
-<td valign="top">yes</td>
-<td valign="top">paid edition only</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
<td valign="top">support for (plain) tcp based syslog</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
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<td valign="top">yes</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
</tr>
-<tr>
-<td valign="top">native support for Oracle databases</td>
-<td valign="top">no</td>
-<td valign="top">paid edition only</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td valign="top">native support for SQLite databases</td>
-<td valign="top">no</td>
-<td valign="top">paid edition only</td>
-</tr>
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+
<tr>
<td valign="top">rate-limiting output actions</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
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<td valign="top">no</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
</tr>
-</tbody>
+<tr>
+<td valign="top"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Supported Database Outputs</span></td>
+<td valign="top"></td>
+<td valign="top"></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td valign="top">MySQL</td>
+<td valign="top"><a href="rsyslog_mysql.html">yes</a> (ommysql,&nbsp;<a href="omlibdbi.html">omlibdbi</a>)</td>
+<td valign="top">paid edition only</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td valign="top">PostgreSQL</td>
+<td valign="top">yes (ompgsql,&nbsp;<a href="omlibdbi.html">omlibdbi</a>)</td>
+<td valign="top">paid edition only</td>
+</tr>
+<tr><td valign="top">Oracle</td><td valign="top">yes (<a href="omlibdbi.html">omlibdbi</a>)</td><td valign="top">paid edition only</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">SQLite</td><td valign="top">yes (<a href="omlibdbi.html">omlibdbi</a>)</td><td valign="top">paid edition only</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Microsoft SQL (Open TDS)</td><td valign="top">yes (<a href="omlibdbi.html">omlibdbi</a>)</td><td valign="top">no (?)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Sybase (Open TDS)</td><td valign="top">yes (<a href="omlibdbi.html">omlibdbi</a>)</td><td valign="top">no (?)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Firebird/Interbase</td><td valign="top">yes (<a href="omlibdbi.html">omlibdbi</a>)</td><td valign="top">no (?)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Ingres</td><td valign="top">yes (<a href="omlibdbi.html">omlibdbi</a>)</td><td valign="top">no (?)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">mSQL</td><td valign="top">yes (<a href="omlibdbi.html">omlibdbi</a>)</td><td valign="top">no (?)</td></tr></tbody>
</table>
<p>Based on a discussion I had, I also wrote about the <b>political
argument why it is good to have another strong syslogd besides syslog-ng</b>.