Re: Logging server app?

["Derek Atkins" <user=54@nabble.blu.org>]

 "Scott R. Ehrlich" <[hidden email]> writes: 

> I am testing splunk as a logging server on a CentOS 5 box which is 
> accepting connections from client linux and Windows systems, the 
> clients using snare agent. 
> 
> My goal is to have a relatively easy-to-configure web-based log viewer 
> to present events from all systems in one interface, letting me sort 
> by different methods, and is not _that_ difficult to set up.  If I 
> want to review the events of all systems in one file, then I should be 
> able to clink a link and see all events.  I should be able to sort by 
> Windows vs Linux, or time, or success/failure of object or logins, 
> etc. 
> 
> If splunk can do all this, it hasn't been obvious from my tests thus 
> far (using free download from their site).  What other linux-based 
> logging server apps are available, preferably for free, but if not, at 
> least offer free trials?