diff --git a/weed/filesys/dir.go b/weed/filesys/dir.go
index 8dae41324..b4a771f37 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/dir.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/dir.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (dir *Dir) setRootDirAttributes(attr *fuse.Attr) {
 }
 
 func (dir *Dir) newFile(name string, entry *filer_pb.Entry) fs.Node {
-	return dir.wfs.getNode(util.NewFullPath(dir.Path, name), func() fs.Node {
+	return dir.wfs.fsNodeCache.EnsureFsNode(util.NewFullPath(dir.Path, name), func() fs.Node {
 		return &File{
 			Name:           name,
 			dir:            dir,
@@ -98,9 +98,11 @@ func (dir *Dir) newFile(name string, entry *filer_pb.Entry) fs.Node {
 }
 
 func (dir *Dir) newDirectory(fullpath util.FullPath, entry *filer_pb.Entry) fs.Node {
-	return dir.wfs.getNode(fullpath, func() fs.Node {
+
+	return dir.wfs.fsNodeCache.EnsureFsNode(fullpath, func() fs.Node {
 		return &Dir{Path: string(fullpath), wfs: dir.wfs, entry: entry}
 	})
+
 }
 
 func (dir *Dir) Create(ctx context.Context, req *fuse.CreateRequest,
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ func (dir *Dir) Mkdir(ctx context.Context, req *fuse.MkdirRequest) (fs.Node, err
 	})
 
 	if err == nil {
-		node := dir.newDirectory(util.NewFullPath(dir.Path, req.Name), newEntry)
+		node := dir.newDirectory(util.NewFullPath(dir.Path(), req.Name), newEntry)
 		return node, nil
 	}
 
@@ -392,7 +394,7 @@ func (dir *Dir) Listxattr(ctx context.Context, req *fuse.ListxattrRequest, resp
 func (dir *Dir) Forget() {
 	glog.V(3).Infof("Forget dir %s", dir.Path)
 
-	dir.wfs.forgetNode(util.FullPath(dir.Path))
+	dir.wfs.fsNodeCache.DeleteFsNode(util.FullPath(dir.Path))
 }
 
 func (dir *Dir) maybeLoadEntry() error {
diff --git a/weed/filesys/dir_rename.go b/weed/filesys/dir_rename.go
index 9595ea955..f0b3e2118 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/dir_rename.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/dir_rename.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package filesys
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
@@ -12,8 +13,11 @@ import (
 
 func (dir *Dir) Rename(ctx context.Context, req *fuse.RenameRequest, newDirectory fs.Node) error {
 
+	newPath := util.NewFullPath(newDir.Path, req.NewName)
+	oldPath := util.NewFullPath(dir.Path, req.OldName)
+
 	newDir := newDirectory.(*Dir)
-	glog.V(4).Infof("dir Rename %s/%s => %s/%s", dir.Path, req.OldName, newDir.Path, req.NewName)
+	glog.V(4).Infof("dir Rename %s => %s", oldPath, newPath)
 
 	err := dir.wfs.WithFilerClient(func(client filer_pb.SeaweedFilerClient) error {
 
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@ func (dir *Dir) Rename(ctx context.Context, req *fuse.RenameRequest, newDirector
 
 		_, err := client.AtomicRenameEntry(context.Background(), request)
 		if err != nil {
-			glog.V(0).Infof("dir Rename %s/%s => %s/%s : %v", dir.Path, req.OldName, newDir.Path, req.NewName, err)
+			glog.V(0).Infof("dir Rename %s => %s : %v", oldPath, newPath, err)
 			return fuse.EIO
 		}
 
@@ -35,29 +39,12 @@ func (dir *Dir) Rename(ctx context.Context, req *fuse.RenameRequest, newDirector
 	})
 
 	if err == nil {
-		newPath := util.NewFullPath(newDir.Path, req.NewName)
-		oldPath := util.NewFullPath(dir.Path, req.OldName)
 		dir.wfs.cacheDelete(newPath)
 		dir.wfs.cacheDelete(oldPath)
 
-		oldFileNode := dir.wfs.getNode(oldPath, func() fs.Node {
-			return nil
-		})
-		newDirNode := dir.wfs.getNode(util.FullPath(newDir.Path), func() fs.Node {
-			return nil
-		})
-		// fmt.Printf("new path: %v dir: %v node:%+v\n", newPath, newDir.Path, newDirNode)
-		dir.wfs.forgetNode(newPath)
-		dir.wfs.forgetNode(oldPath)
-		if oldFileNode != nil && newDirNode != nil {
-			oldFile := oldFileNode.(*File)
-			oldFile.Name = req.NewName
-			oldFile.dir = newDirNode.(*Dir)
-			dir.wfs.getNode(newPath, func() fs.Node {
-				return oldFile
-			})
+		fmt.Printf("rename path: %v => %v\n", oldPath, newPath)
+		dir.wfs.fsNodeCache.Move(oldPath, newPath)
 
