Log files recorded by operating systems and applications contain a vast amount of useful data. Regularly and thoroughly analyzing this data; grouping related data items together, and reporting in a data appropriate form along with trending, provides a deep insight into systems operations: intended, unexpected or inappropriate! A moving picture of reality rather than baseless assumptions colored by wishful thinking.

Given the large volume and diversity of data involved, such a view cannot be gained by examining the log data manually, a Log Analysis system must be used. In order to be practiable, any Log Analysis system must support:

• Multiple Application Logs, Logging Formats and Operating Systems
• Flexible Server groupings
• Arbitrary Alerting Rules and Trending
• Customized reports by audience and reporting periods
• Per user configuration of analysis and reporting

E-insights' Log Analysis system provides all the above, in addition to optional regular expert evaluation of log reports.

Operations Service time statictics Service errors and re-starts	Development Run time errors, exceptions and notices Database query execution times
Management Overall performance metrics and trends Vendor performance tracking	Complaince Remote access records and trends Automated script execution records and trends File system changes Un-categorized events

Current documentation can be found here and a sample here.