DNet PProxy log files... what good are they??

[Sloth]

All of the talk about the log compression has me looking at all the data I have here sitting around. I see the use of the contest log files (for all the stats with ppstats) but what is the use of the console log file? Does anything use it at all, besides the few uses of "what is happening now" (the baby bovine script and a few of the php scripts) Is there any use in holding onto the console log or just trash it every few days?


S.

 

[Viztech]

You might want to check the Dnet add-on page for a simpler version of your proxy stats generator. Personally I use Vlad's proproxy stats generator, which allows me to monitor all my RC5 cows to see if any of them are down.

I check them every day or so, and this is the only contact that I keep with the 'rack unless the power goes out.

viz

 

[bphantom]

Sloth, I usually keep me console logs around for a few days. I've adjusted the verbosity of the console. The client and server transmissions are no longer displayed, but I get the pproxy status updates. Keeps the logs fairly small. I do keep all the rc5/ogr/csc logs. Once the compressor runs on them and gzip, they are quite small. Very nice!

Brad..

 

[Russ]

Brad,

Does that mean I can safely delete the "daily" logs that I created for the Baby Bovine update script? Those pups are sucking up over a Gigabyte of space.

BTW, FYI, the log compressor took less then 15 minutes to work it's way through 339 days worth of RC5 log files. Pretty damned quick!

Russ, NCNE

 

[Mika]

I keep the entire history of all the logs. This currently uses about 1.5GB per month. But, the original files get zipped up at least once a week (they compress about 10:1), and every once in a while, I write a CD full of zipped files.

One reason to keep a month or so of history would be if the winning block is submitted by someone from Team AnandTech through one of the pproxies, it would be interesting to track the actual winning block from the time it was downloaded from d.net.

Another reason is that it just doesn't seem right to delete log files of any type.

 

[GeoffS]

Mika- Has anyone told you lately that do you a kick-ass job? Thanks man!

Geoff