Logrotate Utility

[Andy Rabagliati]

On Thu, 06 May 2010, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a weird issue about logrotate utility slowing down the server
> running ubuntu linux 8.04 hardy server. My logrotate runs at around
> 12:30 pm everyday and during this time it slows down. The load is high
> on the box.
> 
> There is no error in dmesg and as well as syslog service.
> 
> Please suggest/guide me how do i go about in fixing this issue.

How big are your logfiles ?

logrotate often compresses old logs - if you have huge logfiles that
could slow things down.

Log less stuff.

Cheers,  Andy!