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When comparing Kiwi Syslog Server vs Flume, the Slant community recommends Flume for most people. In the question“What are the best log management, aggregation & monitoring tools?” Flume is ranked 14th while Kiwi Syslog Server is ranked 31st.
Specs
PlatformsWindows
Typeaggregation
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Pros
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Pro Flume is transactional (no lost when duplicating streams), and can be backuped by Kafka
Pro Hadoop integration
Flume was created to efficiently move log data to Apache Hadoop's HDFS.
Pro Free and open source
Licensed under Apache 2.0.
Cons
Con Registration required
Con Hard to manage
Since Flume cannot do multiplex connections, it's extremely hard to manage. It's essentially one socket per log type.