diff --git a/test/functional/tests.py b/test/functional/tests.py
index 931f3640a5..e154c4e713 100644
--- a/test/functional/tests.py
+++ b/test/functional/tests.py
@@ -1317,7 +1317,12 @@ class TestFile(Base):
         self.assertEqual(file_types, file_types_read)
 
     def testRangedGets(self):
-        file_length = 10000
+        # We set the file_length to a strange multiple here. This is to check
+        # that ranges still work in the EC case when the requested range
+        # spans EC segment boundaries. The 1 MiB base value is chosen because
+        # that's a common EC segment size. The 1.33 multiple is to ensure we
+        # aren't aligned on segment boundaries
+        file_length = int(1048576 * 1.33)
         range_size = file_length / 10
         file_item = self.env.container.file(Utils.create_name())
         data = file_item.write_random(file_length)
diff --git a/test/unit/__init__.py b/test/unit/__init__.py
index da7212c987..e87b99fbfa 100644
--- a/test/unit/__init__.py
+++ b/test/unit/__init__.py
@@ -22,24 +22,30 @@ import errno
 import sys
 from contextlib import contextmanager, closing
 from collections import defaultdict, Iterable
+import itertools
 from numbers import Number
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 import time
+import eventlet
 from eventlet.green import socket
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 from shutil import rmtree
+from swift.common.utils import Timestamp
 from test import get_config
 from swift.common import swob, utils
 from swift.common.ring import Ring, RingData
 from hashlib import md5
-from eventlet import sleep, Timeout
 import logging.handlers
 from httplib import HTTPException
 from swift.common import storage_policy
+from swift.common.storage_policy import StoragePolicy, ECStoragePolicy
 import functools
 import cPickle as pickle
 from gzip import GzipFile
 import mock as mocklib
+import inspect
+
+EMPTY_ETAG = md5().hexdigest()
 
 # try not to import this module from swift
 if not os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]).startswith('swift'):
@@ -47,26 +53,40 @@ if not os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]).startswith('swift'):
     utils.HASH_PATH_SUFFIX = 'endcap'
 
 
-def patch_policies(thing_or_policies=None, legacy_only=False):
-    if legacy_only:
-        default_policies = [storage_policy.StoragePolicy(
-            0, 'legacy', True, object_ring=FakeRing())]
-    else:
-        default_policies = [
-            storage_policy.StoragePolicy(
-                0, 'nulo', True, object_ring=FakeRing()),
-            storage_policy.StoragePolicy(
-                1, 'unu', object_ring=FakeRing()),
-        ]
-
-    thing_or_policies = thing_or_policies or default_policies
-
+def patch_policies(thing_or_policies=None, legacy_only=False,
+                   with_ec_default=False, fake_ring_args=None):
     if isinstance(thing_or_policies, (
             Iterable, storage_policy.StoragePolicyCollection)):
-        return PatchPolicies(thing_or_policies)
+        return PatchPolicies(thing_or_policies, fake_ring_args=fake_ring_args)
+
+    if legacy_only:
+        default_policies = [
+            StoragePolicy(0, name='legacy', is_default=True),
+        ]
+        default_ring_args = [{}]
+    elif with_ec_default:
+        default_policies = [
+            ECStoragePolicy(0, name='ec', is_default=True,
+                            ec_type='jerasure_rs_vand', ec_ndata=4,
+                            ec_nparity=2, ec_segment_size=4096),
+            StoragePolicy(1, name='unu'),
+        ]
+        default_ring_args = [{'replicas': 6}, {}]
     else:
-        # it's a thing!
-        return PatchPolicies(default_policies)(thing_or_policies)
+        default_policies = [
+            StoragePolicy(0, name='nulo', is_default=True),
+            StoragePolicy(1, name='unu'),
+        ]
+        default_ring_args = [{}, {}]
+
+    fake_ring_args = fake_ring_args or default_ring_args
+    decorator = PatchPolicies(default_policies, fake_ring_args=fake_ring_args)
+
+    if not thing_or_policies:
+        return decorator
+    else:
+        # it's a thing, we return the wrapped thing instead of the decorator
+        return decorator(thing_or_policies)
 
 
 class PatchPolicies(object):
@@ -76,11 +96,33 @@ class PatchPolicies(object):
     patched yet)
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, policies):
+    def __init__(self, policies, fake_ring_args=None):
         if isinstance(policies, storage_policy.StoragePolicyCollection):
             self.policies = policies
         else:
             self.policies = storage_policy.StoragePolicyCollection(policies)
+        self.fake_ring_args = fake_ring_args or [None] * len(self.policies)
+
+    def _setup_rings(self):
+        """
+        Our tests tend to use the policies rings like their own personal
+        playground - which can be a problem in the particular case of a
+        patched TestCase class where the FakeRing objects are scoped in the
+        call to the patch_policies wrapper outside of the TestCase instance
+        which can lead to some bled state.
+
+        To help tests get better isolation without having to think about it,
+        here we're capturing the args required to *build* a new FakeRing
+        instances so we can ensure each test method gets a clean ring setup.
+
+        The TestCase can always "tweak" these fresh rings in setUp - or if
+        they'd prefer to get the same "reset" behavior with custom FakeRing's
+        they can pass in their own fake_ring_args to patch_policies instead of
+        setting the object_ring on the policy definitions.
+        """
+        for policy, fake_ring_arg in zip(self.policies, self.fake_ring_args):
+            if fake_ring_arg is not None:
+                policy.object_ring = FakeRing(**fake_ring_arg)
 
     def __call__(self, thing):
         if isinstance(thing, type):
@@ -89,24 +131,33 @@ class PatchPolicies(object):
             return self._patch_method(thing)
 
     def _patch_class(self, cls):
+        """
+        Creating a new class that inherits from decorated class is the more
+        common way I've seen class decorators done - but it seems to cause
+        infinite recursion when super is called from inside methods in the
+        decorated class.
+        """
 
-        class NewClass(cls):
+        orig_setUp = cls.setUp
+        orig_tearDown = cls.tearDown
 
-            already_patched = False
+        def setUp(cls_self):
+            self._orig_POLICIES = storage_policy._POLICIES
+            if not getattr(cls_self, '_policies_patched', False):
+                storage_policy._POLICIES = self.policies
+                self._setup_rings()
+                cls_self._policies_patched = True
 
-            def setUp(cls_self):
-                self._orig_POLICIES = storage_policy._POLICIES
-                if not cls_self.already_patched:
-                    storage_policy._POLICIES = self.policies
-                    cls_self.already_patched = True
-                super(NewClass, cls_self).setUp()
+            orig_setUp(cls_self)
 
-            def tearDown(cls_self):
-                super(NewClass, cls_self).tearDown()
-                storage_policy._POLICIES = self._orig_POLICIES
+        def tearDown(cls_self):
+            orig_tearDown(cls_self)
+            storage_policy._POLICIES = self._orig_POLICIES
 
