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+Random sampling
+===============
+
+Rsyslog supports various sampling mechanisms. These can be used on client systems to save servers from getting overwhelmed. Here we introduce a new sampling mechanism "Random sampling".
+
+Let's consider a system that is generating logs at rate of 100 logs/sec.
+If we want to get 20% of these logs uniformly sampled we use random sampling.
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+  set $.rand = random(100);
+  if ($.rand <= 20) then {
+    //send out
+  }
+
+Above config will collect 20% of logs generated.