Patent ID: 8868601

Claim:
A method of consolidating log files comprising: scanning a write call to a log file for log data that is a completed line, and in response, sending the log data, a file name of the log file and a server name to a consolidating message queue, wherein the log data is written, in each case, by one of at least two file servers; receiving the log data and the file name of the log file in the consolidating message queue; executing a logging daemon to save the log data to a consolidated file associated with the file name of the log file, to form saved log data, wherein the consolidated file is on a server separate from the at least two file servers and the consolidated file has a name identical to the file name of the log file; and providing a merged view of the log data from the at least two file servers, the file name and the server name from the saved log data wherein the merged view comprises log data in absolute chronological order.