Separate device log recording from the rest of the app. This should cause less strain on the DB server especially since the full event log is rarely needed; you could just use your favorite log collector to watch stderr. DB calls are still mixed, but may be refactored out later.

lib/cli.js

@@ -539,6 +539,29 @@ program
     })
   })
 
+program
+  .command('log-rethinkdb')
+  .description('start a rethinkdb log recorder')
+  .option('-p, --priority <level>'
+    , 'minimum log level'
+    , Number
+    , logger.Level.DEBUG)
+  .option('-s, --connect-sub <endpoint>'
+    , 'sub endpoint'
+    , cliutil.list)
+  .action(function(options) {
+    if (!options.connectSub) {
+      this.missingArgument('--connect-sub')
+    }
+
+    require('./units/log/rethinkdb')({
+      priority: options.priority
+    , endpoints: {
+        sub: options.connectSub
+      }
+    })
+  })
+
 program
   .command('poorxy')
   .description('start a poor reverse proxy for local development')