How would you go about designing a logging system for a large-scale distributed system? What considerations would you have regarding data retention and retrieval?

## What to Cover Discuss the components such as log shippers, aggregation servers, storage, and indexers. Talk about aspects of scalability, redundancy, and security. ## Strong Answer Framework Include user scenarios for log retrieval and analytics. ## Watch Out For Not implementing sufficient retention and access controls can lead to information loss or security risks.