I have access to raw log files. Just wondering what would you recommend? Webalizer (http://www.webalizer.org)/AWStats (http://awstats.sourceforge.net/)/Any Other (http://www.****microsoft.com)?

Webalizer Webalizer Webalizer

AWStats, AWStats, AWSTATS 3.0!

Wusage Wusage Wuage!
Or Urchin Urchin Urchin ;)

Originally posted by LastActionHero
I have access to raw log files. Just wondering what would you recommend?


What features are you looking for in an analysis package?

Originally posted by Mike the newbie



What features are you looking for in an analysis package?

Everything that can be got from a log file. I'm a stats person :)

Can any of the scripts be run without a cron tab entry. Also I noticed the config file for AWStats should be stored in etc/opt/some direct/... Is there a workaround?

The are lots of raw data in a log file, you'd probably need a hypercube model to distill it all.

Both the Webalizer and AWStats sites have sample reports, maybe you could start there.

(I just took a quick peek at the two sites. Be careful of the comparison chart on the AWStats sites, it has a couple of "No" entries for Webalizer that should be "Yes"; makes me wonder what other comparisons there are incorrect. )

Are you looking for a free-licensed program, or would fee-based be OK? I've used wusage and it was pretty good, but pricey. That's why I settled on Webalizer. It does the summaries I need, and the cost was right.

WebTrend has pretty good stats too.

I saw that comparision table and that is what made me suspicious so I posted here otherwise I was inclined towards AWStats. Now I think I'll go for webalizer. And I prefer a free solution. Thanks everyone.

Does anyone know whether AWStats will mess up anything on a Plesk server (or the other way around)?

Originally posted by GAMPort
Does anyone know whether AWStats will mess up anything on a Plesk server (or the other way around)?

Nope, they can coexist fine.

As to the question about Urchin and Webtrends -- I agree 100% for paid-statistics, but AWStats is the best free tool in my opinion.

I just started usin awstats, and I like it a lot. Acually, I should of started using it last Saterday, but my logs were HUGE, and I did not want to wait for them to finish(acually, because the database folder wasent getting larger, I thought it wasent working) but plesk cleared the logs this morning, so I ran it today and I love it. Wusage, I bought it, it worked, I just like awstats. It looks nice, free, has different statistics, and works.

Webalizer is probably one of the best free traffic analyzers :cool:

I just recently started testing awstats on one of my servers. I like the looks of it, and it gives a bit more detail about some things. It also lacks in others. 1 feature I like about it, is that it can handle mod_gzip stats, so you don't have to run a separate log/script for that. It is very slow, and needs to be run at least hourly on high traffic sites.

Example, 2 hours worth of log (about 2megs) with DNS resolution turned off took it about 4 minutes. Webalizer on the other hand, can do a whole day's log (about 40 megs) in about 30 seconds.

I could not see using awstats on a machine with a lot of domains. The script would be constantly running, and wasting resources. It is still a fairly young project though, and the last versions have seen substantial speed increases, so I'd keep an eye on it.

If you're willing to spend the money, nothing beats urchin. It is very fast, and it gives you more information than most people would want to know.

-Dan

Originally posted by serve-you
I could not see using awstats on a machine with a lot of domains. The script would be constantly running, and wasting resources. It is still a fairly young project though, and the last versions have seen substantial speed increases, so I'd keep an eye on it.
Actually, we run AWStats as our main stats program and it runs incredibly fast. We have many, many domains and some pretty darn heavy ones. We also run MGStat for the mod_gzip information which also runs very fast.

Really? How often do you run the update on the domains? Why do you run mgstats as well? I found awstats mod_gzip stats to be a bit better than mgstats.

I'd love to use it once some of the features it lacks get added (skipreferrers better daily stats, full pages for all catagories).

-Dan

I use awstats too and I run it every hour on popular sites (100000 visits per day) without any problem and the one I have is a old version. I will update it and see how much increase in performance.

Originally posted by serve-you How often do you run the update on the domains?

Daily. We also purge logs daily, so this incredibly decreses the running time of the script. Probably its biggest problem with reference to speed is that it is written in Perl -- not compiled C like Webalizer. It is still fast enough to not cause problems when run at 4 AM. :D