Log Aggregation solutions

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Published on 2010-04-09T22:37:24Z Indexed on 2010/04/09 22:43 UTC
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Hello,

We are currently evaluating log aggregation solutions at my company. I understand that Splunk is one of the best solutions, but what are some of the "negatives" with using Splunk? Is there anything else out there that maybe does a better job of log aggregation?

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