diff --git a/src/common/persistence/FSExtentStore.ts b/src/common/persistence/FSExtentStore.ts
index 199a8012d..6f3ba45ab 100644
--- a/src/common/persistence/FSExtentStore.ts
+++ b/src/common/persistence/FSExtentStore.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import {
   close,
-  createReadStream,
   createWriteStream,
   fdatasync,
   mkdir,
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ import IExtentStore, {
 } from "./IExtentStore";
 import IOperationQueue from "./IOperationQueue";
 import OperationQueue from "./OperationQueue";
+import FileLazyReadStream from "./FileLazyReadStream";
 
 const statAsync = promisify(stat);
 const mkdirAsync = promisify(mkdir);
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ export default class FSExtentStore implements IExtentStore {
 
   private persistencyPath: Map<string, string>;
 
+  private circularStreamsBuffer: FileLazyReadStream[];
+
+  private maxStreams = 100000;
+
   public constructor(
     metadata: IExtentMetadataStore,
     private readonly persistencyConfiguration: StoreDestinationArray,
@@ -104,6 +108,8 @@ export default class FSExtentStore implements IExtentStore {
       logger
     );
     this.readQueue = new OperationQueue(DEFAULT_READ_CONCURRENCY, logger);
+
+    this.circularStreamsBuffer = [];
   }
 
   public isInitialized(): boolean {
@@ -340,19 +346,23 @@ export default class FSExtentStore implements IExtentStore {
           } end:${extentChunk.offset + extentChunk.count - 1}`,
           contextId
         );
-        const stream = createReadStream(path, {
-          start: extentChunk.offset,
-          end: extentChunk.offset + extentChunk.count - 1
-        }).on("close", () => {
-          this.logger.verbose(
-            `FSExtentStore:readExtent() Read stream closed. LocationId:${persistencyId} extentId:${
-              extentChunk.id
-            } path:${path} offset:${extentChunk.offset} count:${
-              extentChunk.count
-            } end:${extentChunk.offset + extentChunk.count - 1}`,
-            contextId
-          );
-        });
+
+        if(this.circularStreamsBuffer.length >= this.maxStreams){
+            let streamToDestroy = this.circularStreamsBuffer.shift();    
+            streamToDestroy?.destroy();
+        }
+
+        const stream = new FileLazyReadStream(
+          path,
+          extentChunk.offset,
+          extentChunk.offset + extentChunk.count - 1,
+          this.logger,
+          persistencyId,
+          extentChunk.id,
+          contextId);
+
+        this.circularStreamsBuffer.push(stream);
+
         resolve(stream);
       });
 
diff --git a/src/common/persistence/FileLazyReadStream.ts b/src/common/persistence/FileLazyReadStream.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..687d6eb84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/persistence/FileLazyReadStream.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { ReadStream, createReadStream } from "fs";
+import { Readable } from "stream";
+import ILogger from "../ILogger";
+
+
+export default class FileLazyReadStream extends Readable {
+  private extentStream: ReadStream | undefined;
+  constructor(
+    private readonly extentPath: string,
+    private readonly start: number,
+    private readonly end: number,
+    private readonly logger: ILogger,
+    private readonly persistencyId: string,
+    private readonly extentId: string,
+    private readonly contextId?: string) {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  public _read(): void {
+    if (this.extentStream === undefined) {
+      this.extentStream = createReadStream(this.extentPath, {
+        start: this.start,
+        end: this.end
+      }).on("close", () => {
+        this.logger.verbose(
+          `FSExtentStore:readExtent() Read stream closed. LocationId:${this.persistencyId} extentId:${this.extentId
+          } path:${this.extentPath} offset:${this.start} end:${this.end}`,
+          this.contextId
+        );
+      });
+      this.setSourceEventHandlers();
+    }
+    this.extentStream?.resume();
+  }
+
+  private setSourceEventHandlers() {
+    this.extentStream?.on("data", this.sourceDataHandler);
+    this.extentStream?.on("end", this.sourceErrorOrEndHandler);
+    this.extentStream?.on("error", this.sourceErrorOrEndHandler);
+  }
+
+  private removeSourceEventHandlers() {
+    this.extentStream?.removeListener("data", this.sourceDataHandler);
+    this.extentStream?.removeListener("end", this.sourceErrorOrEndHandler);
+    this.extentStream?.removeListener("error", this.sourceErrorOrEndHandler);
+  }
+
+  private sourceDataHandler = (data: Buffer) => {
+    if (!this.push(data)) {
+      this.extentStream?.pause();
+    }
+  }
+
+  private sourceErrorOrEndHandler = (err?: Error) => {
+    if (err && err.name === "AbortError") {
+      this.destroy(err);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.removeSourceEventHandlers();
+    this.push(null);
+    this.destroy(err);
+  }
+
+  _destroy(error: Error | null, callback: (error?: Error) => void): void {
+    // remove listener from source and release source
+    //this.removeSourceEventHandlers();
+    (this.extentStream as Readable)?.destroy();
+
+    callback(error === null ? undefined : error);
+  }
+}
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