-        NewClass.__name__ = cls.__name__
-        return NewClass
+        cls.setUp = setUp
+        cls.tearDown = tearDown
+
+        return cls
 
     def _patch_method(self, f):
         @functools.wraps(f)
@@ -114,6 +165,7 @@ class PatchPolicies(object):
             self._orig_POLICIES = storage_policy._POLICIES
             try:
                 storage_policy._POLICIES = self.policies
+                self._setup_rings()
                 return f(*args, **kwargs)
             finally:
                 storage_policy._POLICIES = self._orig_POLICIES
@@ -178,7 +230,9 @@ class FakeRing(Ring):
         for x in xrange(self.replicas, min(self.replicas + self.max_more_nodes,
                                            self.replicas * self.replicas)):
             yield {'ip': '10.0.0.%s' % x,
+                   'replication_ip': '10.0.0.%s' % x,
                    'port': self._base_port + x,
+                   'replication_port': self._base_port + x,
                    'device': 'sda',
                    'zone': x % 3,
                    'region': x % 2,
@@ -206,6 +260,48 @@ def write_fake_ring(path, *devs):
         pickle.dump(RingData(replica2part2dev_id, devs, part_shift), f)
 
 
+class FabricatedRing(Ring):
+    """
+    When a FakeRing just won't do - you can fabricate one to meet
+    your tests needs.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, replicas=6, devices=8, nodes=4, port=6000,
+                 part_power=4):
+        self.devices = devices
+        self.nodes = nodes
+        self.port = port
+        self.replicas = 6
+        self.part_power = part_power
+        self._part_shift = 32 - self.part_power
+        self._reload()
+
+    def _reload(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self._rtime = time.time() * 2
+        if hasattr(self, '_replica2part2dev_id'):
+            return
+        self._devs = [{
+            'region': 1,
+            'zone': 1,
+            'weight': 1.0,
+            'id': i,
+            'device': 'sda%d' % i,
+            'ip': '10.0.0.%d' % (i % self.nodes),
+            'replication_ip': '10.0.0.%d' % (i % self.nodes),
+            'port': self.port,
+            'replication_port': self.port,
+        } for i in range(self.devices)]
+
+        self._replica2part2dev_id = [
+            [None] * 2 ** self.part_power
+            for i in range(self.replicas)
+        ]
+        dev_ids = itertools.cycle(range(self.devices))
+        for p in range(2 ** self.part_power):
+            for r in range(self.replicas):
+                self._replica2part2dev_id[r][p] = next(dev_ids)
+
+
 class FakeMemcache(object):
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -363,8 +459,8 @@ class UnmockTimeModule(object):
 logging.time = UnmockTimeModule()
 
 
-class FakeLogger(logging.Logger):
-    # a thread safe logger
+class FakeLogger(logging.Logger, object):
+    # a thread safe fake logger
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self._clear()
@@ -376,22 +472,31 @@ class FakeLogger(logging.Logger):
         self.thread_locals = None
         self.parent = None
 
+    store_in = {
+        logging.ERROR: 'error',
+        logging.WARNING: 'warning',
+        logging.INFO: 'info',
+        logging.DEBUG: 'debug',
+        logging.CRITICAL: 'critical',
+    }
+
+    def _log(self, level, msg, *args, **kwargs):
+        store_name = self.store_in[level]
+        cargs = [msg]
+        if any(args):
+            cargs.extend(args)
+        captured = dict(kwargs)
+        if 'exc_info' in kwargs and \
+                not isinstance(kwargs['exc_info'], tuple):
+            captured['exc_info'] = sys.exc_info()
+        self.log_dict[store_name].append((tuple(cargs), captured))
+        super(FakeLogger, self)._log(level, msg, *args, **kwargs)
+
     def _clear(self):
         self.log_dict = defaultdict(list)
         self.lines_dict = {'critical': [], 'error': [], 'info': [],
                            'warning': [], 'debug': []}
 
-    def _store_in(store_name):
-        def stub_fn(self, *args, **kwargs):
-            self.log_dict[store_name].append((args, kwargs))
-        return stub_fn
-
-    def _store_and_log_in(store_name, level):
-        def stub_fn(self, *args, **kwargs):
-            self.log_dict[store_name].append((args, kwargs))
-            self._log(level, args[0], args[1:], **kwargs)
-        return stub_fn
-
     def get_lines_for_level(self, level):
         if level not in self.lines_dict:
             raise KeyError(
@@ -404,16 +509,10 @@ class FakeLogger(logging.Logger):
         return dict((level, msgs) for level, msgs in self.lines_dict.items()
                     if len(msgs) > 0)
 
-    error = _store_and_log_in('error', logging.ERROR)
-    info = _store_and_log_in('info', logging.INFO)
-    warning = _store_and_log_in('warning', logging.WARNING)
-    warn = _store_and_log_in('warning', logging.WARNING)
-    debug = _store_and_log_in('debug', logging.DEBUG)
-
-    def exception(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.log_dict['exception'].append((args, kwargs,
-                                           str(sys.exc_info()[1])))
-        print 'FakeLogger Exception: %s' % self.log_dict
+    def _store_in(store_name):
+        def stub_fn(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            self.log_dict[store_name].append((args, kwargs))
+        return stub_fn
 
     # mock out the StatsD logging methods:
     update_stats = _store_in('update_stats')
@@ -605,19 +704,53 @@ def mock(update):
             delattr(module, attr)
 
 
+class SlowBody(object):
+    """
+    This will work with our fake_http_connect, if you hand in these
+    instead of strings it will make reads take longer by the given
+    amount.  It should be a little bit easier to extend than the
+    current slow kwarg - which inserts whitespace in the response.
+    Also it should be easy to detect if you have one of these (or a
+    subclass) for the body inside of FakeConn if we wanted to do
+    something smarter than just duck-type the str/buffer api
+    enough to get by.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, body, slowness):
+        self.body = body
+        self.slowness = slowness
+
+    def slowdown(self):
+        eventlet.sleep(self.slowness)
+
+    def __getitem__(self, s):
+        return SlowBody(self.body[s], self.slowness)
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self.body)
+
+    def __radd__(self, other):
+        self.slowdown()
+        return other + self.body
+
+
 def fake_http_connect(*code_iter, **kwargs):
 
     class FakeConn(object):
 
