diff --git a/weed/filer/filechunk_manifest.go b/weed/filer/filechunk_manifest.go
index f2f1c7f16..c74af226c 100644
--- a/weed/filer/filechunk_manifest.go
+++ b/weed/filer/filechunk_manifest.go
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ package filer
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util/mem"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/wdclient"
 	"io"
 	"math"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
@@ -19,9 +19,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	ManifestBatch = 10000
+	ManifestBatch = 3
 )
 
+var bytesBufferPool = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() interface{} {
+		return new(bytes.Buffer)
+	},
+}
+
 func HasChunkManifest(chunks []*filer_pb.FileChunk) bool {
 	for _, chunk := range chunks {
 		if chunk.IsChunkManifest {
@@ -78,14 +84,14 @@ func ResolveOneChunkManifest(lookupFileIdFn wdclient.LookupFileIdFunctionType, c
 	}
 
 	// IsChunkManifest
-	data := mem.Allocate(int(chunk.Size))
-	defer mem.Free(data)
-	_, err := fetchChunk(data, lookupFileIdFn, chunk.GetFileIdString(), chunk.CipherKey, chunk.IsCompressed)
+	bytesBuffer := bytesBufferPool.Get().(*bytes.Buffer)
+	defer bytesBufferPool.Put(bytesBuffer)
+	err := fetchWholeChunk(bytesBuffer, lookupFileIdFn, chunk.GetFileIdString(), chunk.CipherKey, chunk.IsCompressed)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("fail to read manifest %s: %v", chunk.GetFileIdString(), err)
 	}
 	m := &filer_pb.FileChunkManifest{}
-	if err := proto.Unmarshal(data, m); err != nil {
+	if err := proto.Unmarshal(bytesBuffer.Bytes(), m); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("fail to unmarshal manifest %s: %v", chunk.GetFileIdString(), err)
 	}
 
@@ -95,13 +101,17 @@ func ResolveOneChunkManifest(lookupFileIdFn wdclient.LookupFileIdFunctionType, c
 }
 
 // TODO fetch from cache for weed mount?
-func fetchChunk(data []byte, lookupFileIdFn wdclient.LookupFileIdFunctionType, fileId string, cipherKey []byte, isGzipped bool) (int, error) {
+func fetchWholeChunk(bytesBuffer *bytes.Buffer, lookupFileIdFn wdclient.LookupFileIdFunctionType, fileId string, cipherKey []byte, isGzipped bool) error {
 	urlStrings, err := lookupFileIdFn(fileId)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("operation LookupFileId %s failed, err: %v", fileId, err)
-		return 0, err
+		return err
 	}
-	return retriedFetchChunkData(data, urlStrings, cipherKey, isGzipped, true, 0)
+	err = retriedStreamFetchChunkData(bytesBuffer, urlStrings, cipherKey, isGzipped, true, 0, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 func retriedFetchChunkData(buffer []byte, urlStrings []string, cipherKey []byte, isGzipped bool, isFullChunk bool, offset int64) (n int, err error) {