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diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_ng_comparison.html b/doc/rsyslog_ng_comparison.html index 2a1d15bd..28413337 100644 --- a/doc/rsyslog_ng_comparison.html +++ b/doc/rsyslog_ng_comparison.html @@ -1,12 +1,11 @@ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> -<html><head> -<meta content="de" http-equiv="Content-Language"><title>rsyslog vs. syslog-ng - a comparison</title> +<html><head><title>rsyslog vs. syslog-ng - a comparison</title> </head> <body> <h1>rsyslog vs. syslog-ng</h1> <p><small><i>Written by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer Gerhards</a> -(2008-02-28)</i></small></p> +(2008-04-08)</i></small></p> <p>We have often been asked about 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 @@ -122,7 +121,9 @@ based framing on syslog/tcp connections</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> </tr> <tr> -<td valign="top">syslog over RELP<br>this is a truely reliable solution (plain tcp syslog can lose messages!)</td> +<td valign="top">syslog over RELP<br> +truly reliable message delivery (<a href="http://rgerhards.blogspot.com/2008/04/on-unreliability-of-plain-tcp-syslog.html">Why +is plain tcp syslog not reliable?</a>)</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> <td valign="top">no</td> </tr> @@ -337,6 +338,15 @@ be placed on different disk</td> <td valign="top">no</td> </tr> <tr> +<td valign="top">ability to process spooled +messages only during a configured timeframe (e.g. process messages only +during off-peak hours, during peak hours they are enqueued only)</td> +<td valign="top"><a href="http://wiki.rsyslog.com/index.php/OffPeakHours">yes</a><br> +(can independently be configured for the main queue and each action +queue)</td> +<td valign="top">no</td> +</tr> +<tr> <td valign="top">ability to configure backup syslog/database servers </td> <td valign="top">yes</td> @@ -416,6 +426,10 @@ including ability to present channel and priority as visible log data</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> <td valign="top">not sure...</td> </tr> +<tr><td valign="top">native ability to send mail messages</td> +<td valign="top">yes (<a href="ommail.html">ommail</a>, introduced in 3.17.0)</td> +<td valign="top">not sure...</td> +</tr> <tr> <td valign="top">good timestamp format control; at a minimum, ISO 8601/RFC 3339 second-resolution UTC zone</td> @@ -564,6 +578,6 @@ feature sheet. I have not yet been able to fully work through it. In the mean time, you may want to read it in parallel. It is available at <a href="http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/features/detailed/">Balabit's site</a>.</p> -<p>This document is current as of 2008-02-28 and definitely +<p>This document is current as of 2008-04-08 and definitely incomplete (I did not yet manage to complete it!).</p> </body></html>
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