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A target that buffers log events and sends them in batches to the wrapped target. 

Supported in

Configuration Syntax

Read more about using the Configuration File.

Parameters

• General Options
• name - Name of the target.
• Buffering Options
• 
  slidingTimeout - Indicates whether to use sliding timeout.Boolean Default: True
  This value determines how the inactivity period is determined. If sliding timeout is enabled, the inactivity timer is reset after each write, if it is disabled - inactivity timer will count from the first event written to the buffer.

  This parameter is not supported in:

  • NLog v1.0 for .NET Compact Framework 1.0
  • NLog v1.0 for .NET Compact Framework 2.0
  • NLog v1.0 for .NET Framework 1.0
  • NLog v1.0 for .NET Framework 1.1
  • NLog v1.0 for .NET Framework 2.0
• bufferSize - Number of log events to be buffered.Integer Default: 100
• flushTimeout - Timeout (in milliseconds) after which the contents of buffer will be flushed if there's no write in the specified period of time. Use -1 to disable timed flushes.Integer Default: -1