def _GetChunkForReading(self, chunk):
    """Retrieve the relevant blob from the AFF4 data store or cache."""
    offset = chunk * self._HASH_SIZE
    self.index.seek(offset)

    chunk_name = self.index.read(self._HASH_SIZE)

    try:
      return self.chunk_cache.Get(chunk_name)
    except KeyError:
      pass

    # We don't have this chunk already cached. The most common read
    # access pattern is contiguous reading so since we have to go to
    # the data store already, we read ahead to reduce round trips.
    self.index.seek(offset)
    readahead = []

    for _ in range(self._READAHEAD):
      name = self.index.read(self._HASH_SIZE)
      if name and name not in self.chunk_cache:
        readahead.append(rdf_objects.BlobID.FromBytes(name))

    self._ReadChunks(readahead)
    try:
      return self.chunk_cache.Get(chunk_name)
    except KeyError:
      raise aff4.ChunkNotFoundError("Cannot open chunk %s" % chunk)