diff --git a/pkg/proxy/backend.go b/pkg/proxy/backend.go
index 498f81424..2d6aa7148 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/backend.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/backend.go
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ func (bc *BackendConn) loopReader(tasks <-chan *Request, c *redis.Conn, round in
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		r.respForRelease = resp
 		bc.setResponse(r, resp, nil)
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/redis/decoder.go b/pkg/proxy/redis/decoder.go
index a2ca69586..52c38f0c5 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/redis/decoder.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/redis/decoder.go
@@ -92,17 +92,6 @@ func (d *Decoder) Decode() (*Resp, error) {
 	return r, d.Err
 }
 
-func (d *Decoder) DecodeMultiBulk() ([]*Resp, error) {
-	if d.Err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Trace(ErrFailedDecoder)
-	}
-	m, err := d.decodeMultiBulk()
-	if err != nil {
-		d.Err = err
-	}
-	return m, err
-}
-
 func Decode(r io.Reader) (*Resp, error) {
 	return NewDecoder(r).Decode()
 }
@@ -111,16 +100,12 @@ func DecodeFromBytes(p []byte) (*Resp, error) {
 	return NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(p)).Decode()
 }
 
-func DecodeMultiBulkFromBytes(p []byte) ([]*Resp, error) {
-	return NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(p)).DecodeMultiBulk()
-}
-
 func (d *Decoder) decodeResp() (*Resp, error) {
 	b, err := d.br.ReadByte()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
 	}
-	r := &Resp{}
+	r := AcquireResp()
 	r.Type = RespType(b)
 	switch r.Type {
 	default:
@@ -130,7 +115,7 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeResp() (*Resp, error) {
 	case TypeBulkBytes:
 		r.Value, err = d.decodeBulkBytes()
 	case TypeArray:
-		r.Array, err = d.decodeArray()
+		err = d.decodeArray(r)
 	}
 	return r, err
 }
@@ -182,84 +167,30 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeBulkBytes() ([]byte, error) {
 	return b[:n], nil
 }
 
-func (d *Decoder) decodeArray() ([]*Resp, error) {
+func (d *Decoder) decodeArray(r *Resp) error {
 	n, err := d.decodeInt()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return err
 	}
 	switch {
 	case n < -1:
-		return nil, errors.Trace(ErrBadArrayLen)
+		return errors.Trace(ErrBadArrayLen)
 	case n > MaxArrayLen:
-		return nil, errors.Trace(ErrBadArrayLenTooLong)
+		return errors.Trace(ErrBadArrayLenTooLong)
 	case n == -1:
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-	array := make([]*Resp, n)
-	for i := range array {
-		r, err := d.decodeResp()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		array[i] = r
-	}
-	return array, nil
-}
-
-func (d *Decoder) decodeSingleLineMultiBulk() ([]*Resp, error) {
-	b, err := d.decodeTextBytes()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if len(b) == 0 {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-	multi := make([]*Resp, 0, 8)
-	for l, r := 0, 0; r <= len(b); r++ {
-		if r == len(b) || b[r] == ' ' {
-			if l < r {
-				multi = append(multi, NewBulkBytes(b[l:r]))
-			}
-			l = r + 1
-		}
-	}
-	if len(multi) == 0 {
-		return nil, errors.Trace(ErrBadMultiBulkLen)
-	}
-	return multi, nil
-}
-
-func (d *Decoder) decodeMultiBulk() ([]*Resp, error) {
-	b, err := d.br.PeekByte()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
-	}
-	if RespType(b) != TypeArray {
-		return d.decodeSingleLineMultiBulk()
+		return nil
 	}
-	if _, err := d.br.ReadByte(); err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
-	}
-	n, err := d.decodeInt()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
-	}
-	switch {
-	case n <= 0:
-		return nil, errors.Trace(ErrBadArrayLen)
-	case n > MaxArrayLen:
-		return nil, errors.Trace(ErrBadArrayLenTooLong)
+	if r.Array == nil {
+		r.Array = make([]*Resp, 0, n+2)
+	} else {
+		r.Array = r.Array[:0]
 	}
-	multi := make([]*Resp, n)
-	for i := range multi {
-		r, err := d.decodeResp()
+	for i := int64(0); i < n; i++ {
+		sub, err := d.decodeResp()
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		if r.Type != TypeBulkBytes {
-			return nil, errors.Trace(ErrBadMultiBulkContent)
+			return err
 		}
-		multi[i] = r
+		r.Array = append(r.Array, sub)
 	}
-	return multi, nil
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/redis/decoder_test.go b/pkg/proxy/redis/decoder_test.go
index 0ede12c34..3db8d191c 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/redis/decoder_test.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/redis/decoder_test.go
@@ -53,23 +53,6 @@ func TestDecodeSimpleRequest1(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDecodeSimpleRequest2(t *testing.T) {
-	test := []string{
-		"hello world\r\n",
-		"hello world    \r\n",
-		"    hello world    \r\n",
-		"    hello     world\r\n",
-		"    hello     world    \r\n",
-	}
-	for _, s := range test {
-		a, err := DecodeMultiBulkFromBytes([]byte(s))
-		assert.MustNoError(err)
-		assert.Must(len(a) == 2)
-		assert.Must(bytes.Equal(a[0].Value, []byte("hello")))
-		assert.Must(bytes.Equal(a[1].Value, []byte("world")))
-	}
-}
-
-func TestDecodeSimpleRequest3(t *testing.T) {
 	test := []string{"\r", "\n", " \n"}
 	for _, s := range test {
 		_, err := DecodeFromBytes([]byte(s))
@@ -139,9 +122,9 @@ func newBenchmarkDecoder(n int) *Decoder {
 func benchmarkDecode(b *testing.B, n int) {
 	d := newBenchmarkDecoder(n)
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		multi, err := d.DecodeMultiBulk()
+		resp, err := d.Decode()
 		assert.MustNoError(err)
-		assert.Must(len(multi) == 1 && len(multi[0].Value) == n)
+		assert.Must(len(resp.Array) == 1 && len(resp.Array[0].Value) == n)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/redis/resp.go b/pkg/proxy/redis/resp.go
index c14435bb1..8482e59ba 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/redis/resp.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/redis/resp.go
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 
 package redis
 
