diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 1e84447..9f38c9d 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -21,6 +21,27 @@ and variables needed to properly configure SC4S for your environment.
 | SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_SSL_VERSION |  comma separated list | Open SSL version list |
 | SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_TLS_CA_FILE | path | Custom trusted cert file |
 
+## SC4S Disk Buffer Configuration
+
+Disk buffers in SC4S are allocated _per destination_.  In the future as more destinations are supported, a separate list of variables
+will be used for each.  This is why you see the `DEST_SPLUNK_HEC` in the variable names below.
+* NOTE:  "Reliable" disk buffering offeres little advantage over "normal" disk buffering, at a significant performance penalty.
+For this reason, normal disk buffering is recommended.
+* NOTE:  If you add destinations locally in your configuration, pay attention to the _cumulative_ buffer requirements when allocating local
+disk.
+* NOTE:  The values for the variables below represent the _total_ sizes of the buffers for the destination.  These sizes are divded by the
+number of workers (threads) when setting the actual syslog-ng buffer options, because the buffer options apply to each worker rather than the
+entire destination.  Pay careful attention to this when using the "BYOE" version of SC4S, where direct access to the syslog-ng config files
+may hide this nuance.
+
+| Variable | Values/Default   | Description |
+|----------|---------------|-------------|
+| SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_DISKBUFF_ENABLE | yes(default) or no | Enable local disk buffering  |
+| SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_DISKBUFF_RELIABLE | yes or no(default) | Enable reliable/normal disk buffering (normal recommended) |
+| SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_DISKBUFF_MEMBUFSIZE | bytes (10241024) | Memory buffer size in bytes (used with reliable disk buffering) |
+| SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_DISKBUFF_MEMBUFLENGTH |messages (15000) | Memory buffer size in message count (used with normal disk buffering) |
+| SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_DISKBUFF_DISKBUFSIZE | bytes (53687091200) | size of local disk buffer in bytes (default 50 GB) |
+
 ## Archive File Configuration
 
 This feature is designed to support "compliance" archival of all messages. To enable this feature update the Unit file
diff --git a/package/etc/conf.d/destinations/splunk_hec.conf.tmpl b/package/etc/conf.d/destinations/splunk_hec.conf.tmpl
index 8769667..bc92162 100644
--- a/package/etc/conf.d/destinations/splunk_hec.conf.tmpl
+++ b/package/etc/conf.d/destinations/splunk_hec.conf.tmpl
@@ -18,15 +18,14 @@ destination d_hec {
          disk-buffer(
 
             {{- if eq (getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_DISKBUFF_RELIABLE" "no") "yes"}}
-            mem-buf-size({{- getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_DISKBUFF_MEMBUFSIZE" "10241024"}})
+            mem-buf-size({{conv.ToInt64 (math.Round ( math.Div (getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_DISKBUFF_MEMBUFSIZE" "10241024") (getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_WORKERS" "10")))}})
             reliable(yes)
             {{- else}}
-            mem-buf-length({{- getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_DISKBUFF_MEMBUFLENGTH" "15000"}})
+            mem-buf-length({{conv.ToInt64 (math.Round ( math.Div (getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_DISKBUFF_MEMBUFLENGTH" "15000") (getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_WORKERS" "10")))}})
             reliable(no)
             {{- end}}
-
-             disk-buf-size({{- getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_DISKBUFF_DISKBUFSIZE" "1048576"}})
-             dir("/opt/syslog-ng/var/data/disk-buffer/")
+            disk-buf-size({{conv.ToInt64 (math.Round ( math.Div (getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_DISKBUFF_DISKBUFSIZE" "53687091200") (getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_WORKERS" "10")))}})
+            dir("/opt/syslog-ng/var/data/disk-buffer/")
              )
          {{- end}}
          tls(peer-verify({{- getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_TLS_VERIFY" "yes"}})