diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2a65d47a1..a6af75ff4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.0
 	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.3.2
 	github.com/tidwall/match v1.0.1
+	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0
 	github.com/willf/bitset v1.1.10 // indirect
 	github.com/willf/bloom v2.0.3+incompatible
 	github.com/wsxiaoys/terminal v0.0.0-20160513160801-0940f3fc43a0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ce8ff4a8c..dcc4b772a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -508,6 +508,8 @@ github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20190109142713-0ad062ec5ee5/go.mod h1
 github.com/ugorji/go v1.1.4 h1:j4s+tAvLfL3bZyefP2SEWmhBzmuIlH/eqNuPdFPgngw=
 github.com/ugorji/go v1.1.4/go.mod h1:uQMGLiO92mf5W77hV/PUCpI3pbzQx3CRekS0kk+RGrc=
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.20.0/go.mod h1:70zkFmudgCuE/ngEzBv17Jvp/497gISqfk5gWijbERA=
+github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 h1:GqA5TC/0021Y/b9FG4Oi9Mr3q7XYx6KllzawFIhcdPw=
+github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyCJ6HpOuEn7z0Csc=
 github.com/willf/bitset v1.1.10 h1:NotGKqX0KwQ72NUzqrjZq5ipPNDQex9lo3WpaS8L2sc=
 github.com/willf/bitset v1.1.10/go.mod h1:RjeCKbqT1RxIR/KWY6phxZiaY1IyutSBfGjNPySAYV4=
 github.com/willf/bloom v2.0.3+incompatible h1:QDacWdqcAUI1MPOwIQZRy9kOR7yxfyEmxX8Wdm2/JPA=
diff --git a/weed/operation/upload_content.go b/weed/operation/upload_content.go
index e9002d09d..11a6df7c1 100644
--- a/weed/operation/upload_content.go
+++ b/weed/operation/upload_content.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/security"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
+	"github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool"
 )
 
 type UploadResult struct {
@@ -76,12 +77,14 @@ func Upload(uploadUrl string, filename string, cipher bool, reader io.Reader, is
 }
 
 func doUpload(uploadUrl string, filename string, cipher bool, reader io.Reader, isInputCompressed bool, mtype string, pairMap map[string]string, jwt security.EncodedJwt) (uploadResult *UploadResult, err error, data []byte) {
-	data, err = ioutil.ReadAll(reader)
+	buf := bytebufferpool.Get()
+	defer bytebufferpool.Put(buf)
+	_, err = buf.ReadFrom(reader)
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("read input: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
-	uploadResult, uploadErr := retriedUploadData(uploadUrl, filename, cipher, data, isInputCompressed, mtype, pairMap, jwt)
+	uploadResult, uploadErr := retriedUploadData(uploadUrl, filename, cipher, buf.Bytes(), isInputCompressed, mtype, pairMap, jwt)
 	return uploadResult, uploadErr, data
 }
 
@@ -179,6 +182,7 @@ func doUploadData(uploadUrl string, filename string, cipher bool, data []byte, i
 }
 
 func upload_content(uploadUrl string, fillBufferFunction func(w io.Writer) error, filename string, isGzipped bool, originalDataSize int, mtype string, pairMap map[string]string, jwt security.EncodedJwt) (*UploadResult, error) {
+
 	body_buf := bytes.NewBufferString("")
 	body_writer := multipart.NewWriter(body_buf)
 	h := make(textproto.MIMEHeader)