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Asked: 2026-05-25T03:37:06+00:00

I am using log4net and a customized AdoNetAppender to log error messages into a

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I am using log4net and a customized AdoNetAppender to log error messages into a database.

Is it really a good idea to set the buffer size to 10, 20 or maybe even 100 for logging?

I know that it’s good for performance, because this way not every error will trigger a DB query and when many errors occur at once, this may even kill my server, but

It makes immediate error analysis kind of hard, if I have to wait until 99 more errors occur, until I can access the error information in the DB.

Am I missing something? What is the way to go regarding buffering error messages?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Probably the difference is philosophical and some people would say to only do batch inserts with lots of data every now and then.

    we actually write immediately to a log file exactly to be able to debug immediately and not have to wait until 99 more errors come.

    you can eventually have a mixed approach, to log (text) files immediately and to database every 100 records…

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