         def __init__(self, status, etag=None, body='', timestamp='1',
-                     headers=None):
+                     headers=None, expect_headers=None, connection_id=None,
+                     give_send=None):
             # connect exception
-            if isinstance(status, (Exception, Timeout)):
+            if isinstance(status, (Exception, eventlet.Timeout)):
                 raise status
             if isinstance(status, tuple):
-                self.expect_status, self.status = status
+                self.expect_status = list(status[:-1])
+                self.status = status[-1]
+                self.explicit_expect_list = True
             else:
-                self.expect_status, self.status = (None, status)
+                self.expect_status, self.status = ([], status)
+                self.explicit_expect_list = False
             if not self.expect_status:
                 # when a swift backend service returns a status before reading
                 # from the body (mostly an error response) eventlet.wsgi will
@@ -628,9 +761,9 @@ def fake_http_connect(*code_iter, **kwargs):
                 # our backend services and return certain types of responses
                 # as expect statuses just like a real backend server would do.
                 if self.status in (507, 412, 409):
-                    self.expect_status = status
+                    self.expect_status = [status]
                 else:
-                    self.expect_status = 100
+                    self.expect_status = [100, 100]
             self.reason = 'Fake'
             self.host = '1.2.3.4'
             self.port = '1234'
@@ -639,32 +772,41 @@ def fake_http_connect(*code_iter, **kwargs):
             self.etag = etag
             self.body = body
             self.headers = headers or {}
+            self.expect_headers = expect_headers or {}
             self.timestamp = timestamp
+            self.connection_id = connection_id
+            self.give_send = give_send
             if 'slow' in kwargs and isinstance(kwargs['slow'], list):
                 try:
                     self._next_sleep = kwargs['slow'].pop(0)
                 except IndexError:
                     self._next_sleep = None
+            # be nice to trixy bits with node_iter's
+            eventlet.sleep()
 
         def getresponse(self):
-            if isinstance(self.status, (Exception, Timeout)):
+            if self.expect_status and self.explicit_expect_list:
+                raise Exception('Test did not consume all fake '
+                                'expect status: %r' % (self.expect_status,))
+            if isinstance(self.status, (Exception, eventlet.Timeout)):
                 raise self.status
             exc = kwargs.get('raise_exc')
             if exc:
-                if isinstance(exc, (Exception, Timeout)):
+                if isinstance(exc, (Exception, eventlet.Timeout)):
                     raise exc
                 raise Exception('test')
             if kwargs.get('raise_timeout_exc'):
-                raise Timeout()
+                raise eventlet.Timeout()
             return self
 
         def getexpect(self):
-            if isinstance(self.expect_status, (Exception, Timeout)):
+            expect_status = self.expect_status.pop(0)
+            if isinstance(self.expect_status, (Exception, eventlet.Timeout)):
                 raise self.expect_status
-            headers = {}
-            if self.expect_status == 409:
+            headers = dict(self.expect_headers)
+            if expect_status == 409:
                 headers['X-Backend-Timestamp'] = self.timestamp
-            return FakeConn(self.expect_status, headers=headers)
+            return FakeConn(expect_status, headers=headers)
 
         def getheaders(self):
             etag = self.etag
@@ -717,18 +859,20 @@ def fake_http_connect(*code_iter, **kwargs):
             if am_slow:
                 if self.sent < 4:
                     self.sent += 1
-                    sleep(value)
+                    eventlet.sleep(value)
                     return ' '
             rv = self.body[:amt]
             self.body = self.body[amt:]
             return rv
 
         def send(self, amt=None):
+            if self.give_send:
+                self.give_send(self.connection_id, amt)
             am_slow, value = self.get_slow()
             if am_slow:
                 if self.received < 4:
                     self.received += 1
-                    sleep(value)
+                    eventlet.sleep(value)
 
         def getheader(self, name, default=None):
             return swob.HeaderKeyDict(self.getheaders()).get(name, default)
@@ -738,16 +882,22 @@ def fake_http_connect(*code_iter, **kwargs):
 
     timestamps_iter = iter(kwargs.get('timestamps') or ['1'] * len(code_iter))
     etag_iter = iter(kwargs.get('etags') or [None] * len(code_iter))
-    if isinstance(kwargs.get('headers'), list):
+    if isinstance(kwargs.get('headers'), (list, tuple)):
         headers_iter = iter(kwargs['headers'])
     else:
         headers_iter = iter([kwargs.get('headers', {})] * len(code_iter))
+    if isinstance(kwargs.get('expect_headers'), (list, tuple)):
+        expect_headers_iter = iter(kwargs['expect_headers'])
+    else:
+        expect_headers_iter = iter([kwargs.get('expect_headers', {})] *
+                                   len(code_iter))
 
     x = kwargs.get('missing_container', [False] * len(code_iter))
     if not isinstance(x, (tuple, list)):
         x = [x] * len(code_iter)
     container_ts_iter = iter(x)
     code_iter = iter(code_iter)
+    conn_id_and_code_iter = enumerate(code_iter)
     static_body = kwargs.get('body', None)
     body_iter = kwargs.get('body_iter', None)
     if body_iter:
@@ -755,17 +905,22 @@ def fake_http_connect(*code_iter, **kwargs):
 
     def connect(*args, **ckwargs):
         if kwargs.get('slow_connect', False):
-            sleep(0.1)
+            eventlet.sleep(0.1)
         if 'give_content_type' in kwargs:
             if len(args) >= 7 and 'Content-Type' in args[6]:
                 kwargs['give_content_type'](args[6]['Content-Type'])
             else:
                 kwargs['give_content_type']('')
+        i, status = conn_id_and_code_iter.next()
         if 'give_connect' in kwargs:
-            kwargs['give_connect'](*args, **ckwargs)
-        status = code_iter.next()
+            give_conn_fn = kwargs['give_connect']
+            argspec = inspect.getargspec(give_conn_fn)
+            if argspec.keywords or 'connection_id' in argspec.args:
+                ckwargs['connection_id'] = i
+            give_conn_fn(*args, **ckwargs)
         etag = etag_iter.next()
         headers = headers_iter.next()
+        expect_headers = expect_headers_iter.next()
         timestamp = timestamps_iter.next()
 
         if status <= 0:
@@ -775,7 +930,8 @@ def fake_http_connect(*code_iter, **kwargs):
         else:
             body = body_iter.next()
         return FakeConn(status, etag, body=body, timestamp=timestamp,
-                        headers=headers)
+                        headers=headers, expect_headers=expect_headers,
+                        connection_id=i, give_send=kwargs.get('give_send'))
 
     connect.code_iter = code_iter
 
@@ -806,3 +962,7 @@ def mocked_http_conn(*args, **kwargs):
         left_over_status = list(fake_conn.code_iter)
         if left_over_status:
             raise AssertionError('left over status %r' % left_over_status)
+
+
+def make_timestamp_iter():
+    return iter(Timestamp(t) for t in itertools.count(int(time.time())))
diff --git a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_dlo.py b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_dlo.py
index a292bc92b8..16237eb1d1 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_dlo.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_dlo.py
@@ -564,9 +564,10 @@ class TestDloGetManifest(DloTestCase):
                                  environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'GET'})
         status, headers, body = self.call_dlo(req)
         self.assertEqual(status, "409 Conflict")
-        err_log = self.dlo.logger.log_dict['exception'][0][0][0]
-        self.assertTrue(err_log.startswith('ERROR: An error occurred '
-                                           'while retrieving segments'))
+        err_lines = self.dlo.logger.get_lines_for_level('error')
+        self.assertEqual(len(err_lines), 1)
+        self.assertTrue(err_lines[0].startswith(
+            'ERROR: An error occurred while retrieving segments'))
 
