buffering table pat03

Hi - I have been checking into performance. Part of that is checking into table buffering at the application server. One of our most more frequently accessed tables is PAT03 - this is small, doesn't change often, and seems ideal for buffering.

My hesitation is that buffering is not enabled by default on this standard SAP Table. It makes me wonder what the reason is.

Is there a downside to fully buffering this frequently called table? It would save over a hundred thousand row retrievals in a month.

Thanks,

Margaret