title: Slow file uploading to Google Cloud Storage
body: <p>I'm noticing quite low upload speeds to Google Cloud Storage, almost 2.5x slower compared with uploading a file to Google Drive. Here is a screencast comparing the two for the upload of a 1GB file:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://gyazo.com/c3488bd56b8118043b7df5aab813db01" rel="noreferrer">https://gyazo.com/c3488bd56b8118043b7df5aab813db01</a></p>
  
  <p>This is just an example, but I've also tried using the <code>gsutil</code> command-line tool, using all the suggestions they have for uploading large files the fastest (such as using <code>parallel_composite_upload_threshold</code>). It is still slower than I'm accustomed to. Much slower.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any way to improve this upload speed? Why is upload to Drive so much faster than doing the same to GCS?</p>