     def test_error_fetching_second_segment(self):
         self.app.register(
@@ -581,9 +582,10 @@ class TestDloGetManifest(DloTestCase):
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(exc, exceptions.SegmentError))
         self.assertEqual(status, "200 OK")
         self.assertEqual(''.join(body), "aaaaa")  # first segment made it out
-        err_log = self.dlo.logger.log_dict['exception'][0][0][0]
-        self.assertTrue(err_log.startswith('ERROR: An error occurred '
-                                           'while retrieving segments'))
+        err_lines = self.dlo.logger.get_lines_for_level('error')
+        self.assertEqual(len(err_lines), 1)
+        self.assertTrue(err_lines[0].startswith(
+            'ERROR: An error occurred while retrieving segments'))
 
     def test_error_listing_container_first_listing_request(self):
         self.app.register(
diff --git a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_slo.py b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_slo.py
index f4bac155ce..4160d91d46 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_slo.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_slo.py
@@ -1431,9 +1431,10 @@ class TestSloGetManifest(SloTestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(status, '409 Conflict')
         self.assertEqual(self.app.call_count, 10)
-        err_log = self.slo.logger.log_dict['exception'][0][0][0]
-        self.assertTrue(err_log.startswith('ERROR: An error occurred '
-                                           'while retrieving segments'))
+        error_lines = self.slo.logger.get_lines_for_level('error')
+        self.assertEqual(len(error_lines), 1)
+        self.assertTrue(error_lines[0].startswith(
+            'ERROR: An error occurred while retrieving segments'))
 
     def test_get_with_if_modified_since(self):
         # It's important not to pass the If-[Un]Modified-Since header to the
@@ -1508,9 +1509,10 @@ class TestSloGetManifest(SloTestCase):
         status, headers, body = self.call_slo(req)
 
         self.assertEqual('409 Conflict', status)
-        err_log = self.slo.logger.log_dict['exception'][0][0][0]
-        self.assertTrue(err_log.startswith('ERROR: An error occurred '
-                                           'while retrieving segments'))
+        error_lines = self.slo.logger.get_lines_for_level('error')
+        self.assertEqual(len(error_lines), 1)
+        self.assertTrue(error_lines[0].startswith(
+            'ERROR: An error occurred while retrieving segments'))
 
     def test_invalid_json_submanifest(self):
         self.app.register(
@@ -1585,9 +1587,10 @@ class TestSloGetManifest(SloTestCase):
         status, headers, body = self.call_slo(req)
 
         self.assertEqual('409 Conflict', status)
-        err_log = self.slo.logger.log_dict['exception'][0][0][0]
-        self.assertTrue(err_log.startswith('ERROR: An error occurred '
-                                           'while retrieving segments'))
+        error_lines = self.slo.logger.get_lines_for_level('error')
+        self.assertEqual(len(error_lines), 1)
+        self.assertTrue(error_lines[0].startswith(
+            'ERROR: An error occurred while retrieving segments'))
 
     def test_first_segment_mismatched_size(self):
         self.app.register('GET', '/v1/AUTH_test/gettest/manifest-badsize',
@@ -1603,9 +1606,10 @@ class TestSloGetManifest(SloTestCase):
         status, headers, body = self.call_slo(req)
 
         self.assertEqual('409 Conflict', status)
-        err_log = self.slo.logger.log_dict['exception'][0][0][0]
-        self.assertTrue(err_log.startswith('ERROR: An error occurred '
-                                           'while retrieving segments'))
+        error_lines = self.slo.logger.get_lines_for_level('error')
+        self.assertEqual(len(error_lines), 1)
+        self.assertTrue(error_lines[0].startswith(
+            'ERROR: An error occurred while retrieving segments'))
 
     def test_download_takes_too_long(self):
         the_time = [time.time()]
@@ -1657,9 +1661,10 @@ class TestSloGetManifest(SloTestCase):
         status, headers, body = self.call_slo(req)
 
         self.assertEqual('409 Conflict', status)
-        err_log = self.slo.logger.log_dict['exception'][0][0][0]
-        self.assertTrue(err_log.startswith('ERROR: An error occurred '
-                                           'while retrieving segments'))
+        error_lines = self.slo.logger.get_lines_for_level('error')
+        self.assertEqual(len(error_lines), 1)
+        self.assertTrue(error_lines[0].startswith(
+            'ERROR: An error occurred while retrieving segments'))
 
 
 class TestSloBulkLogger(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/test/unit/container/test_sync.py b/test/unit/container/test_sync.py
index aa5cebc28b..3db5c41930 100644
--- a/test/unit/container/test_sync.py
+++ b/test/unit/container/test_sync.py
@@ -939,9 +939,9 @@ class TestContainerSync(unittest.TestCase):
                 {'account': 'a', 'container': 'c', 'storage_policy_index': 0},
                 realm, realm_key))
             self.assertEquals(cs.container_puts, 2)
-            self.assertTrue(
-                cs.logger.log_dict['exception'][0][0][0].startswith(
-                    'ERROR Syncing '))
+            error_lines = cs.logger.get_lines_for_level('error')
+            self.assertEqual(len(error_lines), 1)
+            self.assertTrue(error_lines[0].startswith('ERROR Syncing '))
         finally:
             sync.uuid = orig_uuid
             sync.shuffle = orig_shuffle
diff --git a/test/unit/obj/test_diskfile.py b/test/unit/obj/test_diskfile.py
index 8ccb2618f5..20d47fbcad 100644
--- a/test/unit/obj/test_diskfile.py
+++ b/test/unit/obj/test_diskfile.py
@@ -2484,8 +2484,9 @@ class TestDiskFile(unittest.TestCase):
                     self.fail("Expected exception DiskFileNoSpace")
         self.assertTrue(_m_fallocate.called)
         self.assertTrue(_m_unlink.called)
-        self.assert_(self.df_mgr.logger.log_dict['exception'][0][0][0].
-                     startswith("Error removing tempfile:"))
+        error_lines = self.df_mgr.logger.get_lines_for_level('error')
+        for line in error_lines:
+            self.assertTrue(line.startswith("Error removing tempfile:"))
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/test/unit/obj/test_expirer.py b/test/unit/obj/test_expirer.py
index 7c174f251c..ca815d358c 100644
--- a/test/unit/obj/test_expirer.py
+++ b/test/unit/obj/test_expirer.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import urllib
 from time import time
 from unittest import main, TestCase
-from test.unit import FakeLogger, FakeRing, mocked_http_conn
+from test.unit import FakeRing, mocked_http_conn, debug_logger
 from copy import deepcopy
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 from shutil import rmtree
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ class TestObjectExpirer(TestCase):
         internal_client.sleep = not_sleep
 
         self.rcache = mkdtemp()
-        self.logger = FakeLogger()
+        self.conf = {'recon_cache_path': self.rcache}
+        self.logger = debug_logger('test-recon')
 
