diff --git a/weed/filer/filer_notify.go b/weed/filer/filer_notify.go
index db953d398..621d4c227 100644
--- a/weed/filer/filer_notify.go
+++ b/weed/filer/filer_notify.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/util/log_buffer"
 	"io"
-	"math"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -116,101 +115,34 @@ var (
 
 func (f *Filer) ReadPersistedLogBuffer(startPosition log_buffer.MessagePosition, stopTsNs int64, eachLogEntryFn log_buffer.EachLogEntryFuncType) (lastTsNs int64, isDone bool, err error) {
 
-	startDate := fmt.Sprintf("%04d-%02d-%02d", startPosition.Year(), startPosition.Month(), startPosition.Day())
-	startHourMinute := fmt.Sprintf("%02d-%02d", startPosition.Hour(), startPosition.Minute())
-	var stopDate, stopHourMinute string
-	if stopTsNs != 0 {
-		stopTime := time.Unix(0, stopTsNs+24*60*60*int64(time.Nanosecond)).UTC()
-		stopDate = fmt.Sprintf("%04d-%02d-%02d", stopTime.Year(), stopTime.Month(), stopTime.Day())
-		stopHourMinute = fmt.Sprintf("%02d-%02d", stopTime.Hour(), stopTime.Minute())
+	visitor, visitErr := f.collectPersistedLogBuffer(startPosition, stopTsNs)
+	if visitErr != nil {
+		if visitErr == io.EOF {
+			return
+		}
+		err = fmt.Errorf("reading from persisted logs: %v", visitErr)
+		return
 	}
-
-	sizeBuf := make([]byte, 4)
-	startTsNs := startPosition.UnixNano()
-
-	dayEntries, _, listDayErr := f.ListDirectoryEntries(context.Background(), SystemLogDir, startDate, true, math.MaxInt32, "", "", "")
-	if listDayErr != nil {
-		return lastTsNs, isDone, fmt.Errorf("fail to list log by day: %v", listDayErr)
-	}
-	for _, dayEntry := range dayEntries {
-		if stopDate != "" {
-			if strings.Compare(dayEntry.Name(), stopDate) > 0 {
+	var logEntry  *filer_pb.LogEntry
+	for {
+		logEntry, visitErr = visitor.GetNext()
+		if visitErr != nil {
+			if visitErr == io.EOF {
 				break
 			}
+			err = fmt.Errorf("read next from persisted logs: %v", visitErr)
+			return
 		}
-		// println("checking day", dayEntry.FullPath)
-		hourMinuteEntries, _, listHourMinuteErr := f.ListDirectoryEntries(context.Background(), util.NewFullPath(SystemLogDir, dayEntry.Name()), "", false, math.MaxInt32, "", "", "")
-		if listHourMinuteErr != nil {
-			return lastTsNs, isDone, fmt.Errorf("fail to list log %s by day: %v", dayEntry.Name(), listHourMinuteErr)
+		isDone, visitErr = eachLogEntryFn(logEntry)
+		if visitErr != nil {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("process persisted log entry: %v", visitErr)
+			return
 		}
-		for _, hourMinuteEntry := range hourMinuteEntries {
-			// println("checking hh-mm", hourMinuteEntry.FullPath)
-			if dayEntry.Name() == startDate {
-				hourMinute := util.FileNameBase(hourMinuteEntry.Name())
-				if strings.Compare(hourMinute, startHourMinute) < 0 {
-					continue
-				}
-			}
-			if dayEntry.Name() == stopDate {
-				hourMinute := util.FileNameBase(hourMinuteEntry.Name())
-				if strings.Compare(hourMinute, stopHourMinute) > 0 {
-					break
-				}
-			}
-			// println("processing", hourMinuteEntry.FullPath)
-			chunkedFileReader := NewChunkStreamReaderFromFiler(f.MasterClient, hourMinuteEntry.GetChunks())
-			if lastTsNs, err = ReadEachLogEntry(chunkedFileReader, sizeBuf, startTsNs, stopTsNs, eachLogEntryFn); err != nil {
-				chunkedFileReader.Close()
-				if err == io.EOF {
-					continue
-				}
-				if VolumeNotFoundPattern.MatchString(err.Error()) {
-					glog.Warningf("skipping reading %s: %v", hourMinuteEntry.FullPath, err)
-					continue
-				}
-				return lastTsNs, isDone, fmt.Errorf("reading %s: %v", hourMinuteEntry.FullPath, err)
-			}
-			chunkedFileReader.Close()
+		lastTsNs = logEntry.TsNs
+		if isDone {
+			return
 		}
 	}
 
-	return lastTsNs, isDone, nil
-}
-
-func ReadEachLogEntry(r io.Reader, sizeBuf []byte, startTsNs, stopTsNs int64, eachLogEntryFn log_buffer.EachLogEntryFuncType) (lastTsNs int64, err error) {
-	for {
-		n, err := r.Read(sizeBuf)
-		if err != nil {
-			return lastTsNs, err
-		}
-		if n != 4 {
-			return lastTsNs, fmt.Errorf("size %d bytes, expected 4 bytes", n)
-		}
-		size := util.BytesToUint32(sizeBuf)
-		// println("entry size", size)
-		entryData := make([]byte, size)
-		n, err = r.Read(entryData)
-		if err != nil {
