Random order of archiving files - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Hi All,<br /><br />   Can this random order in archival of files be explained?<br /><br />grep archived
/var/log/localmessages<br/><br />2008-05-23 08:43:43 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file
"00000001000009BD0000009D"<br/> 2008-05-23 08:44:41 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD000000A0" 
<-----9D and 9F archived much later<br />2008-05-23 08:45:01 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file
"00000001000009BD000000A1"<br/> 2008-05-23 08:46:00 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file
"00000001000009BD000000A4"<br/>2008-05-23 08:46:26 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD0000006C"<br
/>2008-05-2308:46:29 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD00000069"<br /> 2008-05-23 08:46:32
PDTLOG: archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD0000006D"<br />2008-05-23 08:46:33 PDTLOG:  archived transaction
logfile "00000001000009BD00000071"<br />2008-05-23 08:46:34 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file
"00000001000009BD00000073"<br/> 2008-05-23 08:46:35 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file
"00000001000009BD00000074"<br/>2008-05-23 08:46:38 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD00000075"<br
/>2008-05-2308:46:41 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD00000076"<br /> 2008-05-23 08:46:42
PDTLOG: archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD00000077"<br />2008-05-23 08:46:43 PDTLOG:  archived transaction
logfile "00000001000009BD0000007A"<br />2008-05-23 08:46:49 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file
"00000001000009BD0000007B"<br/> 2008-05-23 08:46:52 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file
"00000001000009BD0000007D"<br/>2008-05-23 08:46:53 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD0000007F"<br
/>2008-05-2308:46:54 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD000000A7"  <--- chain broken here
again...<br/> 2008-05-23 08:47:59 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD000000AA"<br />2008-05-23
08:48:21PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD000000AB"<br />2008-05-23 08:49:33 PDTLOG:  archived
transactionlog file "00000001000009BD000000AD"<br /> 2008-05-23 08:50:30 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file
"00000001000009BD000000AE"<br/>2008-05-23 08:52:30 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD000000AF"<br
/>2008-05-2308:54:30 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD000000B0"<br /> 2008-05-23 08:55:42
PDTLOG: archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD000000B1"<br />2008-05-23 08:57:39 PDTLOG:  archived transaction
logfile "00000001000009BD000000B2"<br />2008-05-23 08:59:27 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file
"00000001000009BD000000B3"<br/> 2008-05-23 09:01:26 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file
"00000001000009BD00000085"<br/>2008-05-23 09:01:27 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD00000080"<br
/>2008-05-2309:01:28 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD00000081"<br /> 2008-05-23 09:01:29
PDTLOG: archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD00000086"<br />2008-05-23 09:01:30 PDTLOG:  archived transaction
logfile "00000001000009BD00000088"<br />2008-05-23 09:01:34 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file
"00000001000009BD00000089"<br/> 2008-05-23 09:01:37 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file
"00000001000009BD0000008C"<br/>2008-05-23 09:01:38 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD0000008F"<br
/>2008-05-2309:01:39 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD00000090"<br /> 2008-05-23 09:01:42
PDTLOG: archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD00000091"<br />2008-05-23 09:01:46 PDTLOG:  archived transaction
logfile "00000001000009BD00000093"<br />2008-05-23 09:01:47 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file
"00000001000009BD00000094"<br/> 2008-05-23 09:01:48 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file
"00000001000009BD00000095"<br/>2008-05-23 09:01:52 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD00000097"<br
/>2008-05-2309:01:54 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD00000099"<br /> 2008-05-23 09:01:55
PDTLOG: archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD0000009A"<br />2008-05-23 09:01:56 PDTLOG:  archived transaction
logfile "00000001000009BD0000009B"<br />2008-05-23 09:01:57 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file
"00000001000009BD0000009C"<br/> 2008-05-23 09:01:58 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file
"00000001000009BD0000009E"<br/>2008-05-23 09:01:59 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD0000009F"<br
/>2008-05-2309:02:01 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD000000A2"<br /> 2008-05-23 09:02:04
PDTLOG: archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD000000A3"<br />2008-05-23 09:02:06 PDTLOG:  archived transaction
logfile "00000001000009BD000000A5"<br />2008-05-23 09:02:06 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file
"00000001000009BD000000B4" <--- continuing from where it left earlier!!!<br /> 2008-05-23 09:02:58 PDTLOG:  archived
transactionlog file "00000001000009BD000000B5"<br />2008-05-23 09:04:32 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file
"00000001000009BD000000B6"<br/>2008-05-23 09:06:28 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD000000B7"<br
/>2008-05-23 09:08:21 PDTLOG:  archived transaction log file "00000001000009BD000000B8"<br /><br clear="all" /><br
/>   I always assumed that the XLogs are generated in sequence. Apparently, the hot-standby server is expecting and
consumingthe XLogs in-order, and not in the order they are being generated here!<br /><br />Best regards,<br />-- <br
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