perf: replace SHA-256 with BLAKE3 + add mimalloc global allocator

- Replace SHA-256 with BLAKE3 (~5x faster) for content-addressable hashing
  in dedup_service, file_handler, file_upload_service, chunked_upload_service
- Add mimalloc as global allocator for 10-30% throughput improvement
- sha2 crate retained only for PKCE (OAuth2 standard requirement)
- BLAKE3 produces 64-char hex hashes (same format), no DB schema changes needed

Cargo.lock

@@ -71,6 +71,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "password-hash",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "arrayref"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "76a2e8124351fda1ef8aaaa3bbd7ebbcb486bbcd4225aca0aa0d84bb2db8fecb"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "arrayvec"
+version = "0.7.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7c02d123df017efcdfbd739ef81735b36c5ba83ec3c59c80a9d7ecc718f92e50"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-compression"
 version = "0.4.37"
@@ -265,6 +277,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "blake3"
+version = "1.8.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2468ef7d57b3fb7e16b576e8377cdbde2320c60e1491e961d11da40fc4f02a2d"
+dependencies = [
+ "arrayref",
+ "arrayvec",
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "constant_time_eq",
+ "cpufeatures",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
 version = "0.10.4"
@@ -411,6 +437,12 @@ version = "0.9.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c2459377285ad874054d797f3ccebf984978aa39129f6eafde5cdc8315b612f8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "constant_time_eq"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3d52eff69cd5e647efe296129160853a42795992097e8af39800e1060caeea9b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation-sys"
 version = "0.8.7"
@@ -1467,6 +1499,16 @@ version = "0.2.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b6d2cec3eae94f9f509c767b45932f1ada8350c4bdb85af2fcab4a3c14807981"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libmimalloc-sys"
+version = "0.1.44"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "667f4fec20f29dfc6bc7357c582d91796c169ad7e2fce709468aefeb2c099870"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libredox"
 version = "0.1.12"
@@ -1567,6 +1609,15 @@ version = "2.7.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f52b00d39961fc5b2736ea853c9cc86238e165017a493d1d5c8eac6bdc4cc273"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mimalloc"
+version = "0.1.48"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e1ee66a4b64c74f4ef288bcbb9192ad9c3feaad75193129ac8509af543894fd8"
+dependencies = [
+ "libmimalloc-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mime"
 version = "0.3.17"
@@ -1766,6 +1817,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async_zip",
  "axum",
  "base64",
+ "blake3",
  "bytes",
  "chrono",
  "dashmap",
@@ -1783,6 +1835,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "jsonwebtoken",
  "lru",
  "md5",
+ "mimalloc",
  "mime_guess",
  "mockall",
  "moka",

Cargo.toml

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ default-run = "oxicloud"
 
 
 [dependencies]
+mimalloc = { version = "0.1.48", default-features = false }
 axum = { version = "0.8.8", features = ["multipart", "http1", "tokio", "macros"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.49.0", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7.18", features = ["io", "codec", "compat"] }
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ http-range-header = "0.4"
 image = { version = "0.25", default-features = false, features = ["jpeg", "png", "gif", "webp"] }
 md5 = "0.8.0"
 sha2 = "0.10.9"
+blake3 = "1.8.3"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 http-body-util = "0.1.3"
 percent-encoding = "2.3"

src/application/ports/chunked_upload_ports.rs

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ pub trait ChunkedUploadPort: Send + Sync + 'static {
 
     /// Assemble all chunks into the final file.
     ///
-    /// Returns `(assembled_file_path, filename, folder_id, content_type, total_size, sha256_hash)`.
+    /// Returns `(assembled_file_path, filename, folder_id, content_type, total_size, blake3_hash)`.
     /// The hash is computed during assembly (hash-on-write), eliminating a
     /// second sequential read of the assembled file.
     async fn complete_upload(

src/application/ports/dedup_ports.rs

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use std::pin::Pin;
 /// Metadata of a stored blob in the dedup system.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
 pub struct BlobMetadataDto {
-    /// SHA-256 hash of the content.
+    /// BLAKE3 hash of the content.
     pub hash: String,
     /// Size in bytes.
     pub size: u64,
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ pub trait DedupPort: Send + Sync + 'static {
     /// Returns `true` if the blob was deleted (ref_count reached 0).
     async fn remove_reference(&self, hash: &str) -> Result<bool, DomainError>;
 