     def tearDown(self):
         rmtree(self.rcache)
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ class TestObjectExpirer(TestCase):
             '2': set('5-five 6-six'.split()),
             '3': set(u'7-seven\u2661'.split()),
         }
-        x = ObjectExpirer({})
+        x = ObjectExpirer(self.conf)
         x.swift = InternalClient(containers)
 
         deleted_objects = {}
@@ -233,31 +234,32 @@ class TestObjectExpirer(TestCase):
         x = expirer.ObjectExpirer({}, logger=self.logger)
 
         x.report()
-        self.assertEqual(x.logger.log_dict['info'], [])
+        self.assertEqual(x.logger.get_lines_for_level('info'), [])
 
         x.logger._clear()
         x.report(final=True)
-        self.assertTrue('completed' in x.logger.log_dict['info'][-1][0][0],
-                        x.logger.log_dict['info'])
-        self.assertTrue('so far' not in x.logger.log_dict['info'][-1][0][0],
-                        x.logger.log_dict['info'])
+        self.assertTrue(
+            'completed' in str(x.logger.get_lines_for_level('info')))
+        self.assertTrue(
+            'so far' not in str(x.logger.get_lines_for_level('info')))
 
         x.logger._clear()
         x.report_last_time = time() - x.report_interval
         x.report()
-        self.assertTrue('completed' not in x.logger.log_dict['info'][-1][0][0],
-                        x.logger.log_dict['info'])
-        self.assertTrue('so far' in x.logger.log_dict['info'][-1][0][0],
-                        x.logger.log_dict['info'])
+        self.assertTrue(
+            'completed' not in str(x.logger.get_lines_for_level('info')))
+        self.assertTrue(
+            'so far' in str(x.logger.get_lines_for_level('info')))
 
     def test_run_once_nothing_to_do(self):
-        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer({}, logger=self.logger)
+        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer(self.conf, logger=self.logger)
         x.swift = 'throw error because a string does not have needed methods'
         x.run_once()
-        self.assertEqual(x.logger.log_dict['exception'],
-                         [(("Unhandled exception",), {},
-                           "'str' object has no attribute "
-                           "'get_account_info'")])
+        self.assertEqual(x.logger.get_lines_for_level('error'),
+                         ["Unhandled exception: "])
+        log_args, log_kwargs = x.logger.log_dict['error'][0]
+        self.assertEqual(str(log_kwargs['exc_info'][1]),
+                         "'str' object has no attribute 'get_account_info'")
 
     def test_run_once_calls_report(self):
         class InternalClient(object):
@@ -267,14 +269,14 @@ class TestObjectExpirer(TestCase):
             def iter_containers(*a, **kw):
                 return []
 
-        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer({}, logger=self.logger)
+        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer(self.conf, logger=self.logger)
         x.swift = InternalClient()
         x.run_once()
         self.assertEqual(
-            x.logger.log_dict['info'],
-            [(('Pass beginning; 1 possible containers; '
-               '2 possible objects',), {}),
-             (('Pass completed in 0s; 0 objects expired',), {})])
+            x.logger.get_lines_for_level('info'), [
+                'Pass beginning; 1 possible containers; 2 possible objects',
+                'Pass completed in 0s; 0 objects expired',
+            ])
 
     def test_run_once_unicode_problem(self):
         class InternalClient(object):
@@ -296,7 +298,7 @@ class TestObjectExpirer(TestCase):
             def delete_container(*a, **kw):
                 pass
 
-        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer({}, logger=self.logger)
+        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer(self.conf, logger=self.logger)
         x.swift = InternalClient()
 
         requests = []
@@ -323,27 +325,28 @@ class TestObjectExpirer(TestCase):
             def iter_objects(*a, **kw):
                 raise Exception('This should not have been called')
 
-        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer({'recon_cache_path': self.rcache},
+        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer(self.conf,
                                   logger=self.logger)
         x.swift = InternalClient([{'name': str(int(time() + 86400))}])
         x.run_once()
-        for exccall in x.logger.log_dict['exception']:
-            self.assertTrue(
-                'This should not have been called' not in exccall[0][0])
-        self.assertEqual(
-            x.logger.log_dict['info'],
-            [(('Pass beginning; 1 possible containers; '
-               '2 possible objects',), {}),
-             (('Pass completed in 0s; 0 objects expired',), {})])
+        logs = x.logger.all_log_lines()
+        self.assertEqual(logs['info'], [
+            'Pass beginning; 1 possible containers; 2 possible objects',
+            'Pass completed in 0s; 0 objects expired',
+        ])
+        self.assertTrue('error' not in logs)
 
         # Reverse test to be sure it still would blow up the way expected.
         fake_swift = InternalClient([{'name': str(int(time() - 86400))}])
-        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer({}, logger=self.logger, swift=fake_swift)
+        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer(self.conf, logger=self.logger,
+                                  swift=fake_swift)
         x.run_once()
         self.assertEqual(
-            x.logger.log_dict['exception'],
-            [(('Unhandled exception',), {},
-              str(Exception('This should not have been called')))])
+            x.logger.get_lines_for_level('error'), [
+                'Unhandled exception: '])
+        log_args, log_kwargs = x.logger.log_dict['error'][-1]
+        self.assertEqual(str(log_kwargs['exc_info'][1]),
+                         'This should not have been called')
 
     def test_object_timestamp_break(self):
         class InternalClient(object):
@@ -369,33 +372,27 @@ class TestObjectExpirer(TestCase):
         fake_swift = InternalClient(
             [{'name': str(int(time() - 86400))}],
             [{'name': '%d-actual-obj' % int(time() + 86400)}])
-        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer({}, logger=self.logger, swift=fake_swift)
+        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer(self.conf, logger=self.logger,
+                                  swift=fake_swift)
         x.run_once()
-        for exccall in x.logger.log_dict['exception']:
-            self.assertTrue(
-                'This should not have been called' not in exccall[0][0])
-        self.assertEqual(
-            x.logger.log_dict['info'],
-            [(('Pass beginning; 1 possible containers; '
-               '2 possible objects',), {}),
-             (('Pass completed in 0s; 0 objects expired',), {})])
-
+        self.assertTrue('error' not in x.logger.all_log_lines())
+        self.assertEqual(x.logger.get_lines_for_level('info'), [
+            'Pass beginning; 1 possible containers; 2 possible objects',
+            'Pass completed in 0s; 0 objects expired',
+        ])
         # Reverse test to be sure it still would blow up the way expected.
         ts = int(time() - 86400)
         fake_swift = InternalClient(
             [{'name': str(int(time() - 86400))}],
             [{'name': '%d-actual-obj' % ts}])
-        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer({}, logger=self.logger, swift=fake_swift)
+        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer(self.conf, logger=self.logger,
+                                  swift=fake_swift)
         x.delete_actual_object = should_not_be_called
         x.run_once()
-        excswhiledeleting = []
-        for exccall in x.logger.log_dict['exception']:
-            if exccall[0][0].startswith('Exception while deleting '):
-                excswhiledeleting.append(exccall[0][0])
         self.assertEqual(
-            excswhiledeleting,
+            x.logger.get_lines_for_level('error'),
             ['Exception while deleting object %d %d-actual-obj '
-             'This should not have been called' % (ts, ts)])
+             'This should not have been called: ' % (ts, ts)])
 