-			return lastTsNs, err
-		}
-		if n != int(size) {
-			return lastTsNs, fmt.Errorf("entry data %d bytes, expected %d bytes", n, size)
-		}
-		logEntry := &filer_pb.LogEntry{}
-		if err = proto.Unmarshal(entryData, logEntry); err != nil {
-			return lastTsNs, err
-		}
-		if logEntry.TsNs <= startTsNs {
-			continue
-		}
-		if stopTsNs != 0 && logEntry.TsNs > stopTsNs {
-			return lastTsNs, err
-		}
-		// println("each log: ", logEntry.TsNs)
-		if _, err := eachLogEntryFn(logEntry); err != nil {
-			return lastTsNs, err
-		} else {
-			lastTsNs = logEntry.TsNs
-		}
-	}
+	return
 }
diff --git a/weed/filer/filer_notify_read.go b/weed/filer/filer_notify_read.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e75677d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/filer/filer_notify_read.go
@@ -0,0 +1,350 @@
+package filer
+
+import (
+	"container/heap"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/util/log_buffer"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/wdclient"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+	"io"
+	"math"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/util"
+)
+
+type LogFileEntry struct {
+	TsNs      int64
+	FileEntry *Entry
+}
+
+func (f *Filer) collectPersistedLogBuffer(startPosition log_buffer.MessagePosition, stopTsNs int64) (v *OrderedLogVisitor, err error) {
+
+	if stopTsNs != 0 && startPosition.Time.UnixNano() > stopTsNs {
+		return nil, io.EOF
+	}
+
+	startDate := fmt.Sprintf("%04d-%02d-%02d", startPosition.Year(), startPosition.Month(), startPosition.Day())
+
+	dayEntries, _, listDayErr := f.ListDirectoryEntries(context.Background(), SystemLogDir, startDate, true, math.MaxInt32, "", "", "")
+	if listDayErr != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("fail to list log by day: %v", listDayErr)
+	}
+
+	return NewOrderedLogVisitor(f, startPosition, stopTsNs, dayEntries)
+
+}
+
+// ----------
+type LogEntryItem struct {
+	Entry *filer_pb.LogEntry
+	filer string
+}
+
+// LogEntryItemPriorityQueue a priority queue for LogEntry
+type LogEntryItemPriorityQueue []*LogEntryItem
+
+func (pq LogEntryItemPriorityQueue) Len() int { return len(pq) }
+func (pq LogEntryItemPriorityQueue) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	return pq[i].Entry.TsNs < pq[j].Entry.TsNs
+}
+func (pq LogEntryItemPriorityQueue) Swap(i, j int) { pq[i], pq[j] = pq[j], pq[i] }
+func (pq *LogEntryItemPriorityQueue) Push(x any) {
+	item := x.(*LogEntryItem)
+	*pq = append(*pq, item)
+}
+func (pq *LogEntryItemPriorityQueue) Pop() any {
+	n := len(*pq)
+	item := (*pq)[n-1]
+	*pq = (*pq)[:n-1]
+	return item
+}
+
+// ----------
+
+type OrderedLogVisitor struct {
+	perFilerIteratorMap   map[string]*LogFileQueueIterator
+	pq                    *LogEntryItemPriorityQueue
+	logFileEntryCollector *LogFileEntryCollector
+}
+
+func NewOrderedLogVisitor(f *Filer, startPosition log_buffer.MessagePosition, stopTsNs int64, dayEntries []*Entry) (*OrderedLogVisitor, error) {
+
+	perFilerQueueMap := make(map[string]*LogFileQueueIterator)
+	// initialize the priority queue
+	pq := &LogEntryItemPriorityQueue{}
+	heap.Init(pq)
+
+	t := &OrderedLogVisitor{
+		perFilerIteratorMap:   perFilerQueueMap,
+		pq:                    pq,
+		logFileEntryCollector: NewLogFileEntryCollector(f, startPosition, stopTsNs, dayEntries),
+	}
+	if err := t.logFileEntryCollector.collectMore(t); err != nil && err != io.EOF {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return t, nil
+}
+
+func (o *OrderedLogVisitor) GetNext() (logEntry *filer_pb.LogEntry, err error) {
+	if o.pq.Len() == 0 {
+		return nil, io.EOF
+	}
+	item := heap.Pop(o.pq).(*LogEntryItem)
+	filerId := item.filer
+
+	// fill the pq with the next log entry from the same filer
+	it := o.perFilerIteratorMap[filerId]
+	next, nextErr := it.getNext(o)
+	if nextErr != nil {
+		if nextErr == io.EOF {
+			// do nothing since the filer has no more log entries
+		}else {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get next log entry: %v", nextErr)
+		}
+	} else {
+		heap.Push(o.pq, &LogEntryItem{
+			Entry: next,
+			filer: filerId,
+		})
+	}
+	return item.Entry, nil
+}
+
+func getFilerId(name string) string {
+	idx := strings.LastIndex(name, ".")
