Embodiments herein provide a method for managing a read buffer queue in a data storage system to reduce the read buffer size requirements. The method includes receiving a read command from a NVMe host to fetch data from a flash of a NVMe device. Further, the method includes placing a portion of the data fetched from a flash in a read buffer queue in the NVMe device controller. The read buffer queue includes a plurality of segments to accommodate individual portion of the data fetched from the flash. Furthermore, the method includes indicating presence of each portion of data in the plurality of segments of the read buffer queue to the NVMe host.