     def test_failed_delete_keeps_entry(self):
         class InternalClient(object):
@@ -428,24 +425,22 @@ class TestObjectExpirer(TestCase):
         fake_swift = InternalClient(
             [{'name': str(int(time() - 86400))}],
             [{'name': '%d-actual-obj' % ts}])
-        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer({}, logger=self.logger, swift=fake_swift)
+        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer(self.conf, logger=self.logger,
+                                  swift=fake_swift)
         x.iter_containers = lambda: [str(int(time() - 86400))]
         x.delete_actual_object = deliberately_blow_up
         x.pop_queue = should_not_get_called
         x.run_once()
-        excswhiledeleting = []
-        for exccall in x.logger.log_dict['exception']:
-            if exccall[0][0].startswith('Exception while deleting '):
-                excswhiledeleting.append(exccall[0][0])
+        error_lines = x.logger.get_lines_for_level('error')
         self.assertEqual(
-            excswhiledeleting,
+            error_lines,
             ['Exception while deleting object %d %d-actual-obj '
-             'failed to delete actual object' % (ts, ts)])
+             'failed to delete actual object: ' % (ts, ts)])
         self.assertEqual(
-            x.logger.log_dict['info'],
-            [(('Pass beginning; 1 possible containers; '
-               '2 possible objects',), {}),
-             (('Pass completed in 0s; 0 objects expired',), {})])
+            x.logger.get_lines_for_level('info'), [
+                'Pass beginning; 1 possible containers; 2 possible objects',
+                'Pass completed in 0s; 0 objects expired',
+            ])
 
         # Reverse test to be sure it still would blow up the way expected.
         ts = int(time() - 86400)
@@ -453,18 +448,15 @@ class TestObjectExpirer(TestCase):
             [{'name': str(int(time() - 86400))}],
             [{'name': '%d-actual-obj' % ts}])
         self.logger._clear()
-        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer({}, logger=self.logger, swift=fake_swift)
+        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer(self.conf, logger=self.logger,
+                                  swift=fake_swift)
         x.delete_actual_object = lambda o, t: None
         x.pop_queue = should_not_get_called
         x.run_once()
-        excswhiledeleting = []
-        for exccall in x.logger.log_dict['exception']:
-            if exccall[0][0].startswith('Exception while deleting '):
-                excswhiledeleting.append(exccall[0][0])
         self.assertEqual(
-            excswhiledeleting,
+            self.logger.get_lines_for_level('error'),
             ['Exception while deleting object %d %d-actual-obj This should '
-             'not have been called' % (ts, ts)])
+             'not have been called: ' % (ts, ts)])
 
     def test_success_gets_counted(self):
         class InternalClient(object):
@@ -493,7 +485,8 @@ class TestObjectExpirer(TestCase):
         fake_swift = InternalClient(
             [{'name': str(int(time() - 86400))}],
             [{'name': '%d-acc/c/actual-obj' % int(time() - 86400)}])
-        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer({}, logger=self.logger, swift=fake_swift)
+        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer(self.conf, logger=self.logger,
+                                  swift=fake_swift)
         x.delete_actual_object = lambda o, t: None
         x.pop_queue = lambda c, o: None
         self.assertEqual(x.report_objects, 0)
@@ -501,10 +494,9 @@ class TestObjectExpirer(TestCase):
             x.run_once()
             self.assertEqual(x.report_objects, 1)
             self.assertEqual(
-                x.logger.log_dict['info'],
-                [(('Pass beginning; 1 possible containers; '
-                   '2 possible objects',), {}),
-                 (('Pass completed in 0s; 1 objects expired',), {})])
+                x.logger.get_lines_for_level('info'),
+                ['Pass beginning; 1 possible containers; 2 possible objects',
+                 'Pass completed in 0s; 1 objects expired'])
 
     def test_delete_actual_object_does_not_get_unicode(self):
         class InternalClient(object):
@@ -539,17 +531,18 @@ class TestObjectExpirer(TestCase):
         fake_swift = InternalClient(
             [{'name': str(int(time() - 86400))}],
             [{'name': u'%d-actual-obj' % int(time() - 86400)}])
-        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer({}, logger=self.logger, swift=fake_swift)
+        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer(self.conf, logger=self.logger,
+                                  swift=fake_swift)
         x.delete_actual_object = delete_actual_object_test_for_unicode
         x.pop_queue = lambda c, o: None
         self.assertEqual(x.report_objects, 0)
         x.run_once()
         self.assertEqual(x.report_objects, 1)
         self.assertEqual(
-            x.logger.log_dict['info'],
-            [(('Pass beginning; 1 possible containers; '
-               '2 possible objects',), {}),
-             (('Pass completed in 0s; 1 objects expired',), {})])
+            x.logger.get_lines_for_level('info'), [
+                'Pass beginning; 1 possible containers; 2 possible objects',
+                'Pass completed in 0s; 1 objects expired',
+            ])
         self.assertFalse(got_unicode[0])
 
     def test_failed_delete_continues_on(self):
@@ -579,7 +572,7 @@ class TestObjectExpirer(TestCase):
         def fail_delete_actual_object(actual_obj, timestamp):
             raise Exception('failed to delete actual object')
 
-        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer({}, logger=self.logger)
+        x = expirer.ObjectExpirer(self.conf, logger=self.logger)
 
         cts = int(time() - 86400)
         ots = int(time() - 86400)
@@ -597,28 +590,24 @@ class TestObjectExpirer(TestCase):
         x.swift = InternalClient(containers, objects)
         x.delete_actual_object = fail_delete_actual_object
         x.run_once()
-        excswhiledeleting = []
-        for exccall in x.logger.log_dict['exception']:
-            if exccall[0][0].startswith('Exception while deleting '):
-                excswhiledeleting.append(exccall[0][0])
-        self.assertEqual(sorted(excswhiledeleting), sorted([
+        error_lines = x.logger.get_lines_for_level('error')
+        self.assertEqual(sorted(error_lines), sorted([
             'Exception while deleting object %d %d-actual-obj failed to '
-            'delete actual object' % (cts, ots),
+            'delete actual object: ' % (cts, ots),
             'Exception while deleting object %d %d-next-obj failed to '
-            'delete actual object' % (cts, ots),
+            'delete actual object: ' % (cts, ots),
             'Exception while deleting object %d %d-actual-obj failed to '
-            'delete actual object' % (cts + 1, ots),
+            'delete actual object: ' % (cts + 1, ots),
             'Exception while deleting object %d %d-next-obj failed to '
-            'delete actual object' % (cts + 1, ots),
+            'delete actual object: ' % (cts + 1, ots),
             'Exception while deleting container %d failed to delete '
-            'container' % (cts,),
+            'container: ' % (cts,),
             'Exception while deleting container %d failed to delete '
-            'container' % (cts + 1,)]))
-        self.assertEqual(
-            x.logger.log_dict['info'],
-            [(('Pass beginning; 1 possible containers; '
-               '2 possible objects',), {}),
-             (('Pass completed in 0s; 0 objects expired',), {})])
+            'container: ' % (cts + 1,)]))
+        self.assertEqual(x.logger.get_lines_for_level('info'), [
+            'Pass beginning; 1 possible containers; 2 possible objects',
+            'Pass completed in 0s; 0 objects expired',
+        ])
 