-		}
 	}
 
 	return err
diff --git a/weed/filesys/file.go b/weed/filesys/file.go
index e740f2747..148f767ac 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/file.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/file.go
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func (file *File) Fsync(ctx context.Context, req *fuse.FsyncRequest) error {
 func (file *File) Forget() {
 	glog.V(3).Infof("Forget file %s/%s", file.dir.Path, file.Name)
 
-	file.wfs.forgetNode(util.NewFullPath(file.dir.Path, file.Name))
+	file.wfs.fsNodeCache.DeleteFsNode(util.NewFullPath(file.dir.Path, file.Name))
 
 }
 
diff --git a/weed/filesys/fscache.go b/weed/filesys/fscache.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..974f378c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/filesys/fscache.go
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+package filesys
+
+import (
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/fuse/fs"
+)
+
+type FsCache struct {
+	root *FsNode
+}
+type FsNode struct {
+	parent   *FsNode
+	node     fs.Node
+	name     string
+	children map[string]*FsNode
+}
+
+func newFsCache(root fs.Node) *FsCache {
+	return &FsCache{
+		root: &FsNode{
+			node: root,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *FsCache) GetFsNode(path util.FullPath) fs.Node {
+	t := c.root
+	for _, p := range path.Split() {
+		t = t.findChild(p)
+		if t == nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+	return t.node
+}
+
+func (c *FsCache) SetFsNode(path util.FullPath, node fs.Node) {
+	t := c.root
+	for _, p := range path.Split() {
+		t = t.ensureChild(p)
+	}
+	t.node = node
+}
+
+func (c *FsCache) EnsureFsNode(path util.FullPath, genNodeFn func() fs.Node) fs.Node {
+	t := c.GetFsNode(path)
+	if t != nil {
+		return t
+	}
+	t = genNodeFn()
+	c.SetFsNode(path, t)
+	return t
+}
+
+func (c *FsCache) DeleteFsNode(path util.FullPath) {
+	t := c.root
+	for _, p := range path.Split() {
+		t = t.findChild(p)
+		if t == nil {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	if t.parent != nil {
+		t.parent.deleteChild(t.name)
+	}
+	t.deleteSelf()
+}
+
+// oldPath and newPath are full path including the new name
+func (c *FsCache) Move(oldPath util.FullPath, newPath util.FullPath) *FsNode {
+
+	// find old node
+	src := c.root
+	for _, p := range oldPath.Split() {
+		src = src.findChild(p)
+		if src == nil {
+			return src
+		}
+	}
+	if src.parent != nil {
+		src.parent.deleteChild(src.name)
+	}
+	src.parent = nil
+
+	// find new node
+	target := c.root
+	for _, p := range newPath.Split() {
+		target = target.ensureChild(p)
+	}
+	parent := target.parent
+	src.name = target.name
+	parent.deleteChild(target.name)
+
+	target.deleteSelf()
+
+	src.connectToParent(parent)
+
+	return src
+}
+
+func (n *FsNode) connectToParent(parent *FsNode) {
+	n.parent = parent
+	oldNode := parent.findChild(n.name)
+	if oldNode != nil {
+		oldNode.deleteSelf()
+	}
+	parent.children[n.name] = n
+}
+
+func (n *FsNode) findChild(name string) *FsNode {
+	child, found := n.children[name]
+	if found {
+		return child
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (n *FsNode) ensureChild(name string) *FsNode {
+	if n.children == nil {
+		n.children = make(map[string]*FsNode)
+	}
+	child, found := n.children[name]
+	if found {
+		return child
+	}
+	t := &FsNode{
+		parent:   n,
+		node:     nil,
+		name:     name,
+		children: nil,
+	}
+	n.children[name] = t
+	return t
+}
+
+func (n *FsNode) deleteChild(name string) {
+	delete(n.children, name)
+}
+
+func (n *FsNode) deleteSelf() {
+	for _, child := range n.children {
+		child.deleteSelf()
+	}
+	n.node = nil
+	n.parent = nil
+	n.children = nil
+}
diff --git a/weed/filesys/fscache_test.go b/weed/filesys/fscache_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06ef7c454
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/filesys/fscache_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package filesys
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
+)
+
+func TestPathSplit(t *testing.T) {
+	parts := util.FullPath("/").Split()
+	if len(parts) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("expecting an empty list, but getting %d", len(parts))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFsCache(t *testing.T) {
+
+	cache := newFsCache(nil)
+
+	x := cache.GetFsNode(util.FullPath("/y/x"))
+	if x != nil {
+		t.Errorf("wrong node!")
+	}
+
+	p := util.FullPath("/a/b/c")
+	cache.SetFsNode(p, &File{Name: "cc"})
+	tNode := cache.GetFsNode(p)
+	tFile := tNode.(*File)
+	if tFile.Name != "cc" {
+		t.Errorf("expecting a FsNode")
+	}
+
+	cache.SetFsNode(util.FullPath("/a/b/d"), &File{Name: "dd"})
+	cache.SetFsNode(util.FullPath("/a/b/e"), &File{Name: "ee"})
+	cache.SetFsNode(util.FullPath("/a/b/f"), &File{Name: "ff"})
+	cache.SetFsNode(util.FullPath("/z"), &File{Name: "zz"})
+	cache.SetFsNode(util.FullPath("/a"), &File{Name: "aa"})
+
+	b := cache.GetFsNode(util.FullPath("/a/b"))
+	if b != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected node!")
+	}
+
+	a := cache.GetFsNode(util.FullPath("/a"))
+	if a == nil {
+		t.Errorf("missing node!")
+	}
+
+	cache.DeleteFsNode(util.FullPath("/a"))
+	if b != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected node!")
+	}
+
+	a = cache.GetFsNode(util.FullPath("/a"))
+	if a != nil {
+		t.Errorf("wrong DeleteFsNode!")
+	}
+
+	z := cache.GetFsNode(util.FullPath("/z"))
+	if z == nil {
+		t.Errorf("missing node!")
+	}
+
+	y := cache.GetFsNode(util.FullPath("/x/y"))
+	if y != nil {
+		t.Errorf("wrong node!")
+	}
+
+}
+
+func TestFsCacheMove(t *testing.T) {
+
+	cache := newFsCache(nil)
+
+	cache.SetFsNode(util.FullPath("/a/b/d"), &File{Name: "dd"})
+	cache.SetFsNode(util.FullPath("/a/b/e"), &File{Name: "ee"})
+	cache.SetFsNode(util.FullPath("/z"), &File{Name: "zz"})
+	cache.SetFsNode(util.FullPath("/a"), &File{Name: "aa"})
+
+	cache.Move(util.FullPath("/a/b"), util.FullPath("/z/x"))
+
+	d := cache.GetFsNode(util.FullPath("/z/x/d"))
+	if d == nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected nil node!")
+	}
+	if d.(*File).Name != "dd" {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected non dd node!")
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/weed/filesys/wfs.go b/weed/filesys/wfs.go
index a7475da56..5d3dd984a 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/wfs.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/wfs.go
@@ -61,9 +61,10 @@ type WFS struct {
 	stats statsCache
 
