BlobStream.ReadAheadSize Property

Storage Client Library NET API

[This topic is part of the Microsoft Azure Storage Client Library 1.7, which has been deprecated. See Storage Client Library for the latest version.]

Specifies the number of additional bytes to fetch when the BlobStream.Read() method is called. This property defaults to 512 kilobytes. Set this property to 0 to disable pre-fetching. This property is only supported by instances of BlobStream created by CloudBlob.OpenRead.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient
Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient (in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.dll)

Usage

Visual Basic
Dim instance As BlobStream
Dim value As Long

value = instance.ReadAheadSize

instance.ReadAheadSize = value

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Overridable Property ReadAheadSize As Long
C#
public virtual long ReadAheadSize { get; set; }
C++
public:
virtual property long long ReadAheadSize {
	long long get ();
	void set (long long value);
}
J#
JScript

Property Value

The number of bytes to read ahead.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

See Also