-    /// Calculate SHA-256 hash of a file (streaming).
+    /// Calculate BLAKE3 hash of a file (streaming).
     async fn hash_file(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<String, DomainError>;
 
     /// Get deduplication statistics.

src/application/ports/storage_ports.rs

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ pub trait FileReadPort: Send + Sync + 'static {
 
     /// Gets the content-addressable blob hash for a file (O(1) DB lookup).
     ///
-    /// Returns the SHA-256 hash stored in `storage.files.blob_hash`.
+    /// Returns the BLAKE3 hash stored in `storage.files.blob_hash`.
     /// Used for dedup reference tracking without loading file content.
     async fn get_blob_hash(&self, file_id: &str) -> Result<String, DomainError>;
 

src/application/services/file_upload_service.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ impl FileUploadUseCase for FileUploadService {
         tokio::fs::write(temp.path(), content)
             .await
             .map_err(|e| DomainError::internal_error("FileUpload", format!("write temp: {e}")))?;
-        let hash = hex::encode(Sha256::digest(content));
+        let hash = blake3::hash(content).to_hex().to_string();
 
         let file = self
             .file_write
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ impl FileUploadUseCase for FileUploadService {
         tokio::fs::write(temp.path(), content)
             .await
             .map_err(|e| DomainError::internal_error("FileUpload", format!("write temp: {e}")))?;
-        let hash = hex::encode(Sha256::digest(content));
+        let hash = blake3::hash(content).to_hex().to_string();
 
         self.update_file_streaming(
             path,

src/infrastructure/services/chunked_upload_service.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 //!   (updated atomically on each chunk) are stored alongside the chunk files.
 //!   On boot the service scans `temp_base_dir` and recovers any active sessions.
 //! - Parallel chunk transfers (up to 6 concurrent)
-//! - Automatic reassembly with hash-on-write (SHA-256)
+//! - Automatic reassembly with hash-on-write (BLAKE3)
 //! - Expiration cleanup (24 h)
 //!
 //! Protocol:
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use async_trait::async_trait;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use dashmap::DashMap;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -592,13 +592,13 @@ impl ChunkedUploadService {
         })
     }
 
-    /// Assemble chunks into final file and return the path + pre-computed SHA-256 hash.
+    /// Assemble chunks into final file and return the path + pre-computed BLAKE3 hash.
     ///
-    /// **Hash-on-Write**: SHA-256 is computed while copying chunks into the
+    /// **Hash-on-Write**: BLAKE3 is computed while copying chunks into the
     /// assembled file, eliminating the second sequential read that dedup_service
     /// would otherwise need.
     ///
-    /// Returns `(assembled_file_path, filename, folder_id, content_type, total_size, sha256_hash)`.
+    /// Returns `(assembled_file_path, filename, folder_id, content_type, total_size, blake3_hash)`.
     async fn complete_upload_inner(
         &self,
         upload_id: &str,
@@ -625,9 +625,9 @@ impl ChunkedUploadService {
 
         // Assemble file with hash-on-write.
         //
-        // The entire loop is offloaded to spawn_blocking because SHA-256
+        // The entire loop is offloaded to spawn_blocking because BLAKE3
-        // hashing is CPU-bound (~130 ms for 500 MB) and would otherwise
+        // hashing is CPU-bound and would otherwise block a Tokio worker,
-        // block a Tokio worker, starving all other connections.
+        // starving all other connections.
         // Synchronous I/O is used inside the blocking thread — it avoids
         // the async reactor overhead and is actually faster for this
         // sequential workload.
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ impl ChunkedUploadService {
 
             // 512 KB I/O buffers — 8× fewer syscalls than 64 KB
             let mut output = StdBufWriter::with_capacity(524_288, raw_output);
-            let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
+            let mut hasher = blake3::Hasher::new();
 
             // Single 512 KB read buffer reused across all chunks (avoids N allocations)
             let mut buf = vec![0u8; 524_288];
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ impl ChunkedUploadService {
                 let _ = std::fs::remove_file(chunk_path);
             }
 
