I am evaluating Kiwi Syslogd to front-end and filter syslog traffic since we are having performance problems and service crashes using the NPM Syslog Service. Here is the hardware platform:
HP DL385G7
2x AMD Opteron 6174 2.2GHz 12-core processors
32GB memory
RAID-1 for OS/Syslog
Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise SP1
I installed Kiwi Syslogd and it ran for about an hour before it crashed with this failure:
Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 3/15/2012 10:42:42 AM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: *********
Description:
Faulting application name: Syslogd_Service.exe, version: 9.2.0.1, time stamp: 0x4d069c0f
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000a
Faulting process id: 0x91d0
Faulting application start time: 0x01cd02c944ab6d53
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Syslogd\Syslogd_Service.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report Id: 43e40d87-6ec6-11e1-a52f-3cd92b024752
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2012-03-15T17:42:42.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>2945</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>************</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Syslogd_Service.exe</Data>
<Data>9.2.0.1</Data>
<Data>4d069c0f</Data>
<Data>unknown</Data>
<Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
<Data>00000000</Data>
<Data>c0000005</Data>
<Data>0000000a</Data>
<Data>91d0</Data>
<Data>01cd02c944ab6d53</Data>
<Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\Syslogd\Syslogd_Service.exe</Data>
<Data>unknown</Data>
<Data>43e40d87-6ec6-11e1-a52f-3cd92b024752</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
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The following was in the Syslogd Errorlog.txt:
2012-03-15 09:32:52 Command line license key accepted.
2012-03-15 10:42:41 *** INTERNAL PROGRAM ERROR - Please contact http://www.kiwisyslog.com/support/ ***
2012-03-15 10:42:41 Service Version 9.2.1 | Error Number: 28 | Description: Out of stack space | Module Name: Syslogdsvc.frm | Procedure Name: SyslogSocket_DataArrival | Line Number: 260 | Date and time: 3/15/2012 10:42:41 AM
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I have opened SolarWinds case #323438 regarding this.