fs.azure.readaheadqueue.depth: Sets the readahead queue depth in AbfsInputStream. In case the set value is negative the read ahead queue depth will be set as Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors(). By default the value will be 2. To disable readaheads, set this value to 0. If your workload is doing only random reads (non-sequential) or you are seeing throttling, you may try setting this value to 0.