Sawmill 7.2.10 Review
Sawmill is a useful, powerful, hierarchical log analysis utility that runs on every major platform. It is particularly well suited to web server logs, but can process almost any log.
The reports that Sawmill generates are hierarchical, attractive, and heavily cross-linked for easy navigation. Complete documentation is built directly into the program
Here are some key features of "Sawmill":
- Easy To Use
- Extensive Documentation
- Live Reports & Graphs
- Package of Powerful Analysis Tools
- Attractive Statistics
- Database Driven
- Very Fast
- Easy To Install
- Highly Configurable
- Works With a Variety of Platforms
- Processes Almost Any Log File
There are currently versions for the following platforms:
- An x86/Pentium system running Windows (95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, or 2003)
- An x86/Pentium system running Linux
- An x86/Pentium system running FreeBSD
- An x86/Pentium system running OpenBSD
- An x86/Pentium system running BSD/OS
- An x86/Pentium system running Solaris
- A Macintosh running MacOS X
- A Sun workstation running Solaris
- A Sun workstation running Linux
- An Alpha workstation running Digital UNIX
- An Alpha workstation running Linux
- An IBM workstation running AIX
- An HP workstation running HP/UX
IMPORTANT: The MySQL licensing restriction from earlier versions has been lifted; it is no longer necessary to purchase a MySQL license to use Sawmill. You can now use Sawmill with a GPL (free) installation of MySQL.
