diff --git a/weed/filer/filer.go b/weed/filer/filer.go
index 5b0698211..7004e3062 100644
--- a/weed/filer/filer.go
+++ b/weed/filer/filer.go
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ func (f *Filer) CreateEntry(ctx context.Context, entry *Entry, o_excl bool, isFr
 
 	oldEntry, _ := f.FindEntry(ctx, entry.FullPath)
 
-	glog.V(4).Infof("CreateEntry %s: old entry: %v exclusive:%v", entry.FullPath, oldEntry, o_excl)
 	if oldEntry == nil {
+		glog.V(4).Infof("InsertEntry %s: new entry: %v", entry.FullPath, entry.Name())
 		if err := f.Store.InsertEntry(ctx, entry); err != nil {
 			glog.Errorf("insert entry %s: %v", entry.FullPath, err)
 			return fmt.Errorf("insert entry %s: %v", entry.FullPath, err)
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ func (f *Filer) CreateEntry(ctx context.Context, entry *Entry, o_excl bool, isFr
 			glog.V(3).Infof("EEXIST: entry %s already exists", entry.FullPath)
 			return fmt.Errorf("EEXIST: entry %s already exists", entry.FullPath)
 		}
+		glog.V(4).Infof("UpdateEntry %s: old entry: %v exclusive:%v", entry.FullPath, oldEntry.Name())
 		if err := f.UpdateEntry(ctx, oldEntry, entry); err != nil {
 			glog.Errorf("update entry %s: %v", entry.FullPath, err)
 			return fmt.Errorf("update entry %s: %v", entry.FullPath, err)
diff --git a/weed/server/filer_grpc_server.go b/weed/server/filer_grpc_server.go
index d6dddf911..f9ec823da 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_grpc_server.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_grpc_server.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func (fs *FilerServer) lookupFileId(fileId string) (targetUrls []string, err err
 
 func (fs *FilerServer) CreateEntry(ctx context.Context, req *filer_pb.CreateEntryRequest) (resp *filer_pb.CreateEntryResponse, err error) {
 
-	glog.V(4).Infof("CreateEntry %v", req)
+	glog.V(4).Infof("CreateEntry %v/%v", req.Directory, req.Entry.Name)
 
 	resp = &filer_pb.CreateEntryResponse{}
 
diff --git a/weed/storage/volume_read_write.go b/weed/storage/volume_read_write.go
index 10c87c8ea..94c1d0ea1 100644
--- a/weed/storage/volume_read_write.go
+++ b/weed/storage/volume_read_write.go
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func (v *Volume) doWriteRequest(n *needle.Needle) (offset uint64, size Size, isU
 }
 
 func (v *Volume) syncDelete(n *needle.Needle) (Size, error) {
-	glog.V(4).Infof("delete needle %s", needle.NewFileIdFromNeedle(v.Id, n).String())
+	// glog.V(4).Infof("delete needle %s", needle.NewFileIdFromNeedle(v.Id, n).String())
 	actualSize := needle.GetActualSize(0, v.Version())
 	v.dataFileAccessLock.Lock()
 	defer v.dataFileAccessLock.Unlock()