How does nginx keep up with logging thousands requests per second

[Alexander Todorov]

Hi guys,
I've seen some reports on the web claiming nginx can serve in the order of 10000
requests per second (correct me if I'm wrong).

I also see that logging to syslog is supported.

Is logging to syslog or filesystem comparable with the speed which nginx can
serve content ?  If not how does nginx keep up with logging (being a slow
operation) so many requests ?


Thanks,
Alex