A method and system for managing a buffer device in a storage system. The method comprising determining a first priority for a first queue included in the buffer device, the first queue comprising at least one data page associated with a first storage device in the storage system; in at least one round, in response to the first priority not satisfying a first predetermined condition, updating the first priority according to a first updating rule, the first updating rule making the updated first priority much closer to the first predetermined condition than the first priority; and in response to the first priority satisfying the first predetermined condition, flushing data in a data page in the first queue to the first storage device.