try
            {
                Map<String, Row> rows = new HashMap<String, Row>();
                reader.readDirect(header);
                /* deserialize the commit log header */
                bufIn.reset(header, 0, header.length);
                CommitLogHeader clHeader = CommitLogHeader.serializer().deserialize(bufIn);
                /* seek to the lowest position */
                int lowPos = CommitLogHeader.getLowestPosition(clHeader);
                /*
                 * If lowPos == 0 then we need to skip the processing of this