diff --git a/TODO.txt b/TODO.txt
index d7ba8ad..fadc44f 100644
--- a/TODO.txt
+++ b/TODO.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,18 @@
   * printf '\x6c' | dd seek=20 bs=1 count=1 conv=notrunc of=test.dump
 
 * crypto
-  * flush last chunk in streaming mode
+  * flush last chunk in streaming mode - check if implemented
+
+* web
+  * listing of all files in cache
+  * add breadcrumb
+  * display size of files
+
+* tuning
+  * debug logger for writer queue size
 
 * sftp
   * implement read ahead buffer?
 
-* add breadcrumb
 * config file?
   * whitelist allowed src paths
diff --git a/pkg/fs/discard.go b/pkg/fs/discard.go
index fdf049d..ecf2769 100644
--- a/pkg/fs/discard.go
+++ b/pkg/fs/discard.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ package fs
 
 import (
 	"io"
-	"sync"
 )
 
 var Discard io.Writer = discard{}
@@ -21,30 +20,33 @@ func (discard) WriteString(s string) (int, error) {
 	return len(s), nil
 }
 
-const DefaultBufferSize = 8192
+const (
+	StreamingBufferSize = 32768
+	DefaultBufferSize   = 8192
+)
 
-var blackHolePool = sync.Pool{
-	New: func() any {
-		b := make([]byte, DefaultBufferSize)
+func poolNewFunc(size int) func() *[]byte {
+	return func() *[]byte {
+		b := make([]byte, size)
 		return &b
-	},
+	}
 }
 
+var (
+	streamingPool = newPool(poolNewFunc(StreamingBufferSize))
+	blackHolePool = newPool(poolNewFunc(DefaultBufferSize))
+)
+
 func SetBufferSize(size int) bool {
 	if size < 0 || size == DefaultBufferSize {
 		return false
 	}
-	blackHolePool = sync.Pool{
-		New: func() any {
-			b := make([]byte, size)
-			return &b
-		},
-	}
+	blackHolePool = newPool(poolNewFunc(size))
 	return true
 }
 
 func (discard) ReadFrom(r io.Reader) (n int64, err error) {
-	bufp := blackHolePool.Get().(*[]byte)
+	bufp := blackHolePool.Get()
 	readSize := 0
 	for {
 		readSize, err = r.Read(*bufp)
diff --git a/pkg/fs/file.go b/pkg/fs/file.go
index e6db254..bf7909a 100644
--- a/pkg/fs/file.go
+++ b/pkg/fs/file.go
@@ -134,9 +134,7 @@ func (f *File) readToCache(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	n, err = f.readSource(p)
 	if n > 0 {
 		// async cache write
-		buf := make([]byte, n)
-		copy(buf, p[:n])
-		if _, err = f.md.WriteAt(buf, f.offset); err != nil {
+		if _, err = f.md.WriteAt(p[:n], f.offset); err != nil {
 			log.Error(err, "error writing cache file")
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/fs/metadata.go b/pkg/fs/metadata.go
index 4390be0..57c37fc 100644
--- a/pkg/fs/metadata.go
+++ b/pkg/fs/metadata.go
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ func (md *Metadata) addChunk(off int64, n int) {
 type writeAt struct {
 	pos  int64
 	data []byte
+	ret  *[]byte
 }
 
 func (md *Metadata) writer() {
@@ -428,6 +429,9 @@ func (md *Metadata) writer() {
 			} else {
 				md.err = err
 			}
+			if wa.ret != nil {
+				streamingPool.Put(wa.ret)
+			}
 		}
 	}()
 }
@@ -442,8 +446,20 @@ func (md *Metadata) WriteAt(data []byte, pos int64) (int, error) {
 			return 0, err
 		}
 	}
-	md.wc <- writeAt{pos, data}
-	return len(data), nil
+	wa := writeAt{pos: pos}
+	ret := streamingPool.Get()
+	n := len(data)
+	buf := *ret
+	if n > len(buf) {
+		streamingPool.Put(ret)
+		buf = make([]byte, n)
+	} else {
+		wa.ret = ret
+	}
+	copy(buf, data)
+	wa.data = buf[:n]
+	md.wc <- wa
+	return n, nil
 }
 
 func (md *Metadata) openCacheFile() error {
diff --git a/pkg/fs/pool.go b/pkg/fs/pool.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6ee514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/fs/pool.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2022 Marius Schellenberger
+
+package fs
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+)
+
+type pool[T any] struct {
+	p sync.Pool
+}
+
+func newPool[T any](newf func() T) *pool[T] {
+	return &pool[T]{
+		p: sync.Pool{
+			New: func() any { return newf() },
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *pool[T]) Get() T {
+	return p.p.Get().(T)
+}
+
+func (p *pool[T]) Put(v T) {
+	p.p.Put(v)
+}