     def test_run_forever_initial_sleep_random(self):
         global last_not_sleep
@@ -664,9 +653,11 @@ class TestObjectExpirer(TestCase):
         finally:
             expirer.sleep = orig_sleep
         self.assertEqual(str(err), 'exiting exception 2')
-        self.assertEqual(x.logger.log_dict['exception'],
-                         [(('Unhandled exception',), {},
-                           'exception 1')])
+        self.assertEqual(x.logger.get_lines_for_level('error'),
+                         ['Unhandled exception: '])
+        log_args, log_kwargs = x.logger.log_dict['error'][0]
+        self.assertEqual(str(log_kwargs['exc_info'][1]),
+                         'exception 1')
 
     def test_delete_actual_object(self):
         got_env = [None]
diff --git a/test/unit/obj/test_replicator.py b/test/unit/obj/test_replicator.py
index ab89e49259..e1fb3062d1 100644
--- a/test/unit/obj/test_replicator.py
+++ b/test/unit/obj/test_replicator.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from errno import ENOENT, ENOTEMPTY, ENOTDIR
 from eventlet.green import subprocess
 from eventlet import Timeout, tpool
 
-from test.unit import FakeLogger, debug_logger, patch_policies
+from test.unit import debug_logger, patch_policies
 from swift.common import utils
 from swift.common.utils import hash_path, mkdirs, normalize_timestamp, \
     storage_directory
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class TestObjectReplicator(unittest.TestCase):
             swift_dir=self.testdir, devices=self.devices, mount_check='false',
             timeout='300', stats_interval='1', sync_method='rsync')
         self.replicator = object_replicator.ObjectReplicator(self.conf)
-        self.replicator.logger = FakeLogger()
+        self.logger = self.replicator.logger = debug_logger('test-replicator')
         self.df_mgr = diskfile.DiskFileManager(self.conf,
                                                self.replicator.logger)
 
@@ -280,22 +280,20 @@ class TestObjectReplicator(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_collect_jobs_mkdirs_error(self):
 
+        non_local = {}
+
         def blowup_mkdirs(path):
+            non_local['path'] = path
             raise OSError('Ow!')
 
         with mock.patch.object(object_replicator, 'mkdirs', blowup_mkdirs):
             rmtree(self.objects, ignore_errors=1)
             object_replicator.mkdirs = blowup_mkdirs
             self.replicator.collect_jobs()
-            self.assertTrue('exception' in self.replicator.logger.log_dict)
-            self.assertEquals(
-                len(self.replicator.logger.log_dict['exception']), 1)
-            exc_args, exc_kwargs, exc_str = \
-                self.replicator.logger.log_dict['exception'][0]
-            self.assertEquals(len(exc_args), 1)
-            self.assertTrue(exc_args[0].startswith('ERROR creating '))
-            self.assertEquals(exc_kwargs, {})
-            self.assertEquals(exc_str, 'Ow!')
+            self.assertEqual(self.logger.get_lines_for_level('error'), [
+                'ERROR creating %s: ' % non_local['path']])
+            log_args, log_kwargs = self.logger.log_dict['error'][0]
+            self.assertEqual(str(log_kwargs['exc_info'][1]), 'Ow!')
 
     def test_collect_jobs(self):
         jobs = self.replicator.collect_jobs()
@@ -383,14 +381,13 @@ class TestObjectReplicator(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(pol_0_part_1_path))
         self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(pol_1_part_1_path))
-
-        logged_warnings = sorted(self.replicator.logger.log_dict['warning'])
-        self.assertEquals(
-            (('Removing partition directory which was a file: %s',
-             pol_1_part_1_path), {}), logged_warnings[0])
-        self.assertEquals(
-            (('Removing partition directory which was a file: %s',
-             pol_0_part_1_path), {}), logged_warnings[1])
+        self.assertEqual(
+            sorted(self.logger.get_lines_for_level('warning')), [
+                ('Removing partition directory which was a file: %s'
+                 % pol_1_part_1_path),
+                ('Removing partition directory which was a file: %s'
+                 % pol_0_part_1_path),
+            ])
 
     def test_delete_partition(self):
         with mock.patch('swift.obj.replicator.http_connect',
@@ -833,7 +830,8 @@ class TestObjectReplicator(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_delete_partition_ssync_with_cleanup_failure(self):
         with mock.patch('swift.obj.replicator.http_connect',
                         mock_http_connect(200)):
-            self.replicator.logger = mock_logger = mock.MagicMock()
+            self.replicator.logger = mock_logger = \
+                debug_logger('test-replicator')
             df = self.df_mgr.get_diskfile('sda', '1', 'a', 'c', 'o')
             mkdirs(df._datadir)
             f = open(os.path.join(df._datadir,
@@ -886,7 +884,7 @@ class TestObjectReplicator(unittest.TestCase):
             with mock.patch('os.rmdir',
                             raise_exception_rmdir(OSError, ENOENT)):
                 self.replicator.replicate()
-            self.assertEquals(mock_logger.exception.call_count, 0)
+            self.assertFalse(mock_logger.get_lines_for_level('error'))
             self.assertFalse(os.access(whole_path_from, os.F_OK))
             self.assertTrue(os.access(suffix_dir_path, os.F_OK))
             self.assertTrue(os.access(part_path, os.F_OK))
@@ -895,7 +893,7 @@ class TestObjectReplicator(unittest.TestCase):
             with mock.patch('os.rmdir',
                             raise_exception_rmdir(OSError, ENOTEMPTY)):
                 self.replicator.replicate()
-            self.assertEquals(mock_logger.exception.call_count, 0)
+            self.assertFalse(mock_logger.get_lines_for_level('error'))
             self.assertFalse(os.access(whole_path_from, os.F_OK))
             self.assertTrue(os.access(suffix_dir_path, os.F_OK))
             self.assertTrue(os.access(part_path, os.F_OK))
@@ -904,7 +902,7 @@ class TestObjectReplicator(unittest.TestCase):
             with mock.patch('os.rmdir',
                             raise_exception_rmdir(OSError, ENOTDIR)):
                 self.replicator.replicate()
-            self.assertEquals(mock_logger.exception.call_count, 1)
+            self.assertEqual(len(mock_logger.get_lines_for_level('error')), 1)
             self.assertFalse(os.access(whole_path_from, os.F_OK))
             self.assertTrue(os.access(suffix_dir_path, os.F_OK))
             self.assertTrue(os.access(part_path, os.F_OK))
diff --git a/test/unit/obj/test_server.py b/test/unit/obj/test_server.py
index 583c9a9e39..7cfb07d150 100755
--- a/test/unit/obj/test_server.py
+++ b/test/unit/obj/test_server.py
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ class TestObjectController(unittest.TestCase):
         self.df_mgr = diskfile.DiskFileManager(conf,
                                                self.object_controller.logger)
 
