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

Monah Baki <[email protected]> Sun, 7 Oct 2018 14:51:28 -0400
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Never mind, used the Linux logrotate to get what I wanted


Thanks Carter

Monah

On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 10:26 AM Monah Baki <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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 fi=
le
> is still at 1Gb plus, due to disk space in /var/log, I need to 0 radium.o=
ut
> 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 r=
ecord
>> 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 fo=
r
>> rastream.
>>
>> 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 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 fil=
e
>> somewhere where I can configure to say after every 10M of radium.out siz=
e
>> 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 t=
he
>>> file is close to 0x3D000000.  This isn=E2=80=99t particularly magical t=
o 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 5mi=
n
>>> 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">Never mind, used the Linux logrotate to get what I wanted<=
div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks Carter</div><div><br></div><div>Mo=
nah</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sun, Oct =
7, 2018 at 10:26 AM Monah Baki &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">m=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote=
" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><=
div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi Carter,<div><br></div><div>I used the f=
ollowing command &quot;rastream -r radium.out -M time 30m -w %Y/%m/%d/radiu=
m.%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S&quot; 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 hav=
e 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, Oct=
 7, 2018 at 10:02 AM Carter Bullard &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
m" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote=
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d;padding-left:1ex"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-whi=
te-space">Hey Monah,<div>You want to use rastream.1. =C2=A0 Have it connect=
 to radium to write 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, and after the file is closed, it will run a script against t=
he file.=C2=A0 Checkout the man page for rastream.</div><div><br><div>Carte=
r<br><div>





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<div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On Oct 7, 2018, at 9:57 AM, Monah B=
aki &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">monahbaki@=
gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br class=3D"m_572386257044315786m_-212403887=
9867933813Apple-interchange-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 say after every 10M of radium.out size tar and start coll=
ecting 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 9:13 AM Carter Bullard &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:carter@qosien=
t.com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockq=
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solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after=
-white-space">Hey Monah,<div><div>Look at your system log and your system c=
onfiguration.=C2=A0 The log should have some explanation, such as system fi=
le size exceeded. The size of the file is close to 0x3D000000.=C2=A0 This i=
sn=E2=80=99t particularly magical to me, but seems like a curious binary nu=
mber, so its magical for your machine. =C2=A032-bit Linux =E2=80=A6 Windows=
???</div><div><br></div><div>If there are hard limits on file size, rasplit=
.1 is designed to handle this.=C2=A0 I would suggest using rasplit.1 to cre=
ate smaller files, say 5min files, so you can avoid this type of problem.</=
div><div><br><div>Carter<br><div>





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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_572386257044315786m_-212403887=
9867933813m_-3679764090253240920Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir=3D=
"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">-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></div><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><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>Monah</div></div>
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