Re: asynchronous logging?

I'd also like to see some buffered async logging.=20

MSMQ isn't really an asynchronus logging destination (despite MS stating =
for their Logging block it supports Async logging)=20
as I see it as identical in this context to logging to a database (or =
SMTP for that matter).  MSMQ (like SMTP) through it's=20
normal usage patterns make it an asynchronus form of processing.  Just =
sending log statements to it sychronously (as with the MS
logging block) doesn't suddenly imbue the the appender with asynchronus =
behavior - it still takes time to perform.

The problem I have with buffered logging is you take a performance hit =
everytime you hit the buffer threshold - I would imagine
this could be mitigated through a richer asynchronus logging process =
which would use some form of lazy writer working on a=20
separate thread.  I had a look at implementing something like this =
myself but couldn't see a clean way of fitting it into an appender=20
without changing the way appenders work.

Duncan
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Mario Gutierrez" <[email protected]>
To: "'Log4NET User'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 10:22 PM
Subject: RE: asynchronous logging?


> SMTP is essentially a queued application. Are you planning on doing
> something more once it's been enqueued?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Wallis [mailto:[email protected]]=20
> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 2:15 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: asynchronous logging?
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> Hi, has anyone tried and found a benefit to doing asynchronous logging
> to something such as MSMQ? I currently plan to log to SQL Server but
> wondered if somehow doing it asynchronously would yield better
> performance. It doesn't seem like log4net has an MSMQ appender so that
> will be another challenge.
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> Comments anyone?
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> Simon.
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