diff --git a/weed/filer/redis2/universal_redis_store.go b/weed/filer/redis2/universal_redis_store.go
index 6b0e65c3d..1d16c8169 100644
--- a/weed/filer/redis2/universal_redis_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer/redis2/universal_redis_store.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	DIR_LIST_MARKER = "\x00"
+	DirListMarker = "\x00"
 )
 
 type UniversalRedis2Store struct {
@@ -38,104 +38,156 @@ func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) loadSuperLargeDirectories(superLargeDirectori
 func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) BeginTransaction(ctx context.Context) (context.Context, error) {
 	return ctx, nil
 }
-func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) CommitTransaction(ctx context.Context) error {
+
+func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) CommitTransaction(context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
-func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) RollbackTransaction(ctx context.Context) error {
+
+func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) RollbackTransaction(context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) InsertEntry(ctx context.Context, entry *filer.Entry) (err error) {
+	var insertCmd *redis.StatusCmd
+	var addCmd *redis.IntCmd
 
-	if err = store.doInsertEntry(ctx, entry); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	_, err = store.Client.Pipelined(ctx, func(pipe redis.Pipeliner) error {
+		insertCmd, err = store.insertOrUpdate(ctx, pipe, entry)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 
-	dir, name := entry.FullPath.DirAndName()
-	if store.isSuperLargeDirectory(dir) {
-		return nil
-	}
+		dir, name := entry.FullPath.DirAndName()
+		if store.isSuperLargeDirectory(dir) {
+			return nil
+		}
 
-	if name != "" {
-		if err = store.Client.ZAddNX(ctx, genDirectoryListKey(dir), &redis.Z{Score: 0, Member: name}).Err(); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("persisting %s in parent dir: %v", entry.FullPath, err)
+		if name != "" {
+			addCmd = pipe.ZAddNX(ctx, genDirectoryListKey(dir), &redis.Z{Score: 0, Member: name})
 		}
+		return err
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if insertCmd.Err() != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("persisting %s : %v", entry.FullPath, err)
+	}
+	if addCmd.Err() != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("persisting %s in parent dir: %v", entry.FullPath, err)
 	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) doInsertEntry(ctx context.Context, entry *filer.Entry) error {
-	value, err := entry.EncodeAttributesAndChunks()
+func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) insertOrUpdate(ctx context.Context, client redis.Cmdable, entry *filer.Entry) (*redis.StatusCmd, error) {
+	data, err := encodeEntry(entry)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("encoding %s %+v: %v", entry.FullPath, entry.Attr, err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("encoding %s %+v: %v", entry.FullPath, entry.Attr, err)
 	}
 
-	if len(entry.GetChunks()) > filer.CountEntryChunksForGzip {
-		value = util.MaybeGzipData(value)
-	}
+	// Don't use Redis' native TTL support because we need to clean the entry from its parent directory set as well
+	return client.Set(ctx, string(entry.FullPath), data, 0), nil
+}
 
-	if err = store.Client.Set(ctx, string(entry.FullPath), value, time.Duration(entry.TtlSec)*time.Second).Err(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("persisting %s : %v", entry.FullPath, err)
+func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) UpdateEntry(ctx context.Context, entry *filer.Entry) error {
+	cmd, err := store.insertOrUpdate(ctx, store.Client, entry)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
-	return nil
+	if cmd.Err() != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("persisting %s : %v", entry.FullPath, err)
+	}
+	return err
 }
 
-func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) UpdateEntry(ctx context.Context, entry *filer.Entry) (err error) {
+func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) FindEntry(ctx context.Context, fullpath util.FullPath) (*filer.Entry, error) {
+	res, err := store.Client.Get(ctx, string(fullpath)).Result()
+	if err == redis.Nil {
+		return nil, filer_pb.ErrNotFound
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("get %s : %v", fullpath, err)
+	}
 
-	return store.doInsertEntry(ctx, entry)
+	return store.dataToEntry(res, fullpath)
 }
 
-func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) FindEntry(ctx context.Context, fullpath util.FullPath) (entry *filer.Entry, err error) {
+func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) FindEntries(ctx context.Context, fullpaths []util.FullPath) ([]*filer.Entry, error) {
+	paths := make([]string, len(fullpaths))
+	for i, fullpath := range fullpaths {
+		paths[i] = string(fullpath)
+	}
 
