# Webdav PUT is slow

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webdav-put-is-slow/206127>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [April 23, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webdav-put-is-slow/206127 "2011-04-23T01:01:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webdav-put-is-slow/206127/1 "2011-04-23T01:01:02Z")

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I want to replace scp’ing files with doing a http PUT to decrease cpu  
usage. What I’ve noticed is that doing a PUT is noticeable slower then  
scp. Its between 5-10% slower. I’m using curl and the -T option to test  
the PUT.

Any ideas why it would be slower? I’d expect it to be faster then scp.  
How can I speed it up?

This is my config.

```
server {
  listen 80;
  server_name hosta;
  root /mnt;

location / {
      dav_access user:rw ;
      dav_methods put ;
      create_full_put_path on;
      client_max_body_size 5000m;
      client_body_temp_path /mnt/nginx_temp/client_body 1 2;

 }

}

```

/usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx -V  
nginx version: nginx/0.8.54  
built by gcc 4.4.3 (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5)  
TLS SNI support enabled  
configure arguments: --with-http\_ssl\_module --with-http\_dav\_module  
–with-http\_gzip\_static\_module