In my home lab, I use Synology for my shared storage solution. In this post, I would like to talk about what Synology devices I…
Log Insight System Architecture Part 4: Life of an Event
To conclude the series on Log Insight system architecture I would like to talk about the life of an event. This post needed to come…
Log Insight System Architecture Part 3: Archiving
In part 2 of this series I talked about how retention was calculated and worked. In part 3 of this series I would like to…
Log Insight System Architecture Part 2: Retention
In part 1 of this series I talked about the different pipelines. In part 2, I would like to talk about how retention works. Hint: It…
Log Insight System Architecture Part 1: Pipelines
I have been hearing a few questions around the Log Insight system architecture and more specifically how it works. This week, I would like to…
Upgrades: In-place versus Migration
I sat in on an interesting conversation recently where the question was raised whether upgrades for products should be done in-place versus via a migration.…
Log Insight Agent: Detecting Directories and Files
The Log Insight agent can be configured to monitor log files within specific directories. It is important to understand how and when the agent detects…
Let’s Talk About Best Practices
So I am sure you have heard the term “best practices” before. The phrase literally means the best way to practice/configure/administrate/operate/etc. something. The problem with…
Remote Syslog Architecture Considerations
When architecting any syslog solution several things need to be taken into consideration. Outside of requirements, I would like to discuss some of the technical…
Log Insight: Remote Syslog Architectures
When architecting a syslog solution, it is important to understand the requirements both from a business and a product perspective. I would like to discuss…