# Apache log entry timestamps disorder

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**Category:** SLES Configure-Administer\
**Created:** [December 28, 2011, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/apache-log-entry-timestamps-disorder/21915 "2011-12-28T11:06:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/apache-log-entry-timestamps-disorder/21915/1 "2011-12-28T11:06:02Z")

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Hi Forum,

i hope this fits in here…

Nagios did send me notifications, that one apache is down. Unreachable  
via http.  
Therefore I looked in the log files and see disordered entries like  
this

## Code:

1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:02:00 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:04:42 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:20:08 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:40 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:49 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:20:08 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:50 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:51 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:09:01 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:08 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:02:53 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:28 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:50 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:04:20 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:06 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:26 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:52 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:20:08 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:52 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:04:44 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:11 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:52 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:04:00 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:51 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:07 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:08:31 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:51 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:51 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:51 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:20:59 +0100]  
1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:20:08 +0100]

* * *

I think it’s some kind of a performance thing.  
We do a backup of the database at this time of the web application’s db  
(which is running on a different server)…  
The backup starts at 04:00 and take about 15 minutes, which will match  
the time when the apache log shows the above mentioned effects.

Now I’m just curious, if this is “normal”?  
Is someone of you experiencing this behavior too?

Cheers,  
Pascal

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bendeichp;2163848 Wrote:[color=blue]

> Hi Forum,
> 
> i hope this fits in here…
> 
> Nagios did send me notifications, that one apache is down. Unreachable  
> via http.  
> Therefore I looked in the log files and see disordered entries like  
> this[color=green]
> 
> > [/color][/color]  
> > Code:  
> > --------------------[color=blue][color=green]  
> > [/color]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:02:00 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:04:42 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:20:08 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:40 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:49 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:20:08 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:50 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:51 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:09:01 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:08 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:02:53 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:28 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:50 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:04:20 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:06 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:26 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:52 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:20:08 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:52 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:04:44 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:11 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:52 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:04:00 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:51 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:07 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:08:31 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:51 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:51 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:21:51 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:20:59 +0100]  
> > 1.2.3.4 - - [25/Dec/2011:04:20:08 +0100]  
> > [/color]  
> > --------------------[color=blue][color=green]  
> > [/color]
> 
> I think it’s some kind of a performance thing.  
> We do a backup of the database at this time of the web application’s  
> db (which is running on a different server)…  
> The backup starts at 04:00 and take about 15 minutes, which will  
> match the time when the apache log shows the above mentioned effects.
> 
> Now I’m just curious, if this is “normal”?  
> Is someone of you experiencing this behavior too?
> 
> Cheers,  
> Pascal[/color]

‘entries in access\_log not chronological | Apache | Users’  
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Bernd

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