Final answer:
Configuring the CloudWatch Logs Agent to send non-text log data results in uninterpretable logs in CloudWatch. These logs need to be converted to a readable format before sending to CloudWatch, potentially affecting the performance of your AWS services.
Step-by-step explanation:
If you configure the CloudWatch Logs Agent to send non-text log data, then this data will not be able to be read or interpreted directly within CloudWatch. The use of CloudWatch is typically for text-based logs, in order to monitor, store, and access your log files from Amazon EC2 instances, AWS CloudTrail, and other sources. However, non-text data such as binary files will not be readable directly within CloudWatch and will need to be converted to a text-based format via an external system or software before being sent to CloudWatch.
This whole method of transferring non-text data can be cumbersome and may affect the performance of your AWS services, so it's typically recommended to only send text-based log data to CloudWatch wherever possible.
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