diff --git a/server/src/event/writer.rs b/server/src/event/writer.rs
index 2d1b46d4e..df7c00983 100644
--- a/server/src/event/writer.rs
+++ b/server/src/event/writer.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pub static STREAM_WRITERS: Lazy<WriterTable> = Lazy::new(WriterTable::default);
 
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct Writer {
-    pub mem: MemWriter<16384>,
+    pub mem: MemWriter,
     pub disk: FileWriter,
 }
 
diff --git a/server/src/event/writer/mem_writer.rs b/server/src/event/writer/mem_writer.rs
index 1f5ce4532..ba69177cb 100644
--- a/server/src/event/writer/mem_writer.rs
+++ b/server/src/event/writer/mem_writer.rs
@@ -23,22 +23,22 @@ use arrow_schema::Schema;
 use arrow_select::concat::concat_batches;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 
-use crate::utils::arrow::adapt_batch;
+use crate::{option::CONFIG, utils::arrow::adapt_batch};
 
 /// Structure to keep recordbatches in memory.
 ///
 /// Any new schema is updated in the schema map.
 /// Recordbatches are pushed to mutable buffer first and then concated together and pushed to read buffer
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct MemWriter<const N: usize> {
+pub struct MemWriter {
     schema: Schema,
     // for checking uniqueness of schema
     schema_map: HashSet<String>,
     read_buffer: Vec<RecordBatch>,
-    mutable_buffer: MutableBuffer<N>,
+    mutable_buffer: MutableBuffer,
 }
 
-impl<const N: usize> Default for MemWriter<N> {
+impl Default for MemWriter {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             schema: Schema::empty(),
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ impl<const N: usize> Default for MemWriter<N> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<const N: usize> MemWriter<N> {
+impl MemWriter {
     pub fn push(&mut self, schema_key: &str, rb: RecordBatch) {
         if !self.schema_map.contains(schema_key) {
             self.schema_map.insert(schema_key.to_owned());
@@ -83,15 +83,17 @@ fn concat_records(schema: &Arc<Schema>, record: &[RecordBatch]) -> RecordBatch {
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
-struct MutableBuffer<const N: usize> {
+struct MutableBuffer {
     pub inner: Vec<RecordBatch>,
     pub rows: usize,
 }
 
-impl<const N: usize> MutableBuffer<N> {
+impl MutableBuffer {
     fn push(&mut self, rb: RecordBatch) -> Option<Vec<RecordBatch>> {
-        if self.rows + rb.num_rows() >= N {
-            let left = N - self.rows;
+        let maxima = CONFIG.parseable.records_per_request;
+
+        if self.rows + rb.num_rows() >= maxima {
+            let left = maxima - self.rows;
             let right = rb.num_rows() - left;
             let left_slice = rb.slice(0, left);
             let right_slice = if left < rb.num_rows() {
diff --git a/server/src/option.rs b/server/src/option.rs
index 8b3983170..cda8b7a64 100644
--- a/server/src/option.rs
+++ b/server/src/option.rs
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ pub struct Server {
 
     /// Parquet compression algorithm
     pub parquet_compression: Compression,
+
+    /// Max value a record can be before splitting the request
+    pub records_per_request: usize,
 }
 
 impl FromArgMatches for Server {
@@ -247,6 +250,10 @@ impl FromArgMatches for Server {
         let openid_client_secret = m.get_one::<String>(Self::OPENID_CLIENT_SECRET).cloned();
         let openid_issuer = m.get_one::<Url>(Self::OPENID_ISSUER).cloned();
 
+        self.records_per_request = m
+            .get_one(Self::BUFFER_SIZE)
+            .cloned()
+            .expect("default value for records per request");
         self.address = m
             .get_one::<String>(Self::ADDRESS)
             .cloned()
@@ -362,6 +369,7 @@ impl Server {
     pub const PARQUET_COMPRESSION_ALGO: &'static str = "compression-algo";
     pub const DEFAULT_USERNAME: &'static str = "admin";
     pub const DEFAULT_PASSWORD: &'static str = "admin";
+    pub const BUFFER_SIZE: &'static str = "buffer-size";
 
     pub fn local_stream_data_path(&self, stream_name: &str) -> PathBuf {
         self.local_staging_path.join(stream_name)
@@ -509,6 +517,16 @@ impl Server {
                     .value_parser(validation::url)
                     .help("OIDC provider's host address"),
             )
+            .arg(
+                Arg::new(Self::BUFFER_SIZE)
+                    .long(Self::BUFFER_SIZE)
+                    .env("P_BUFFER_SIZE")
+                    .value_name("NUMBER")
+                    .default_value("16384")
+                    .required(false)
+                    .value_parser(value_parser!(usize))
+                    .help("buffer size for internal request buffer"),
+            )
             .arg(
                 Arg::new(Self::DOMAIN_URI)
                     .long(Self::DOMAIN_URI)