when i started to play with ELK, i followed some article and setup elk like this: logstash -> redis -> logstash -> elastic search -> kibana. I'm prepared that logstash shipper will use more memory, but i wasn't prepared that it'll use a noticeable amount of CPU as well: the java.exe used 10-20% cpu …

Logstash forwarder, logstash, nxlog, redis, which one to use?

magnusbaeck (Magnus Bäck) July 27, 2015, 8:28pm 4

Yes, logstash-forwarder will back off nicely.

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