Sawmill is a Bind 9 Log Format (Syslog required) log analyzer (it also supports 827 other log formats). It can process log files in Bind 9 Log Format (Syslog required) format, and generate dynamic statistics from them, analyzing and reporting events. Sawmill can parse Bind 9 Log Format (Syslog required) logs, import them into a SQL database (or its own built-in database), aggregate them, and generate dynamically filtered reports, all through a web interface. Sawmill can perform Bind 9 Log Format (Syslog required) log analysis on any platform, including Window, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS, Solaris, other UNIX, and others.

Sawmill stores the following non-numerical fields in its database for Bind 9 Log Format (Syslog required), generates reports for each field, and allows dynamic filtering on any combination of these fields:

Sawmill stores the following numerical fields in its database for Bind 9 Log Format (Syslog required), aggregating them and including them as columns in most reports:

Sawmill also supports 827 other log formats; see Sawmill Features for a list containing Bind 9 Log Format (Syslog required) and all the other supported formats.