Apache Log4j vs. SolarWinds Log Analyzer (LA)

There is multiple reasons. All types are logging messages support not only string msg. We can use parametrized variables for logging Support advance filter for logging like (Data, Markers, Regular Expression) Support Plugin Architecture (We just use the dependency and Layout configuration with minimal config, and this will start to work) Integration support with application server Could enable.

Incentivized

Some of equipment does not support correct monitoring of particular errors via standard SNMP requests (example - Juniper SRX licenses expiration). In this case getting and analyzing syslogs as well as creating event-based alerts/notifications brings great relief of a network administrator life! The second case - is a simple analyzing firewall log events as SolarWinds Log Analyzer (LA) can keep logs for a longer time than an equipment built-in tool.

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• Integration with java.
• Configure logging levels.
• Customize logging contents.

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• Event based custom alarms
• Useful search filters
• Real-time streaming

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• Fixed the vulnerability which is reported which affect many big brand.
• There should be security check to check all vulnerability.

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• Network management
• Server infrastructure management

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The ability to customize logging levels and manage log files is superior to other products we have looked at; due to this we selected to go with log4j.

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Based on my personal experience SolorWinds Log Analyzer is the best product on the market. Splunk Enterprise is the other system we use for monitoring but it's more complicated and requires extra skills Moreover Solarwinds Support Team response fast to any issues

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• Good logging tools we can integrate with minimal resource consumption.
• Ease of understanding.
• Plugin play component Architecture.
• Advance filter support can be used to filter all types of logs and events, which can be further analyzed.

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• Decrease issue reaction time
• Simplify an issue root cause reporting

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