+	if idx < 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return name[idx+1:]
+}
+
+// ----------
+
+type LogFileEntryCollector struct {
+	f               *Filer
+	startTsNs       int64
+	stopTsNs        int64
+	dayEntryQueue   *util.Queue[*Entry]
+	startDate       string
+	startHourMinute string
+	stopDate        string
+	stopHourMinute  string
+}
+
+func NewLogFileEntryCollector(f *Filer, startPosition log_buffer.MessagePosition, stopTsNs int64, dayEntries []*Entry) *LogFileEntryCollector {
+	dayEntryQueue := util.NewQueue[*Entry]()
+	for _, dayEntry := range dayEntries {
+		dayEntryQueue.Enqueue(dayEntry)
+		println("enqueue day entry", dayEntry.Name())
+	}
+
+	startDate := fmt.Sprintf("%04d-%02d-%02d", startPosition.Year(), startPosition.Month(), startPosition.Day())
+	startHourMinute := fmt.Sprintf("%02d-%02d", startPosition.Hour(), startPosition.Minute())
+	var stopDate, stopHourMinute string
+	if stopTsNs != 0 {
+		stopTime := time.Unix(0, stopTsNs+24*60*60*int64(time.Nanosecond)).UTC()
+		stopDate = fmt.Sprintf("%04d-%02d-%02d", stopTime.Year(), stopTime.Month(), stopTime.Day())
+		stopHourMinute = fmt.Sprintf("%02d-%02d", stopTime.Hour(), stopTime.Minute())
+	}
+
+	return &LogFileEntryCollector{
+		f:               f,
+		startTsNs:       startPosition.UnixNano(),
+		stopTsNs:        stopTsNs,
+		dayEntryQueue:   dayEntryQueue,
+		startDate:       startDate,
+		startHourMinute: startHourMinute,
+		stopDate:        stopDate,
+		stopHourMinute:  stopHourMinute,
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *LogFileEntryCollector) hasMore() bool {
+	return c.dayEntryQueue.Len() > 0
+}
+
+func (c *LogFileEntryCollector) collectMore(v *OrderedLogVisitor) (err error) {
+	dayEntry := c.dayEntryQueue.Dequeue()
+	if dayEntry == nil {
+		return io.EOF
+	}
+	println("dequeue day entry", dayEntry.Name())
+	if c.stopDate != "" {
+		if strings.Compare(dayEntry.Name(), c.stopDate) > 0 {
+			return io.EOF
+		}
+	}
+
+	hourMinuteEntries, _, listHourMinuteErr := c.f.ListDirectoryEntries(context.Background(), util.NewFullPath(SystemLogDir, dayEntry.Name()), "", false, math.MaxInt32, "", "", "")
+	if listHourMinuteErr != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("fail to list log %s by day: %v", dayEntry.Name(), listHourMinuteErr)
+	}
+	freshFilerIds := make(map[string]string)
+	for _, hourMinuteEntry := range hourMinuteEntries {
+		// println("checking hh-mm", hourMinuteEntry.FullPath)
+		hourMinute := util.FileNameBase(hourMinuteEntry.Name())
+		if dayEntry.Name() == c.startDate {
+			if strings.Compare(hourMinute, c.startHourMinute) < 0 {
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+		if dayEntry.Name() == c.stopDate {
+			if strings.Compare(hourMinute, c.stopHourMinute) > 0 {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+		tsMinute := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", dayEntry.Name(), hourMinute)
+		println("  enqueue", tsMinute)
+		t, parseErr := time.Parse("2006-01-02-15-04", tsMinute)
+		if parseErr != nil {
+			glog.Errorf("failed to parse %s: %v", tsMinute, parseErr)
+			continue
+		}
+		filerId := getFilerId(hourMinuteEntry.Name())
+		iter, found := v.perFilerIteratorMap[filerId]
+		if !found {
+			iter = newLogFileQueueIterator(c.f.MasterClient, util.NewQueue[*LogFileEntry](), c.startTsNs, c.stopTsNs)
+			v.perFilerIteratorMap[filerId] = iter
+			freshFilerIds[filerId] = hourMinuteEntry.Name()
+		}
+		iter.q.Enqueue(&LogFileEntry{
+			TsNs:      t.UnixNano(),
+			FileEntry: hourMinuteEntry,
+		})
+	}
+
+	// fill the pq with the next log entry if it is a new filer
+	for filerId, entryName := range freshFilerIds {
+		iter, found := v.perFilerIteratorMap[filerId]
+		if !found {
+			glog.Errorf("Unexpected! failed to find iterator for filer %s", filerId)
+			continue
