diff --git a/command.go b/command.go
index 1abadad..b21501f 100644
--- a/command.go
+++ b/command.go
@@ -135,8 +135,12 @@ func (cmd *Command) loadByteArgs() {
 }
 
 func (cmd *Command) appendArg(arg []byte) {
-	cmd.args[cmd.argn] = make([]byte, len(arg))
-	copy(cmd.args[cmd.argn], arg)
+	if len(cmd.args) >= cmd.argn {
+		cmd.args = append(cmd.args, arg)
+	} else {
+		cmd.args[cmd.argn] = make([]byte, len(arg))
+		copy(cmd.args[cmd.argn], arg)
+	}
 
 	cmd.argn++
 }
@@ -149,6 +153,7 @@ type CommandReader struct {
 	dec   objconv.StreamDecoder
 	multi bool
 	done  bool
+	retry bool
 	err   error
 }
 
@@ -203,7 +208,6 @@ func (r *CommandReader) Read(cmd *Command) bool {
 		r.done = !r.multi
 	}
 
-	cmd.args = make([][]byte, r.dec.Len())
 	cmd.Args = newCmdArgsReader(r, cmd)
 	return true
 }
@@ -217,6 +221,10 @@ func (r *CommandReader) resetDecoder() {
 }
 
 func newCmdArgsReader(r *CommandReader, cmd *Command) *cmdArgsReader {
+	if r.retry {
+		cmd.args = make([][]byte, 0, r.dec.Len())
+	}
+
 	args := &cmdArgsReader{r: r, cmd: cmd}
 	args.b = args.a[:0]
 	return args
@@ -289,7 +297,9 @@ func (args *cmdArgsReader) Next(val interface{}) bool {
 			return false
 		}
 
-		args.cmd.appendArg(args.b[:])
+		if args.r.retry {
+			args.cmd.appendArg(args.b[:])
+		}
 	}
 
 	return true
diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index 7f60365..f6ecb16 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -192,14 +192,15 @@ func (c *Conn) Flush() error {
 // The new CommandReader holds the connection's read lock, which is released
 // only when its Close method is called, so a program must make sure to call
 // that method or the connection will be left in an unusable state.
-func (c *Conn) ReadCommands() *CommandReader {
+func (c *Conn) ReadCommands(retry bool) *CommandReader {
 	c.rmutex.Lock()
 
 	c.resetDecoder()
 
 	return &CommandReader{
-		conn: c,
-		dec:  c.decoder,
+		conn:  c,
+		dec:   c.decoder,
+		retry: retry,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/conn_test.go b/conn_test.go
index 7d85300..e04f362 100644
--- a/conn_test.go
+++ b/conn_test.go
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ func writeCommands(t *testing.T, conn *redis.Conn, cmds ...redis.Command) {
 }
 
 func readCommands(t *testing.T, conn *redis.Conn, expectErr error, cmds ...redis.Command) {
-	r := conn.ReadCommands()
+	r := conn.ReadCommands(false)
 	c := redis.Command{}
 	i := 0
 
diff --git a/redistest/server.go b/redistest/server.go
index d919a7a..d800193 100644
--- a/redistest/server.go
+++ b/redistest/server.go
@@ -128,11 +128,13 @@ func FakeTimeoutServer(handler redis.Handler, timeout time.Duration) (srv *redis
 	}
 
 	srv = &redis.Server{
-		Handler:      handler,
-		ReadTimeout:  3 * time.Second,
-		WriteTimeout: 5 * time.Second,
-		IdleTimeout:  timeout,
-		ErrorLog:     log.New(os.Stdout, "[Server Timeout] ", os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND),
+		Handler:        handler,
+		ReadTimeout:    3 * time.Second,
+		WriteTimeout:   5 * time.Second,
+		IdleTimeout:    timeout,
+		EnableRetry:    true,
+		EnablePipeline: true,
+		ErrorLog:       log.New(os.Stdout, "[Server Timeout] ", os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND),
 	}
 
 	go func() {
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index eb92abf..27f6fa1 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ type Server struct {
 	// Handler invoked to handle Redis requests, must not be nil.
 	Handler Handler
 
+	// features of command retry and pipeline
+	EnableRetry    bool
+	EnablePipeline bool
+
 	// ReadTimeout is the maximum duration for reading the entire request,
 	// including the reading the argument list.
 	ReadTimeout time.Duration
@@ -205,6 +209,7 @@ func (s *Server) Serve(l net.Listener) error {
 		idleTimeout:  s.IdleTimeout,
 		readTimeout:  s.ReadTimeout,
 		writeTimeout: s.WriteTimeout,
+		retryable:    s.EnableRetry,
 	}
 
 	if config.idleTimeout == 0 {
@@ -273,7 +278,7 @@ func (s *Server) serveConnection(ctx context.Context, c *Conn, config serverConf
 		}
 
 		c.setTimeout(config.readTimeout)
-		cmdReader := c.ReadCommands()
+		cmdReader := c.ReadCommands(config.retryable)
 
 		cmds := make([]Command, 0, 4)
 		cmds = append(cmds, Command{})
@@ -367,7 +372,7 @@ func (s *Server) serveCommands(c *Conn, addr string, cmds []Command, config serv
 
 	// is this a pipeline?
 	reqErr := req.Close()
-	if err == nil && reqErr == nil {
+	if s.EnablePipeline && err == nil && reqErr == nil {
 		pipeErr := s.servePipeline(c, addr, cmds, config)
 		if pipeErr != ErrNotPipeline {
 			err = pipeErr
@@ -575,6 +580,7 @@ type serverConfig struct {
 	idleTimeout  time.Duration
 	readTimeout  time.Duration
 	writeTimeout time.Duration
+	retryable    bool
 }
 
 func backoff(attempt int, minDelay time.Duration, maxDelay time.Duration) time.Duration {