diff --git a/weed/queue/log_buffer.go b/weed/queue/log_buffer.go
index f24429479..78c5b75ae 100644
--- a/weed/queue/log_buffer.go
+++ b/weed/queue/log_buffer.go
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 )
 
+const BufferSize = 4 * 1024 * 1024
+const PreviousBufferCount = 3
+
 type dataToFlush struct {
 	startTime time.Time
 	stopTime  time.Time
@@ -18,6 +21,7 @@ type dataToFlush struct {
 }
 
 type LogBuffer struct {
+	prevBuffers   *SealedBuffers
 	buf           []byte
 	idx           []int
 	pos           int
@@ -34,7 +38,8 @@ type LogBuffer struct {
 
 func NewLogBuffer(flushInterval time.Duration, flushFn func(startTime, stopTime time.Time, buf []byte), notifyFn func()) *LogBuffer {
 	lb := &LogBuffer{
-		buf:           make([]byte, 4*1024*1024),
+		prevBuffers:   newSealedBuffers(PreviousBufferCount),
+		buf:           make([]byte, BufferSize),
 		sizeBuf:       make([]byte, 4),
 		flushInterval: flushInterval,
 		flushFn:       flushFn,
@@ -127,6 +132,7 @@ func (m *LogBuffer) copyToFlush() *dataToFlush {
 			stopTime:  m.stopTime,
 			data:      copiedBytes(m.buf[:m.pos]),
 		}
+		m.buf = m.prevBuffers.SealBuffer(m.startTime, m.stopTime, m.buf)
 		m.pos = 0
 		m.idx = m.idx[:0]
 		return d
diff --git a/weed/queue/sealed_buffer.go b/weed/queue/sealed_buffer.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23cec92c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/queue/sealed_buffer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package queue
+
+import "time"
+
+type MemBuffer struct {
+	buf       []byte
+	startTime time.Time
+	stopTime  time.Time
+}
+
+type SealedBuffers struct {
+	buffers []*MemBuffer
+}
+
+func newSealedBuffers(size int) *SealedBuffers {
+	sbs := &SealedBuffers{}
+
+	sbs.buffers = make([]*MemBuffer, size)
+	for i := 0; i < size; i++ {
+		sbs.buffers[i] = &MemBuffer{
+			buf: make([]byte, BufferSize),
+		}
+	}
+
+	return sbs
+}
+
+func (sbs *SealedBuffers) SealBuffer(startTime, stopTime time.Time, buf []byte) (newBuf []byte) {
+	oldMemBuffer := sbs.buffers[0]
+	size := len(sbs.buffers)
+	for i := 0; i < size-1; i++ {
+		sbs.buffers[i].buf = sbs.buffers[i+1].buf
+		sbs.buffers[i].startTime = sbs.buffers[i+1].startTime
+		sbs.buffers[i].stopTime = sbs.buffers[i+1].stopTime
+	}
+	sbs.buffers[size-1].buf = buf
+	sbs.buffers[size-1].startTime = startTime
+	sbs.buffers[size-1].stopTime = stopTime
+	return oldMemBuffer.buf
+}