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Asked: 2026-05-11T20:43:33+00:00

I’m developing a sort of web application and recently come a need to log

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I’m developing a sort of web application and recently come a need to log some of user activities in it. Therefore come with natural question is it a good idea to use Apache server logging mechanism for that? If the answer is yes, please explain why and so if not. Mine main concern is reduction in performance as a result of enabling logging in Apache. As well, what is the best practice for building logging mechanism in order to be able to track client activity in web based application?

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    As MaxVT said, it is highly unlikely that the overhead of logging would impact performance. The overhead of network latency in a web application is generally far greater than a single disk write, which can be in the single-digit microseconds range.

    Generally, web based applications should always have some form of logging turned on, and the mod_logger based logs in Apache is a very cheap way of doing it.

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