try adding a fake entry for the IP of the remote machine to your syslog servers /etc/hosts file and check if that speeds up things, i suspect since some time that syslog forcefully performs a DNS lookup *per line* while logging ...
btw: afaik the server team plans to abandon syslog in intrepid -- Remote syslog logging paralyzes system https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26986 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
