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Oh Chin Boon
Asked: 2016-06-13 20:52:23 +0800 CST

Is 3gb of log going to bring Apache to a halt in today's context

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RHEL 6.7 3GB of ram T2.Medium EC2

Apache 2.2

I am trying to find in today context what is the max file size that Apache can log to without bringing it down.

apache-2.2

1 Answers

  1. Size of log files do not matter when it comes to Apache's capabilities. All Apache does is append a line to the end of the logs when necessary, and that doesn't depend on log size.

    The only thing I would be worried about is hard disk space if it's limited. I had a case where MySQL ground to a halt because Apache log files were taking up 20GB's of space in a disk that's only 45GB. Personally, because of this, I have a cron-job clear out unnecessary logs (>2 weeks) every so often.

    In short, don't worry about it unless your hard drive is small.

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