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+### Please describe the problem.
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+I am running an initial export to my NAS over WebDAV. The repo contains many small files and it already runs for a day. Even the smallest file takes around a second to upload.
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+Looking at strace and the code, it seems that for each file, git annex not only establishes a complete new TCP connection, it even also reads the credentials from .git/annex/creds for each file.
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+Are there ways to make WebDAV faster?
+Could http connections be reused?
+Could multiple files be uploaded in parallel?
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+Apparently files are also upload to a temporary location and renamed after successful upload. This adds additional latency and thus parallel uploads could provide a speed up?