diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3d551ef22..0eae0e405 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -9563,6 +9563,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2 0.11.0",
  "shadow-rs",
  "smallvec",
+ "starshard",
  "temp-env",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror 2.0.20",
@@ -11656,9 +11657,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "starshard"
-version = "2.2.2"
+version = "2.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5d298eb1bb81d6e5ddf447f3d26698d6ac5e5b9502b03004dbc2a2e2f8b572b6"
+checksum = "4155f6127729fef4a7b2aff334e9f05e697f52b67a8512e789b640e036195544"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "hashbrown 0.17.1",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a1e9c9a6b..b16720722 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ siphasher = "1.0.3"
 smallvec = { version = "1.15.2" }
 compact_str = "0.10.0"
 snap = "1.1.2"
-starshard = { version = "2.2.2" }
+starshard = { version = "2.3.0" }
 strum = { version = "0.28.0" }
 sysinfo = "0.39.6"
 temp-env = "0.3.6"
@@ -371,10 +371,10 @@ debug = "line-tables-only"
 [profile.release]
 opt-level = 3
 lto = "thin"
-codegen-units = 1
-debug = 0
-split-debuginfo = "off"
+codegen-units = 16
+debug = 2
 strip = "symbols"
+split-debuginfo = "off"
 
 [profile.production]
 inherits = "release"
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/Cargo.toml b/crates/ecstore/Cargo.toml
index 517adb44c..0bdc39a37 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ecstore/Cargo.toml
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ hotpath-cpu = [
 test-util = []
 
 [dependencies]
+starshard = { workspace = true }
 hotpath.workspace = true
 rustfs-filemeta.workspace = true
 rustfs-utils = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/erasure/coding/encode.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/erasure/coding/encode.rs
index 97fdc9525..a910ccb3f 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/erasure/coding/encode.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/erasure/coding/encode.rs
@@ -680,6 +680,8 @@ impl Erasure {
                 // capacity and never reallocates. Reading into uninitialized spare capacity
                 // (instead of resize + slice read) also skips zero-filling each fresh buffer.
                 let ingest_capacity = expanded_block_bytes.max(block_size);
+                // Pre-allocate buffer pool for this encoding session
+                let mut buf_pool: Vec<BytesMut> = Vec::with_capacity(4);
                 let mut buf = BytesMut::with_capacity(ingest_capacity);
                 loop {
                     match read_full_buf_or_eof(&mut reader, &mut buf, block_size).await {
@@ -689,7 +691,8 @@ impl Erasure {
                             total += n;
                             let encode_buf = buf;
                             let res = self.clone().encode_block_bytes_mut(encode_buf, n).await?;
-                            buf = BytesMut::with_capacity(ingest_capacity);
+                            // Try to reuse buffer from pool, or allocate new one
+                            buf = buf_pool.pop().unwrap_or_else(|| BytesMut::with_capacity(ingest_capacity));
                             let queued_bytes = res.queued_bytes();
                             let _producer_stage = rustfs_io_metrics::track_ec_encode_producer_bytes(queued_bytes);
                             let send_wait_stage_start = stage_timer_if_enabled();
@@ -697,6 +700,11 @@ impl Erasure {
                                 return Err(std::io::Error::other(format!("Failed to send encoded data : {err}")));
                             }
                             record_internal_stage_if_enabled("erasure_encode_send_wait", send_wait_stage_start);
+                            // Return buffer to pool if it has sufficient capacity
+                            if buf.capacity() >= ingest_capacity && buf_pool.len() < 4 {
+                                buf_pool.push(buf);
+                                buf = BytesMut::with_capacity(ingest_capacity);
+                            }
                         }
                         Ok(None) => break,
                         Err(e) if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof => {
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/object_api/types.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/object_api/types.rs
index 99822ff44..d91d96a0d 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/object_api/types.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/object_api/types.rs
@@ -457,6 +457,29 @@ pub struct ObjectOptions {
 pub const SCANNER_PUBLICATION_LEASE_FENCE_METADATA_KEY: &str = "x-rustfs-internal-scanner-publication-lease-fence-v1";
 
 impl ObjectOptions {
+    /// Create a new ObjectOptions with modified no_lock field.
+    pub fn with_no_lock(&self, no_lock: bool) -> Self {
+        let mut opts = self.clone();
+        opts.no_lock = no_lock;
+        opts
+    }
+
+    /// Create commit options from base options (optimized clone).
+    pub fn as_commit_opts(&self) -> Self {
+        let mut opts = self.clone();
+        opts.no_lock = true;
+        opts.metadata_cache_safe = false;
+        opts.include_part_checksums = true;
+        opts
+    }
+
+    /// Create read options with include_part_checksums enabled.
+    pub fn as_read_opts(&self) -> Self {
+        let mut opts = self.clone();
+        opts.include_part_checksums = true;
+        opts
+    }
+
     pub fn set_quota_admission(&mut self, current_usage: u64, quota_limit: u64) -> bool {
         self.quota_admission = (current_usage <= quota_limit).then_some(QuotaAdmission {
             current_usage,
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/set_disk/core/io_primitives.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/set_disk/core/io_primitives.rs
index 4719fe198..2cc3935a6 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/set_disk/core/io_primitives.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/set_disk/core/io_primitives.rs
@@ -3913,14 +3913,11 @@ impl SetDisks {
                             };
 
                             let is_delete_marker = file_info.is_canonical_delete_marker();
-                            let mut local_file_info;
-                            let file_info = if file_info.erasure.index == 0 {
-                                local_file_info = file_info.clone();
-                                local_file_info.erasure.index = i + 1;
-                                &local_file_info
-                            } else {
-                                &file_info
-                            };
+                            // Clone FileInfo and set erasure.index for this disk
+                            let mut file_info = file_info.clone();
+                            if file_info.erasure.index == 0 {
+                                file_info.erasure.index = i + 1;
+                            }
                             if file_info.erasure.index == 0 || (!is_delete_marker && !file_info.has_valid_erasure_geometry()) {
                                 return Err(DiskError::FileCorrupt);
                             }
@@ -3936,7 +3933,7 @@ impl SetDisks {
                                 .rename_data_borrowed_with_fence(
                                     &src_bucket,
                                     &src_object,
-                                    file_info,
+                                    &file_info,
                                     &dst_bucket,
                                     &dst_object,
                                     scanner_publication_lease_token,
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/set_disk/ops/object.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/set_disk/ops/object.rs
index a7b36696f..f8ee574af 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/set_disk/ops/object.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/set_disk/ops/object.rs
@@ -5566,8 +5566,7 @@ impl SetDisks {
         // Force the full quorum fanout (allow_early_stop=false): `disks` is the
         // write target below, and an early-stop subset would only carry read
         // quorum, failing write quorum on update_object_meta (backlog#872).
-        let mut read_opts = opts.clone();
-        read_opts.include_part_checksums = true;
+        let read_opts = opts.as_read_opts();
         let (mut fi, _, disks) = self
             .get_object_fileinfo_gated(bucket, object, &read_opts, false, false)
             .await?
@@ -7369,10 +7368,7 @@ impl crate::storage_api_contracts::object::ObjectOperations for SetDisks {
             return Err(err);
         }
 
-        let mut commit_opts = opts.clone();
-        commit_opts.no_lock = true;
-        commit_opts.metadata_cache_safe = false;
-        commit_opts.include_part_checksums = true;
+        let commit_opts = opts.as_commit_opts();
         // Note: Using clone() here is necessary because ObjectOptions has 124 fields.
         // Future optimization: Consider using Cow<ObjectOptions> or a builder pattern.
         let transition_lock_guard = if opts.no_lock {