 	// nodes, protected by nodesLock
-	nodesLock sync.Mutex
-	nodes     map[uint64]fs.Node
-	root      fs.Node
+	nodesLock   sync.Mutex
+	nodes       map[uint64]fs.Node
+	root        fs.Node
+	fsNodeCache *FsCache
 }
 type statsCache struct {
 	filer_pb.StatisticsResponse
@@ -84,9 +85,7 @@ func NewSeaweedFileSystem(option *Option) *WFS {
 	}
 
 	wfs.root = &Dir{Path: wfs.option.FilerMountRootPath, wfs: wfs}
-	wfs.getNode(util.FullPath(wfs.option.FilerMountRootPath), func() fs.Node {
-		return wfs.root
-	})
+	wfs.fsNodeCache = newFsCache(wfs.root)
 
 	return wfs
 }
@@ -235,28 +234,6 @@ func (wfs *WFS) cacheDelete(path util.FullPath) {
 	wfs.listDirectoryEntriesCache.Delete(string(path))
 }
 
-func (wfs *WFS) getNode(fullpath util.FullPath, fn func() fs.Node) fs.Node {
-	wfs.nodesLock.Lock()
-	defer wfs.nodesLock.Unlock()
-
-	node, found := wfs.nodes[fullpath.AsInode()]
-	if found {
-		return node
-	}
-	node = fn()
-	if node != nil {
-		wfs.nodes[fullpath.AsInode()] = node
-	}
-	return node
-}
-
-func (wfs *WFS) forgetNode(fullpath util.FullPath) {
-	wfs.nodesLock.Lock()
-	defer wfs.nodesLock.Unlock()
-
-	delete(wfs.nodes, fullpath.AsInode())
-}
-
 func (wfs *WFS) AdjustedUrl(hostAndPort string) string {
 	if !wfs.option.OutsideContainerClusterMode {
 		return hostAndPort
diff --git a/weed/util/fullpath.go b/weed/util/fullpath.go
index 4a2e2854f..a0f907d3d 100644
--- a/weed/util/fullpath.go
+++ b/weed/util/fullpath.go
@@ -38,3 +38,11 @@ func (fp FullPath) Child(name string) FullPath {
 func (fp FullPath) AsInode() uint64 {
 	return uint64(HashStringToLong(string(fp)))
 }
+
+// split, but skipping the root
+func (fp FullPath) Split() []string {
+	if fp == "" || fp == "/"{
+		return []string{}
+	}
+	return strings.Split(string(fp)[1:], "/")
+}