-            Ok(hex::encode(hasher.finalize()))
+            Ok(hasher.finalize().to_hex().to_string())
         })
         .await
         .map_err(|e| format!("Assembly task panicked: {e}"))??;

src/infrastructure/services/dedup_service.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Content-Addressable Storage with Deduplication (PostgreSQL-backed)
 //!
 //! Implements hash-based deduplication to eliminate redundant file storage.
-//! Files are stored by their SHA-256 hash, and multiple references can point
+//! Files are stored by their BLAKE3 hash, and multiple references can point
 //! to the same physical blob.
 //!
 //! Architecture:
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ use async_trait::async_trait;
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use futures::stream::{self, StreamExt};
 use futures::{Stream, TryStreamExt};
-use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+
 use sqlx::PgPool;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::pin::Pin;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ use crate::application::ports::dedup_ports::{
 };
 use crate::domain::errors::{DomainError, ErrorKind};
 
-/// Block size for SHA-256 file hashing (1MB — optimal syscall/throughput ratio).
+/// Block size for BLAKE3 file hashing (1MB — optimal syscall/throughput ratio).
 const HASH_BLOCK_SIZE: usize = 1024 * 1024;
 
 /// Chunk size for streaming file reads (256 KB)
@@ -135,25 +135,23 @@ impl DedupService {
 
     // ── Hash helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-    /// Calculate SHA-256 hash of content.
+    /// Calculate BLAKE3 hash of content (~5× faster than SHA-256).
     pub fn hash_bytes(content: &[u8]) -> String {
-        let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
+        blake3::hash(content).to_hex().to_string()
-        hasher.update(content);
-        hex::encode(hasher.finalize())
     }
 
-    /// Calculate SHA-256 hash of a file.
+    /// Calculate BLAKE3 hash of a file (~5× faster than SHA-256).
     ///
     /// Runs entirely on `spawn_blocking` with synchronous I/O so the Tokio
     /// worker threads are never blocked by CPU-bound hashing.  Uses 1 MB
-    /// reads for optimal syscall-to-throughput ratio (~3.8 GB/s on NVMe).
+    /// reads for optimal syscall-to-throughput ratio.
     pub async fn hash_file(path: &Path) -> std::io::Result<String> {
         let path = path.to_path_buf();
         tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
             use std::io::Read;
 
             let mut file = std::fs::File::open(&path)?;
-            let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
+            let mut hasher = blake3::Hasher::new();
             let mut buffer = vec![0u8; HASH_BLOCK_SIZE];
 
             loop {
@@ -164,7 +162,7 @@ impl DedupService {
                 hasher.update(&buffer[..n]);
             }
 
-            Ok(hex::encode(hasher.finalize()))
+            Ok(hasher.finalize().to_hex().to_string())
         })
         .await
         .expect("hash_file: spawn_blocking task panicked")

src/interfaces/api/handlers/file_handler.rs

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ impl FileHandler {
 
     /// Streaming file upload — constant ~64 KB RAM regardless of file size.
     ///
-    /// **Hash-on-Write**: SHA-256 is computed while spooling the multipart
+    /// **Hash-on-Write**: BLAKE3 is computed while spooling the multipart
     /// body to the temp file. This eliminates the second sequential read
     /// that dedup_service would otherwise need, cutting total I/O in half.
     pub async fn upload_file(
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ impl FileHandler {
         auth_user: &AuthUser,
         mut multipart: Multipart,
     ) -> Result<crate::application::dtos::file_dto::FileDto, Response<Body>> {
-        use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
-
         let upload_service = &state.applications.file_upload_service;
         let mut folder_id: Option<String> = None;
 
@@ -126,7 +124,7 @@ impl FileHandler {
                 let temp_path = temp_dir.join(format!("upload-{}", uuid::Uuid::new_v4()));
 
                 let mut total_size: u64 = 0;
-                let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
+                let mut hasher = blake3::Hasher::new();
                 let spool_result: Result<(), String> = async {
                     let file = tokio::fs::File::create(&temp_path)
                         .await
@@ -169,7 +167,7 @@ impl FileHandler {
 
                 // Empty file — use streaming path with the (empty) temp file
                 if total_size == 0 {
-                    let hash = hex::encode(hasher.finalize());
+                    let hash = hasher.finalize().to_hex().to_string();
                     return upload_service
                         .upload_file_streaming(
                             filename,
@@ -184,7 +182,7 @@ impl FileHandler {
                 }
 
                 // Finalize hash
-                let hash = hex::encode(hasher.finalize());
+                let hash = hasher.finalize().to_hex().to_string();
 
                 // ── MIME detection (magic bytes + extension fallback) ─
                 let content_type = crate::common::mime_detect::refine_content_type_from_file(

src/main.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#[global_allocator]
+static GLOBAL: mimalloc::MiMalloc = mimalloc::MiMalloc;
+
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;