/BUFFER_SIZE=n The InfoServer block cache is structured as an array of fixed- size buffers (also called buckets.) The /BUFFER_SIZE qualifier determines the size of each bucket. (The /CACHE qualifer determines the number of buckets.) The numeric value of this parameter is an integer between 3 and 8 inclusive, representing the bucket size in 512-byte blocks as follows: 3 - 8 blocks (default) 4 - 16 blocks 5 - 32 blocks 6 - 64 blocks 7 - 128 blocks 8 - 256 blocks The default value is 3. Bucket sizes that are larger than 32 blocks are not appropriate for most users. The OpenVMS client segments I/O requests that are larger than 31 blocks into 31-block chunks, and the default bucket readahead behavior might result in unnecessary I/O activity to the disk.