-import "fmt"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+)
 
 type RespType byte
 
@@ -39,6 +42,31 @@ type Resp struct {
 	Array []*Resp
 }
 
+var respPool = &sync.Pool{
+	New: func() interface{} {
+		return &Resp{Array: make([]*Resp, 0, 8)}
+	},
+}
+
+func AcquireResp() *Resp {
+	return respPool.Get().(*Resp)
+}
+
+func ReleaseResp(r *Resp) {
+	r.Type = 0
+	r.Value = nil
+	if r.Array == nil {
+		r.Array = make([]*Resp, 0, 8)
+	} else {
+		for i := 0; i < len(r.Array); i++ {
+			ReleaseResp(r.Array[i])
+			r.Array[i] = nil
+		}
+		r.Array = r.Array[:0]
+	}
+	respPool.Put(r)
+}
+
 func (r *Resp) IsString() bool {
 	return r.Type == TypeString
 }
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/request.go b/pkg/proxy/request.go
index a2f1ced2f..1b11d17a0 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/request.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/request.go
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Request struct {
+	reqForRelease  *redis.Resp
+	respForRelease *redis.Resp
+
 	Multi []*redis.Resp
 	Batch *sync.WaitGroup
 	Group *sync.WaitGroup
@@ -30,6 +33,33 @@ type Request struct {
 	Coalesce func() error
 }
 
+var requestPool = &sync.Pool{
+	New: func() interface{} {
+		return &Request{
+			Batch: &sync.WaitGroup{},
+		}
+	},
+}
+
+func AcquireRequest() *Request {
+	return requestPool.Get().(*Request)
+}
+
+func ReleaseRequest(r *Request) {
+	r.reqForRelease = nil
+	r.respForRelease = nil
+	r.Multi = nil
+	r.Group = nil
+	r.OpStr = ""
+	r.OpFlag = OpFlag(0)
+	r.Database = 0
+	r.UnixNano = 0
+	r.Resp = nil
+	r.Err = nil
+	r.Coalesce = nil
+	requestPool.Put(r)
+}
+
 func (r *Request) IsBroken() bool {
 	return r.Broken != nil && r.Broken.IsTrue()
 }
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/session.go b/pkg/proxy/session.go
index 616e057b2..b84c2bd38 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/session.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/session.go
@@ -160,11 +160,12 @@ func (s *Session) loopReader(tasks *RequestChan, d *Router) (err error) {
 	)
 
 	for !s.quit {
-		multi, err := s.Conn.DecodeMultiBulk()
+		req, err := s.Conn.Decode()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if len(multi) == 0 {
+		if len(req.Array) == 0 {
+			redis.ReleaseResp(req)
 			continue
 		}
 		s.incrOpTotal()
@@ -177,9 +178,9 @@ func (s *Session) loopReader(tasks *RequestChan, d *Router) (err error) {
 		s.LastOpUnix = start.Unix()
 		s.Ops++
 
-		r := &Request{}
-		r.Multi = multi
-		r.Batch = &sync.WaitGroup{}
+		r := AcquireRequest()
+		r.reqForRelease = req
+		r.Multi = req.Array
 		r.Database = s.database
 		r.UnixNano = start.UnixNano()
 
@@ -215,6 +216,14 @@ func (s *Session) loopWriter(tasks *RequestChan) (err error) {
 	p.MaxBuffered = maxPipelineLen / 2
 
 	return tasks.PopFrontAll(func(r *Request) error {
+		defer func() {
+			redis.ReleaseResp(r.reqForRelease)
+			if r.respForRelease != nil {
+				redis.ReleaseResp(r.respForRelease)
+			}
+			ReleaseRequest(r)
+		}()
+
 		resp, err := s.handleResponse(r)
 		if err != nil {
 			resp = redis.NewErrorf("ERR handle response, %s", err)