APT_BUFFER_DISK_WRITE_INCREMENT

The APT_BUFFER_DISK_WRITE_INCREMENT environment variable controls the write to disk chunk size.

For systems where small to medium bursts of I/O are not desirable, the default 1MB write to disk chunk size might be too small. APT_BUFFER_DISK_WRITE_INCREMENT controls this and can be set larger than 1048576 (1 MB). The setting might not exceed max_memory * 2/3.