diff --git a/weed/util/buffered_queue.go b/weed/util/buffered_queue.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2fbcd3c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/util/buffered_queue.go
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+package util
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// ItemChunkNode represents a node in the linked list of job chunks
+type ItemChunkNode[T any] struct {
+	items     []T
+	headIndex int
+	tailIndex int
+	next *ItemChunkNode[T]
+	nodeId int
+}
+
+// BufferedQueue implements a buffered queue using a linked list of job chunks
+type BufferedQueue[T any] struct {
+	chunkSize int         // Maximum number of items per chunk
+	head      *ItemChunkNode[T]
+	tail      *ItemChunkNode[T]
+	last      *ItemChunkNode[T] // Pointer to the last chunk, for reclaiming memory
+	count     int               // Total number of items in the queue
+	mutex     sync.Mutex
+	nodeCounter int
+}
+
+// NewBufferedQueue creates a new buffered queue with the specified chunk size
+func NewBufferedQueue[T any](chunkSize int) *BufferedQueue[T] {
+	// Create an empty chunk to initialize head and tail
+	chunk := &ItemChunkNode[T]{items: make([]T, chunkSize), nodeId: 0}
+	return &BufferedQueue[T]{
+		chunkSize: chunkSize,
+		head:      chunk,
+		tail:      chunk,
+		last:      chunk,
+		count:     0,
+		mutex:     sync.Mutex{},
+	}
+}
+
+// Enqueue adds a job to the queue
+func (q *BufferedQueue[T]) Enqueue(job T) {
+	q.mutex.Lock()
+	defer q.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	// If the tail chunk is full, create a new chunk (reusing empty chunks if available)
+	if q.tail.tailIndex == q.chunkSize {
+		if q.tail == q.last {
+			// Create a new chunk
+			q.nodeCounter++
+			newChunk := &ItemChunkNode[T]{items: make([]T, q.chunkSize), nodeId: q.nodeCounter}
+			q.tail.next = newChunk
+			q.tail = newChunk
+			q.last = newChunk
+		} else {
+			// Reuse an empty chunk
+			q.tail = q.tail.next
+			q.tail.headIndex = 0
+			q.tail.tailIndex = 0
+			// println("tail moved to chunk", q.tail.nodeId)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Add the job to the tail chunk
+	q.tail.items[q.tail.tailIndex] = job
+	q.tail.tailIndex++
+	q.count++
+}
+
+// Dequeue removes and returns a job from the queue
+func (q *BufferedQueue[T]) Dequeue() (T, bool) {
+	q.mutex.Lock()
+	defer q.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	if q.count == 0 {
+		var a T
+		return a, false
+	}
+
+	job := q.head.items[q.head.headIndex]
+	q.head.headIndex++
+	q.count--
+
+	if q.head.headIndex == q.chunkSize {
+		q.last.next = q.head
+		q.head = q.head.next
+		q.last = q.last.next
+		q.last.next = nil
+		//println("reusing chunk", q.last.nodeId)
+		//fmt.Printf("head: %+v\n", q.head)
+		//fmt.Printf("tail: %+v\n", q.tail)
+		//fmt.Printf("last: %+v\n", q.last)
+		//fmt.Printf("count: %d\n", q.count)
+		//for p := q.head; p != nil ; p = p.next {
+		//	fmt.Printf("Node: %+v\n", p)
+		//}
+	}
+
+	return job, true
+}
+
+// Size returns the number of items in the queue
+func (q *BufferedQueue[T]) Size() int {
+	q.mutex.Lock()
+	defer q.mutex.Unlock()
+	return q.count
+}
+
+// IsEmpty returns true if the queue is empty
+func (q *BufferedQueue[T]) IsEmpty() bool {
+	return q.Size() == 0
+}
diff --git a/weed/util/buffered_queue_test.go b/weed/util/buffered_queue_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4b08c036
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/util/buffered_queue_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package util
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestJobQueue(t *testing.T) {
+	type Job[T any] struct {
+		ID     int
+		Action string
+		Data   T
+	}
+
+	queue := NewBufferedQueue[Job[string]](2) // Chunk size of 5
+	queue.Enqueue(Job[string]{ID: 1, Action: "task1", Data: "hello"})
+	queue.Enqueue(Job[string]{ID: 2, Action: "task2", Data: "world"})
+
+	if queue.Size() != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected queue size of 2, got %d", queue.Size())
+	}
+
+	queue.Enqueue(Job[string]{ID: 3, Action: "task3", Data: "3!"})
+	queue.Enqueue(Job[string]{ID: 4, Action: "task4", Data: "4!"})
+	queue.Enqueue(Job[string]{ID: 5, Action: "task5", Data: "5!"})
+
+	if queue.Size() != 5 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected queue size of 5, got %d", queue.Size())
+	}
+
+	println("enqueued 5 items")
+
+	println("dequeue", 1)
+	job, ok := queue.Dequeue()
+	if !ok {
+		t.Errorf("Expected dequeue to return true")
+	}
+	if job.ID != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected job ID of 1, got %d", job.ID)
+	}
+
+	println("dequeue", 2)
+	job, ok = queue.Dequeue()
+	if !ok {
+		t.Errorf("Expected dequeue to return true")
+	}
+
+	println("enqueue", 6)
+	queue.Enqueue(Job[string]{ID: 6, Action: "task6", Data: "6!"})
+	println("enqueue", 7)
+	queue.Enqueue(Job[string]{ID: 7, Action: "task7", Data: "7!"})
+
+	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+		println("dequeue ...")
+		job, ok = queue.Dequeue()
+		if !ok {
+			t.Errorf("Expected dequeue to return true")
+		}
+		println("dequeued", job.ID)
+	}
+
+	if queue.Size() != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected queue size of 0, got %d", queue.Size())
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+		println("enqueue", i+8)
+		queue.Enqueue(Job[string]{ID: i+8, Action: "task", Data: "data"})
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+		job, ok = queue.Dequeue()
+		if !ok {
+			t.Errorf("Expected dequeue to return true")
+		}
+		if job.ID != i+8 {
+			t.Errorf("Expected job ID of %d, got %d", i, job.ID)
+		}
+		println("dequeued", job.ID)
+	}
+
+}