+        self.logger = debug_logger('test-object-controller')
+
     def tearDown(self):
         """Tear down for testing swift.object.server.ObjectController"""
         rmtree(self.tmpdir)
@@ -3305,7 +3307,7 @@ class TestObjectController(unittest.TestCase):
             given_args.extend(args)
 
         self.object_controller.async_update = fake_async_update
-        self.object_controller.logger = FakeLogger()
+        self.object_controller.logger = self.logger
         req = Request.blank(
             '/v1/a/c/o',
             environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'PUT'},
@@ -3317,10 +3319,10 @@ class TestObjectController(unittest.TestCase):
         self.object_controller.delete_at_update('PUT', 2, 'a', 'c', 'o',
                                                 req, 'sda1', 0)
         self.assertEquals(
-            self.object_controller.logger.log_dict['warning'],
-            [(('X-Delete-At-Container header must be specified for expiring '
-               'objects background PUT to work properly. Making best guess as '
-               'to the container name for now.',), {})])
+            self.logger.get_lines_for_level('warning'),
+            ['X-Delete-At-Container header must be specified for expiring '
+             'objects background PUT to work properly. Making best guess as '
+             'to the container name for now.'])
 
     def test_delete_at_update_delete(self):
         given_args = []
@@ -4167,7 +4169,7 @@ class TestObjectController(unittest.TestCase):
         outbuf = StringIO()
         self.object_controller = object_server.ObjectController(
             {'devices': self.testdir, 'mount_check': 'false',
-             'replication_server': 'false'}, logger=FakeLogger())
+             'replication_server': 'false'}, logger=self.logger)
 
         def start_response(*args):
             # Sends args to outbuf
@@ -4207,11 +4209,10 @@ class TestObjectController(unittest.TestCase):
                             env, start_response)
                         self.assertEqual(response, answer)
                         self.assertEqual(
-                            self.object_controller.logger.log_dict['info'],
-                            [(('None - - [01/Jan/1970:02:46:41 +0000] "PUT'
-                               ' /sda1/p/a/c/o" 405 - "-" "-" "-" 1.0000 "-"'
-                               ' 1234 -',),
-                              {})])
+                            self.logger.get_lines_for_level('info'),
+                            ['None - - [01/Jan/1970:02:46:41 +0000] "PUT'
+                             ' /sda1/p/a/c/o" 405 - "-" "-" "-" 1.0000 "-"'
+                             ' 1234 -'])
 
     def test_call_incorrect_replication_method(self):
         inbuf = StringIO()
@@ -4281,17 +4282,17 @@ class TestObjectController(unittest.TestCase):
                                new=mock_method):
             response = self.object_controller.__call__(env, start_response)
             self.assertEqual(response, answer)
-            self.assertEqual(self.object_controller.logger.log_dict['info'],
-                             [])
+            self.assertEqual(self.logger.get_lines_for_level('info'), [])
 
     def test__call__returns_500(self):
         inbuf = StringIO()
         errbuf = StringIO()
         outbuf = StringIO()
+        self.logger = debug_logger('test')
         self.object_controller = object_server.ObjectController(
             {'devices': self.testdir, 'mount_check': 'false',
              'replication_server': 'false', 'log_requests': 'false'},
-            logger=FakeLogger())
+            logger=self.logger)
 
         def start_response(*args):
             # Sends args to outbuf
@@ -4323,14 +4324,11 @@ class TestObjectController(unittest.TestCase):
             response = self.object_controller.__call__(env, start_response)
             self.assertTrue(response[0].startswith(
                 'Traceback (most recent call last):'))
-            self.assertEqual(
-                self.object_controller.logger.log_dict['exception'],
-                [(('ERROR __call__ error with %(method)s %(path)s ',
-                   {'method': 'PUT', 'path': '/sda1/p/a/c/o'}),
-                  {},
-                  '')])
-            self.assertEqual(self.object_controller.logger.log_dict['INFO'],
-                             [])
+            self.assertEqual(self.logger.get_lines_for_level('error'), [
+                'ERROR __call__ error with %(method)s %(path)s : ' % {
+                    'method': 'PUT', 'path': '/sda1/p/a/c/o'},
+            ])
+            self.assertEqual(self.logger.get_lines_for_level('info'), [])
 
     def test_PUT_slow(self):
         inbuf = StringIO()
@@ -4340,7 +4338,7 @@ class TestObjectController(unittest.TestCase):
             {'devices': self.testdir, 'mount_check': 'false',
              'replication_server': 'false', 'log_requests': 'false',
              'slow': '10'},
-            logger=FakeLogger())
+            logger=self.logger)
 
         def start_response(*args):
             # Sends args to outbuf
@@ -4373,14 +4371,14 @@ class TestObjectController(unittest.TestCase):
                                 mock.MagicMock()) as ms:
                     self.object_controller.__call__(env, start_response)
                     ms.assert_called_with(9)
-                    self.assertEqual(
-                        self.object_controller.logger.log_dict['info'], [])
+                    self.assertEqual(self.logger.get_lines_for_level('info'),
+                                     [])
 
     def test_log_line_format(self):
         req = Request.blank(
             '/sda1/p/a/c/o',
             environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'HEAD', 'REMOTE_ADDR': '1.2.3.4'})
-        self.object_controller.logger = FakeLogger()
+        self.object_controller.logger = self.logger
         with mock.patch(
                 'time.gmtime', mock.MagicMock(side_effect=[gmtime(10001.0)])):
             with mock.patch(
@@ -4390,9 +4388,9 @@ class TestObjectController(unittest.TestCase):
                         'os.getpid', mock.MagicMock(return_value=1234)):
                     req.get_response(self.object_controller)
         self.assertEqual(
-            self.object_controller.logger.log_dict['info'],
-            [(('1.2.3.4 - - [01/Jan/1970:02:46:41 +0000] "HEAD /sda1/p/a/c/o" '
-             '404 - "-" "-" "-" 2.0000 "-" 1234 -',), {})])
+            self.logger.get_lines_for_level('info'),
+            ['1.2.3.4 - - [01/Jan/1970:02:46:41 +0000] "HEAD /sda1/p/a/c/o" '
+             '404 - "-" "-" "-" 2.0000 "-" 1234 -'])
 
     @patch_policies([storage_policy.StoragePolicy(0, 'zero', True),
                      storage_policy.StoragePolicy(1, 'one', False)])