Re: [cobalt-users] Info on 'Access By Domain Web Reports',can anyone help...

[Bruce Timberlake <Bruce.Timberlake@xxxxxxx>]

> In the Server Management/Control Panel there is an option for
> 'Access By Domain Web Reports', the help says, 'Please note that
> this will dramatically increase the time it takes to process log
> files. This could affect your overall system performance.'
> 
> Can someone please explain a bit more about how it will effect 
> my system performance? Does it only take up system resources when
> accessing the report?

It uses more CPU time and disk space each night when processing your logs,
as it does DNS lookups on all the IP addresses in your logs to create your
reports with the actual domain names in them instead of just IP addresses.

So you might get intermittent (once or twice per night) low disk space
and/or low memory and/or high CPU usage alarms from Active Monitor.  As
long as the alarms are all being sent around 4-5am when the logs are
processing, you'll be ok.

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Bruce Timberlake
Sun Cobalt Technology Engineer
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

E: bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx
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