-	data, err := store.Client.Get(ctx, string(fullpath)).Result()
-	if err == redis.Nil {
-		return nil, filer_pb.ErrNotFound
+	cmds := make([]*redis.StringCmd, len(fullpaths))
+	_, err := store.Client.Pipelined(ctx, func(pipe redis.Pipeliner) error {
+		for i, fullpath := range fullpaths {
+			cmds[i] = pipe.Get(ctx, string(fullpath))
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil && err != redis.Nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("get %s : %w", fullpaths, err)
 	}
 
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("get %s : %v", fullpath, err)
+	// Convert results to filer entries
+	entries := make([]*filer.Entry, 0, len(fullpaths))
+	for i, cmd := range cmds {
+		if cmd.Err() == redis.Nil {
+			glog.V(0).Infof("get %s : %v", fullpaths[i], filer_pb.ErrNotFound)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		entry, err := store.dataToEntry(cmd.Val(), fullpaths[i])
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("get %s : %w", fullpaths[i], err)
+		}
+		entries = append(entries, entry)
 	}
 
+	return entries, nil
+}
+
+func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) dataToEntry(data string, fullpath util.FullPath) (entry *filer.Entry, err error) {
 	entry = &filer.Entry{
 		FullPath: fullpath,
 	}
 	err = entry.DecodeAttributesAndChunks(util.MaybeDecompressData([]byte(data)))
-	if err != nil {
-		return entry, fmt.Errorf("decode %s : %v", entry.FullPath, err)
-	}
-
-	return entry, nil
+	return
 }
 
-func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) DeleteEntry(ctx context.Context, fullpath util.FullPath) (err error) {
+func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) DeleteEntry(ctx context.Context, fullpath util.FullPath) error {
+	cmds := make([]*redis.IntCmd, 3)
+	_, err := store.Client.Pipelined(ctx, func(pipe redis.Pipeliner) error {
+		cmds[0] = pipe.Del(ctx, genDirectoryListKey(string(fullpath)))
+		cmds[1] = pipe.Del(ctx, string(fullpath))
 
-	_, err = store.Client.Del(ctx, genDirectoryListKey(string(fullpath))).Result()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("delete dir list %s : %v", fullpath, err)
-	}
+		dir, name := fullpath.DirAndName()
+		if store.isSuperLargeDirectory(dir) {
+			return nil
+		}
 
-	_, err = store.Client.Del(ctx, string(fullpath)).Result()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("delete %s : %v", fullpath, err)
+		if name != "" {
+			cmds[2] = pipe.ZRem(ctx, genDirectoryListKey(dir), name)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil && err != redis.Nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("delete entry %s : %v", fullpath, err)
 	}
 
-	dir, name := fullpath.DirAndName()
-	if store.isSuperLargeDirectory(dir) {
-		return nil
+	if cmds[0].Err() != nil && cmds[0].Err() != redis.Nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("delete dir list %s : %v", fullpath, err)
 	}
-	if name != "" {
-		_, err = store.Client.ZRem(ctx, genDirectoryListKey(dir), name).Result()
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("DeleteEntry %s in parent dir: %v", fullpath, err)
-		}
+	if cmds[1].Err() != nil && cmds[1].Err() != redis.Nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("delete entry %s : %v", fullpath, err)
+	}
+	if cmds[2] != nil && cmds[2].Err() != nil && cmds[2].Err() != redis.Nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("DeleteEntry %s in parent dir: %v", fullpath, err)
 	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) DeleteFolderChildren(ctx context.Context, fullpath util.FullPath) (err error) {
-
 	if store.isSuperLargeDirectory(string(fullpath)) {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -147,21 +199,33 @@ func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) DeleteFolderChildren(ctx context.Context, ful
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("DeleteFolderChildren %s : %v", fullpath, err)
 	}
+	if len(members) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
 
