Logstash vs SLF4J vs Splunk

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Logstash

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SLF4J

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Splunk

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Pros of Logstash
Pros of SLF4J
Pros of Splunk
  • 69
    Free
  • 18
    Easy but powerful filtering
  • 12
    Scalable
  • 2
    Kibana provides machine learning based analytics to log
  • 1
    Great to meet GDPR goals
  • 1
    Well Documented
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    • 3
      API for searching logs, running reports
    • 3
      Alert system based on custom query results
    • 2
      Splunk language supports string, date manip, math, etc
    • 2
      Dashboarding on any log contents
    • 2
      Custom log parsing as well as automatic parsing
    • 2
      Query engine supports joining, aggregation, stats, etc
    • 2
      Rich GUI for searching live logs
    • 2
      Ability to style search results into reports
    • 1
      Granular scheduling and time window support
    • 1
      Query any log as key-value pairs

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    Cons of Logstash
    Cons of SLF4J
    Cons of Splunk
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      Memory-intensive
    • 1
      Documentation difficult to use
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        Splunk query language rich so lots to learn

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      What is Logstash?

      Logstash is a tool for managing events and logs. You can use it to collect logs, parse them, and store them for later use (like, for searching). If you store them in Elasticsearch, you can view and analyze them with Kibana.

      What is SLF4J?

      It is a simple Logging Facade for Java (SLF4J) serves as a simple facade or abstraction for various logging frameworks allowing the end user to plug in the desired logging framework at deployment time.

      What is Splunk?

      It provides the leading platform for Operational Intelligence. Customers use it to search, monitor, analyze and visualize machine data.

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      What are some alternatives to Logstash, SLF4J, and Splunk?
      Fluentd
      Fluentd collects events from various data sources and writes them to files, RDBMS, NoSQL, IaaS, SaaS, Hadoop and so on. Fluentd helps you unify your logging infrastructure.
      Kafka
      Kafka is a distributed, partitioned, replicated commit log service. It provides the functionality of a messaging system, but with a unique design.
      Beats
      Beats is the platform for single-purpose data shippers. They send data from hundreds or thousands of machines and systems to Logstash or Elasticsearch.
      Graylog
      Centralize and aggregate all your log files for 100% visibility. Use our powerful query language to search through terabytes of log data to discover and analyze important information.
      Elasticsearch
      Elasticsearch is a distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine capable of storing data and searching it in near real time. Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats and Logstash are the Elastic Stack (sometimes called the ELK Stack).
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