Batch logging in a distributed memory

A non-transitory computer-storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform at least:

• defining a distributed memory to include a plurality of memories associated with a first set of computing devices;
• storing, in one or more of the plurality of memories that are part of the distributed memory, log messages as a batch of log messages received via network communications from a plurality of handlers associated with a second set of computing devices;
• wherein the distributed memory is a separate component from the plurality of handlers;
• generating a formal log for combining the log messages from the plurality of memories in the distributed memory from the first set of computing devices;
• accessing, via network connections, the plurality of memories that are identified from the defined distributed memory and collecting the log messages stored on each of the plurality of memories;
• after a defined period of time has elapsed for receiving a group of batches of log messages from the plurality of handlers, adding into the formal log the log messages collected from the distributed memory associated with the first set of computing devices;
• appending the formal log to a log history that includes one or more previously stored formal logs;
• and
• registering a handler as part of the plurality of handlers by providing configuration information to the handler in response to a request from the handler to join a distributed logging system, wherein the plurality of handlers are part of the second set of computing devices that dynamically registers and deregisters components as a current processing load changes.