Re: ra not reading a 1GB radium.out file

Monah Baki <[email protected]> Sun, 7 Oct 2018 10:26:30 -0400
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Hi Carter,

I used the following command "rastream -r radium.out -M time 30m -w
%Y/%m/%d/radium.%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S" per the example, but the radium.out file
is still at 1Gb plus, due to disk space in /var/log, I need to 0 radium.out
and have it start all over again

Thanks
Monah

On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 10:02 AM Carter Bullard <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hey Monah,
> You want to use rastream.1.   Have it connect to radium to write out the
> files, don=E2=80=99t have radium do that.  Think of radium as an argus re=
cord
> distribution node.  Have rastream.1 split on time, not on size, as that
> organizes the data in a more natural scope.  But if that is not possible,
> rastream.1 can easily split based on file size, and after the file is
> closed, it will run a script against the file.  Checkout the man page for
> rastream.
>
> Carter
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> On Oct 7, 2018, at 9:57 AM, Monah Baki <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Thanks Carter I was able to break it up. Question though, is there a file
> somewhere where I can configure to say after every 10M of radium.out size
> tar and start collecting logs from the start.
>
>
> Thanks
> Monah
>
> On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 9:13 AM Carter Bullard <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hey Monah,
>> Look at your system log and your system configuration.  The log should
>> have some explanation, such as system file size exceeded. The size of th=
e
>> file is close to 0x3D000000.  This isn=E2=80=99t particularly magical to=
 me, but
>> seems like a curious binary number, so its magical for your machine.
>>  32-bit Linux =E2=80=A6 Windows???
>>
>> If there are hard limits on file size, rasplit.1 is designed to handle
>> this.  I would suggest using rasplit.1 to create smaller files, say 5min
>> files, so you can avoid this type of problem.
>>
>> Carter
>> [image: QoSient] <http://qosient.com/>
>> Carter Bullard <[email protected]> =E2=80=A2 CTO
>> 150 E 57th Street, Suite 12D
>> New York, New York 10022-2795
>> Phone +1.212.588.9133 =E2=80=A2 Mobile +1.917.497.9494
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 5, 2018, at 1:42 PM, Monah Baki <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> -rw-------.  1 root    root    1023339245 Oct  5 13:40 radium.out
>>
>>
>> ra -r radium.out drops me to a shell but if I were to move the file and
>> have it start all over again, I get output.
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Monah
>>
>>
>>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi Carter,<div><br></div><div>I used the =
following command &quot;rastream -r radium.out -M time 30m -w %Y/%m/%d/radi=
um.%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S&quot; per the example, but the radium.out file is stil=
l at 1Gb plus, due to disk space in /var/log, I need to 0 radium.out and ha=
ve it start all over again</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>Monah<=
/div></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sun, Oc=
t 7, 2018 at 10:02 AM Carter Bullard &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
om">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1e=
x"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Hey Mon=
ah,<div>You want to use rastream.1. =C2=A0 Have it connect to radium to wri=
te out the files, don=E2=80=99t have radium do that.=C2=A0 Think of radium =
as an argus record distribution node.=C2=A0 Have rastream.1 split on time, =
not on size, as that organizes the data in a more natural scope.=C2=A0 But =
if that is not possible, rastream.1 can easily split based on file size, an=
d after the file is closed, it will run a script against the file.=C2=A0 Ch=
eckout the man page for rastream.</div><div><br><div>Carter<br><div>





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gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br class=3D"m_-2124038879867933813Apple-inte=
rchange-newline"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks Carter I was able to break it=
 up. Question though, is there a file somewhere where I can configure to sa=
y after every 10M of radium.out size tar and start collecting logs from the=
 start.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>Monah</div></div=
><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 9:1=
3 AM Carter Bullard &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_bl=
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ex"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Hey Mo=
nah,<div><div>Look at your system log and your system configuration.=C2=A0 =
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ay 5min files, so you can avoid this type of problem.</div><div><br><div>Ca=
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<div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On Oct 5, 2018, at 1:42 PM, Monah B=
aki &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">monahbaki@=
gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br class=3D"m_-2124038879867933813m_-3679764=
090253240920Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"lt=
r">-rw-------.=C2=A0 1 root=C2=A0 =C2=A0 root=C2=A0 =C2=A0 1023339245 Oct=
=C2=A0 5 13:40 radium.out<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div><br></di=
v><div>ra -r radium.out drops me to a shell but if I were to move the file =
and have it start all over again, I get output.</div><div><br></div><div><b=
r></div><div>Thanks</div><div>Monah</div></div>
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