+		}
+		next, err := iter.getNext(v)
+		if err != nil {
+			if err == io.EOF {
+				// do nothing since the filer has no more log entries
+			}
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get next log entry for %v: %v", entryName, err)
+		}
+		heap.Push(v.pq, &LogEntryItem{
+			Entry: next,
+			filer: filerId,
+		})
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ----------
+
+type LogFileQueueIterator struct {
+	q                   *util.Queue[*LogFileEntry]
+	masterClient        *wdclient.MasterClient
+	startTsNs           int64
+	stopTsNs            int64
+	currentFileIterator *LogFileIterator
+}
+
+func newLogFileQueueIterator(masterClient *wdclient.MasterClient, q *util.Queue[*LogFileEntry], startTsNs, stopTsNs int64) *LogFileQueueIterator {
+	return &LogFileQueueIterator{
+		q:            q,
+		masterClient: masterClient,
+		startTsNs:    startTsNs,
+		stopTsNs:     stopTsNs,
+	}
+}
+
+// getNext will return io.EOF when done
+func (iter *LogFileQueueIterator) getNext(v *OrderedLogVisitor) (logEntry *filer_pb.LogEntry, err error) {
+	for {
+		if iter.currentFileIterator != nil {
+			logEntry, err = iter.currentFileIterator.getNext()
+			if err != io.EOF {
+				return
+			}
+		}
+		// now either iter.currentFileIterator is nil or err is io.EOF
+		if iter.q.Len() == 0 {
+			return nil, io.EOF
+		}
+		t := iter.q.Dequeue()
+		if t == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		// skip the file if it is after the stopTsNs
+		if iter.stopTsNs != 0 && t.TsNs > iter.stopTsNs {
+			return nil, io.EOF
+		}
+		next := iter.q.Peek()
+		if next == nil {
+			if collectErr := v.logFileEntryCollector.collectMore(v); collectErr != nil && collectErr != io.EOF {
+				return nil, collectErr
+			}
+		}
+		// skip the file if the next entry is before the startTsNs
+		if next != nil && next.TsNs <= iter.startTsNs {
+			continue
+		}
+		iter.currentFileIterator = newLogFileIterator(iter.masterClient, t.FileEntry, iter.startTsNs, iter.stopTsNs)
+	}
+}
+
+// ----------
+
+type LogFileIterator struct {
+	r         io.Reader
+	sizeBuf   []byte
+	startTsNs int64
+	stopTsNs  int64
+}
+
+func newLogFileIterator(masterClient *wdclient.MasterClient, fileEntry *Entry, startTsNs, stopTsNs int64) *LogFileIterator {
+	return &LogFileIterator{
+		r:         NewChunkStreamReaderFromFiler(masterClient, fileEntry.Chunks),
+		sizeBuf:   make([]byte, 4),
+		startTsNs: startTsNs,
+		stopTsNs:  stopTsNs,
+	}
+}
+
+// getNext will return io.EOF when done
+func (iter *LogFileIterator) getNext() (logEntry *filer_pb.LogEntry, err error) {
+	var n int
+	for {
+		n, err = iter.r.Read(iter.sizeBuf)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		if n != 4 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("size %d bytes, expected 4 bytes", n)
+		}
+		size := util.BytesToUint32(iter.sizeBuf)
+		// println("entry size", size)
+		entryData := make([]byte, size)
+		n, err = iter.r.Read(entryData)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		if n != int(size) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("entry data %d bytes, expected %d bytes", n, size)
+		}
+		logEntry = &filer_pb.LogEntry{}
+		if err = proto.Unmarshal(entryData, logEntry); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		if logEntry.TsNs <= iter.startTsNs {
+			continue
+		}
+		if iter.stopTsNs != 0 && logEntry.TsNs > iter.stopTsNs {
+			return nil, io.EOF
+		}
+		return
+	}
+}
diff --git a/weed/util/queue.go b/weed/util/queue.go
index 1437fe8be..69efc078f 100644
--- a/weed/util/queue.go
+++ b/weed/util/queue.go
@@ -61,3 +61,14 @@ func (q *Queue[T]) Dequeue() (result T) {
 
 	return n.data
 }
+
+func (q *Queue[T]) Peek() (result T) {
+	q.RLock()
+	defer q.RUnlock()
+
+	if q.head == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	return q.head.data
+}