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.