diff --git a/weed/command/server.go b/weed/command/server.go
index 74f0e582e..78b52ea4b 100644
--- a/weed/command/server.go
+++ b/weed/command/server.go
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ func init() {
 	serverOptions.v.idxFolder = cmdServer.Flag.String("volume.dir.idx", "", "directory to store .idx files")
 	serverOptions.v.inflightUploadDataTimeout = cmdServer.Flag.Duration("volume.inflightUploadDataTimeout", 60*time.Second, "inflight upload data wait timeout of volume servers")
 	serverOptions.v.hasSlowRead = cmdServer.Flag.Bool("volume.hasSlowRead", false, "<experimental> if true, this prevents slow reads from blocking other requests, but large file read P99 latency will increase.")
+	serverOptions.v.readBufferSize = cmdServer.Flag.Int("volume.readBufferSize", 1024 * 1024, "<experimental> larger values can optimize query performance but will increase some memory usage,Use with hasSlowRead normally")
 
 	s3Options.port = cmdServer.Flag.Int("s3.port", 8333, "s3 server http listen port")
 	s3Options.portGrpc = cmdServer.Flag.Int("s3.port.grpc", 0, "s3 server grpc listen port")
diff --git a/weed/command/volume.go b/weed/command/volume.go
index 3b31ada50..5b62a4844 100644
--- a/weed/command/volume.go
+++ b/weed/command/volume.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ type VolumeServerOptions struct {
 	// pulseSeconds          *int
 	inflightUploadDataTimeout *time.Duration
 	hasSlowRead               *bool
+	readBufferSize            *int
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ func init() {
 	v.idxFolder = cmdVolume.Flag.String("dir.idx", "", "directory to store .idx files")
 	v.inflightUploadDataTimeout = cmdVolume.Flag.Duration("inflightUploadDataTimeout", 60*time.Second, "inflight upload data wait timeout of volume servers")
 	v.hasSlowRead = cmdVolume.Flag.Bool("hasSlowRead", false, "<experimental> if true, this prevents slow reads from blocking other requests, but large file read P99 latency will increase.")
+	v.readBufferSize = cmdVolume.Flag.Int("readBufferSize", 1024 * 1024, "<experimental> larger values can optimize query performance but will increase some memory usage,Use with hasSlowRead normally.")
 }
 
 var cmdVolume = &Command{
@@ -246,6 +248,7 @@ func (v VolumeServerOptions) startVolumeServer(volumeFolders, maxVolumeCounts, v
 		int64(*v.concurrentDownloadLimitMB)*1024*1024,
 		*v.inflightUploadDataTimeout,
 		*v.hasSlowRead,
+		*v.readBufferSize,
 	)
 	// starting grpc server
 	grpcS := v.startGrpcService(volumeServer)
diff --git a/weed/server/volume_server.go b/weed/server/volume_server.go
index 8bf50ce45..07bb0b9ee 100644
--- a/weed/server/volume_server.go
+++ b/weed/server/volume_server.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type VolumeServer struct {
 	inFlightDownloadDataLimitCond *sync.Cond
 	inflightUploadDataTimeout     time.Duration
 	hasSlowRead                   bool
+	readBufferSize                int
 
 	SeedMasterNodes []pb.ServerAddress
 	currentMaster   pb.ServerAddress
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ func NewVolumeServer(adminMux, publicMux *http.ServeMux, ip string,
 	concurrentDownloadLimit int64,
 	inflightUploadDataTimeout time.Duration,
 	hasSlowRead bool,
+	readBufferSize int,
 ) *VolumeServer {
 
 	v := util.GetViper()
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ func NewVolumeServer(adminMux, publicMux *http.ServeMux, ip string,
 		concurrentDownloadLimit:       concurrentDownloadLimit,
 		inflightUploadDataTimeout:     inflightUploadDataTimeout,
 		hasSlowRead:                   hasSlowRead,
+		readBufferSize:                readBufferSize,
 	}
 	vs.SeedMasterNodes = masterNodes
 
diff --git a/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_read.go b/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_read.go
index b8f4120a6..facdf2556 100644
--- a/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_read.go
+++ b/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_read.go
@@ -116,8 +116,9 @@ func (vs *VolumeServer) GetOrHeadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 	cookie := n.Cookie
 
 	readOption := &storage.ReadOption{
-		ReadDeleted: r.FormValue("readDeleted") == "true",
-		HasSlowRead: vs.hasSlowRead,
+		ReadDeleted:    r.FormValue("readDeleted") == "true",
+		HasSlowRead:    vs.hasSlowRead,
+		ReadBufferSize: vs.readBufferSize,
 	}
 
 	var count int
diff --git a/weed/storage/store.go b/weed/storage/store.go
index 48736c1a9..45f87525b 100644
--- a/weed/storage/store.go
+++ b/weed/storage/store.go
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ type ReadOption struct {
 	//  * read requests should complete asap, not blocking other requests.
 	//  * write requests may see high latency when downloading large files.
 	HasSlowRead bool
+
+	// increasing ReadBufferSize can reduce the number of get locks times and shorten read P99 latency.
+	// but will increase memory usage a bit. Use with hasSlowRead normally.
+	ReadBufferSize int
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/weed/storage/volume_read.go b/weed/storage/volume_read.go
index e045137b4..ee3cff45c 100644
--- a/weed/storage/volume_read.go
+++ b/weed/storage/volume_read.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func (v *Volume) readNeedleDataInto(n *needle.Needle, readOption *ReadOption, wr
 		actualOffset += int64(MaxPossibleVolumeSize)
 	}
 
-	buf := mem.Allocate(min(1024*1024, int(size)))
+	buf := mem.Allocate(min(readOption.ReadBufferSize, int(size)))
 	defer mem.Free(buf)
 
 	// read needle data