[evla-sw-discuss] severity of alerts

[Bruce Rowen]

>>
>> One beauty of syslog is it's ability to sort and dispatch log/error 
>> messages to a highly tunable set of target machines and/or users. All 
>> built in, all programed and tested, and already in use by the 
>> sysadmin people for their needs. No need to create our own 
>> proprietary logging system.
>
>
> yes, but we already have the distribution mechanism in place - the 
> multicasting of the alerts.  so we don't need the dispatch feature of 
> syslog.  or maybe i'm not understanding how you mean to use syslog...



Syslog is a spooler and distribution mechanism. With multicasting alone 
every client will have to sort through all messages for the goodies, 
syslog can do a fair amount of screening before hand. My only point 
being made here with syslog (as James echoed) is that it is a mechanism 
designed for versatile message logging operations. If it can be used in 
the architecture of the EVLA then good, it's already built. If not, then 
it won't be used. Tricking the syslog daemon into accepting a MIB 
message should be trivial.

-Bruce