I've a 2012 thread of a similar topic, however I was unable to locate it.
I've a current hourly and daily cron in place for rotating raw visitor logs.
lucy24
11:58 pm on Aug 7, 2012 (gmt 0)
I went searching and landed on this meandering thread [webmasterworld.com] which is probably not what you were thinking of, but it was the one time I could remember a digression into logs.
I hope your htaccess is not causing as much misery as it did back in February :)
wilderness
12:57 am on Aug 8, 2012 (gmt 0)
I hope your htaccess is not causing as much misery as it did back in February
Works just fine since I stopped attempting to mix apples and oranges ;)