-	for _, fileName := range members {
-		path := util.NewFullPath(string(fullpath), fileName)
-		_, err = store.Client.Del(ctx, string(path)).Result()
-		if err != nil {
+	cmds := make([]*redis.IntCmd, len(members)*2)
+	_, err = store.Client.Pipelined(ctx, func(pipe redis.Pipeliner) error {
+		for i, fileName := range members {
+			path := string(util.NewFullPath(string(fullpath), fileName))
+			cmds[i*2] = pipe.Del(ctx, path)
+			// not efficient, but need to remove if it is a directory
+			cmds[i*2+1] = pipe.Del(ctx, genDirectoryListKey(path))
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil && err != redis.Nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("DeleteFolderChildren %s in parent dir: %v", fullpath, err)
+	}
+	for _, cmd := range cmds {
+		if cmd.Err() != nil && cmd.Err() != redis.Nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("DeleteFolderChildren %s in parent dir: %v", fullpath, err)
 		}
-		// not efficient, but need to remove if it is a directory
-		store.Client.Del(ctx, genDirectoryListKey(string(path)))
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return
 }
 
-func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) ListDirectoryPrefixedEntries(ctx context.Context, dirPath util.FullPath, startFileName string, includeStartFile bool, limit int64, prefix string, eachEntryFunc filer.ListEachEntryFunc) (lastFileName string, err error) {
+func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) ListDirectoryPrefixedEntries(context.Context, util.FullPath, string, bool, int64, string, filer.ListEachEntryFunc) (lastFileName string, err error) {
 	return lastFileName, filer.ErrUnsupportedListDirectoryPrefixed
 }
 
@@ -187,38 +251,65 @@ func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) ListDirectoryEntries(ctx context.Context, dir
 	if err != nil {
 		return lastFileName, fmt.Errorf("list %s : %v", dirPath, err)
 	}
+	if len(members) == 0 {
+		return lastFileName, nil
+	}
 
 	// fetch entry meta
+	var paths []util.FullPath
 	for _, fileName := range members {
 		path := util.NewFullPath(string(dirPath), fileName)
-		entry, err := store.FindEntry(ctx, path)
-		lastFileName = fileName
-		if err != nil {
-			glog.V(0).Infof("list %s : %v", path, err)
-			if err == filer_pb.ErrNotFound {
-				continue
-			}
+		paths = append(paths, path)
+	}
+
+	entries, err := store.FindEntries(ctx, paths)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.V(0).Infof("list %s : %v", dirPath, err)
+		return lastFileName, err
+	}
+
+	// Clean expired keys
+	var expiredEntries []*filer.Entry
+	for _, entry := range entries {
+		if entry.TtlSec > 0 && entry.Attr.Crtime.Add(time.Duration(entry.TtlSec)*time.Second).Before(time.Now()) {
+			expiredEntries = append(expiredEntries, entry)
 		} else {
-			if entry.TtlSec > 0 {
-				if entry.Attr.Crtime.Add(time.Duration(entry.TtlSec) * time.Second).Before(time.Now()) {
-					store.Client.Del(ctx, string(path)).Result()
-					store.Client.ZRem(ctx, dirListKey, fileName).Result()
-					continue
-				}
-			}
+			lastFileName = entry.Name()
 			if !eachEntryFunc(entry) {
 				break
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if len(expiredEntries) == 0 {
+		return lastFileName, nil
+	}
 
-	return lastFileName, err
+	_, _ = store.Client.Pipelined(ctx, func(pipe redis.Pipeliner) error {
+		for _, entry := range expiredEntries {
+			pipe.Del(ctx, string(entry.FullPath))
+			pipe.ZRem(ctx, dirListKey, entry.Name())
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	return lastFileName, nil
+}
+
+func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) Shutdown() {
+	_ = store.Client.Close()
 }
 
 func genDirectoryListKey(dir string) (dirList string) {
-	return dir + DIR_LIST_MARKER
+	return dir + DirListMarker
 }
 
-func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) Shutdown() {
-	store.Client.Close()
+func encodeEntry(entry *filer.Entry) ([]byte, error) {
+	data, err := entry.EncodeAttributesAndChunks()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("encoding %s %+v: %v", entry.FullPath, entry.Attr, err)
+	}
+
+	if len(entry.GetChunks()) > filer.CountEntryChunksForGzip {
+		data = util.MaybeGzipData(data)
+	}
+	return data, nil
 }