// netty always copies a buffer, either in NioWorker in its read handler, where it copies to a fresh
// buffer, or in the cumlation buffer, which is cleaned each time
StreamInput streamIn = ChannelBufferStreamInputFactory.create(buffer, size);
long requestId = buffer.readLong();
byte status = buffer.readByte();
Version version = Version.fromId(buffer.readInt());
// !!! compression handling removed !!!
StreamInput wrappedStream = CachedStreamInput.cachedHandles(streamIn);