As I understand it, query returns clips in order based on the physically stored date of the clip.

If we consider a single Centera (and no "funny" stuff like FPClip_RawOpen), that means a query will return clips in chronological order as they were written by the application.

Now let's add a second replica or replacement Centera to the picture, and populate it with all the clips from the original Centera.  I guess this could be accomplished with Centera replication or the CASCOPY utility.  (Are there any other methods without getting the application involved?)

Would a query on the second Centera still return clips in the same chronological order as they were written by the application to the original Centera?

I understand that replication will give the replicated clips a fresh physically stored date.  If replication copies clips in physically stored date order, the same order will be retained on the new Centera, although with different physically stored dates.  But if replication copies clips in any other order, the clips on the new Centera will be "out of order" with respect to the original Centera.

I don't have any clue how CASCOPY works, so I won't make any guesses about it.

To summarize my question, under what circumstances after using Centera replication or CASCOPY will the query order on a replica or replacement Centera be the same as on the original Centera?

Thanks,
Jim