diff --git a/weed/storage/volume.go b/weed/storage/volume.go
index 5ec441f05..2053cd679 100644
--- a/weed/storage/volume.go
+++ b/weed/storage/volume.go
@@ -39,13 +39,6 @@ func (v *Volume) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("Id:%v, dir:%s, Collection:%s, dataFile:%v, nm:%v, readOnly:%v", v.Id, v.dir, v.Collection, v.dataFile, v.nm, v.readOnly)
 }
 
-func loadVolumeWithoutIndex(dirname string, collection string, id VolumeId, needleMapKind NeedleMapType) (v *Volume, e error) {
-	v = &Volume{dir: dirname, Collection: collection, Id: id}
-	v.SuperBlock = SuperBlock{}
-	v.needleMapKind = needleMapKind
-	e = v.load(false, false, needleMapKind)
-	return
-}
 func (v *Volume) FileName() (fileName string) {
 	if v.Collection == "" {
 		fileName = path.Join(v.dir, v.Id.String())
@@ -57,81 +50,11 @@ func (v *Volume) FileName() (fileName string) {
 func (v *Volume) DataFile() *os.File {
 	return v.dataFile
 }
-func (v *Volume) load(alsoLoadIndex bool, createDatIfMissing bool, needleMapKind NeedleMapType) error {
-	var e error
-	fileName := v.FileName()
 
-	if exists, canRead, canWrite, modifiedTime := checkFile(fileName + ".dat"); exists {
-		if !canRead {
-			return fmt.Errorf("cannot read Volume Data file %s.dat", fileName)
-		}
-		if canWrite {
-			v.dataFile, e = os.OpenFile(fileName+".dat", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
-			v.lastModifiedTime = uint64(modifiedTime.Unix())
-		} else {
-			glog.V(0).Infoln("opening " + fileName + ".dat in READONLY mode")
-			v.dataFile, e = os.Open(fileName + ".dat")
-			v.readOnly = true
-		}
-	} else {
-		if createDatIfMissing {
-			v.dataFile, e = os.OpenFile(fileName+".dat", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
-		} else {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Volume Data file %s.dat does not exist.", fileName)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if e != nil {
-		if !os.IsPermission(e) {
-			return fmt.Errorf("cannot load Volume Data %s.dat: %v", fileName, e)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if v.ReplicaPlacement == nil {
-		e = v.readSuperBlock()
-	} else {
-		e = v.maybeWriteSuperBlock()
-	}
-	if e == nil && alsoLoadIndex {
-		var indexFile *os.File
-		if v.readOnly {
-			glog.V(1).Infoln("open to read file", fileName+".idx")
-			if indexFile, e = os.OpenFile(fileName+".idx", os.O_RDONLY, 0644); e != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("cannot read Volume Index %s.idx: %v", fileName, e)
-			}
-		} else {
-			glog.V(1).Infoln("open to write file", fileName+".idx")
-			if indexFile, e = os.OpenFile(fileName+".idx", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0644); e != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("cannot write Volume Index %s.idx: %v", fileName, e)
-			}
-		}
-		if e = CheckVolumeDataIntegrity(v, indexFile); e != nil {
-			v.readOnly = true
-			glog.V(0).Infof("volumeDataIntegrityChecking failed %v", e)
-		}
-		switch needleMapKind {
-		case NeedleMapInMemory:
-			glog.V(0).Infoln("loading index file", fileName+".idx", "readonly", v.readOnly)
-			if v.nm, e = LoadNeedleMap(indexFile); e != nil {
-				glog.V(0).Infof("loading index %s error: %v", fileName+".idx", e)
-			}
-		case NeedleMapLevelDb:
-			glog.V(0).Infoln("loading leveldb file", fileName+".ldb")
-			if v.nm, e = NewLevelDbNeedleMap(fileName+".ldb", indexFile); e != nil {
-				glog.V(0).Infof("loading leveldb %s error: %v", fileName+".ldb", e)
-			}
-		case NeedleMapBoltDb:
-			glog.V(0).Infoln("loading boltdb file", fileName+".bdb")
-			if v.nm, e = NewBoltDbNeedleMap(fileName+".bdb", indexFile); e != nil {
-				glog.V(0).Infof("loading boltdb %s error: %v", fileName+".bdb", e)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return e
-}
 func (v *Volume) Version() Version {
 	return v.SuperBlock.Version()
 }
+
 func (v *Volume) Size() int64 {
 	stat, e := v.dataFile.Stat()
 	if e == nil {
diff --git a/weed/storage/volume_loading.go b/weed/storage/volume_loading.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..968471620
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/storage/volume_loading.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package storage
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
+)
+
+func loadVolumeWithoutIndex(dirname string, collection string, id VolumeId, needleMapKind NeedleMapType) (v *Volume, e error) {
+	v = &Volume{dir: dirname, Collection: collection, Id: id}
+	v.SuperBlock = SuperBlock{}
+	v.needleMapKind = needleMapKind
+	e = v.load(false, false, needleMapKind)
+	return
+}
+
+func (v *Volume) load(alsoLoadIndex bool, createDatIfMissing bool, needleMapKind NeedleMapType) error {
+	var e error
+	fileName := v.FileName()
+
+	if exists, canRead, canWrite, modifiedTime := checkFile(fileName + ".dat"); exists {
+		if !canRead {
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot read Volume Data file %s.dat", fileName)
+		}
+		if canWrite {
+			v.dataFile, e = os.OpenFile(fileName+".dat", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
+			v.lastModifiedTime = uint64(modifiedTime.Unix())
+		} else {
+			glog.V(0).Infoln("opening " + fileName + ".dat in READONLY mode")
+			v.dataFile, e = os.Open(fileName + ".dat")
+			v.readOnly = true
+		}
+	} else {
+		if createDatIfMissing {
+			v.dataFile, e = os.OpenFile(fileName+".dat", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
+		} else {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Volume Data file %s.dat does not exist.", fileName)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if e != nil {
+		if !os.IsPermission(e) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot load Volume Data %s.dat: %v", fileName, e)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if v.ReplicaPlacement == nil {
+		e = v.readSuperBlock()
+	} else {
+		e = v.maybeWriteSuperBlock()
+	}
+	if e == nil && alsoLoadIndex {
+		var indexFile *os.File
+		if v.readOnly {
+			glog.V(1).Infoln("open to read file", fileName+".idx")
+			if indexFile, e = os.OpenFile(fileName+".idx", os.O_RDONLY, 0644); e != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("cannot read Volume Index %s.idx: %v", fileName, e)
+			}
+		} else {
+			glog.V(1).Infoln("open to write file", fileName+".idx")
+			if indexFile, e = os.OpenFile(fileName+".idx", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0644); e != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("cannot write Volume Index %s.idx: %v", fileName, e)
+			}
+		}
+		if e = CheckVolumeDataIntegrity(v, indexFile); e != nil {
+			v.readOnly = true
+			glog.V(0).Infof("volumeDataIntegrityChecking failed %v", e)
+		}
+		switch needleMapKind {
+		case NeedleMapInMemory:
+			glog.V(0).Infoln("loading index file", fileName+".idx", "readonly", v.readOnly)
+			if v.nm, e = LoadNeedleMap(indexFile); e != nil {
+				glog.V(0).Infof("loading index %s error: %v", fileName+".idx", e)
+			}
+		case NeedleMapLevelDb:
+			glog.V(0).Infoln("loading leveldb file", fileName+".ldb")
+			if v.nm, e = NewLevelDbNeedleMap(fileName+".ldb", indexFile); e != nil {
+				glog.V(0).Infof("loading leveldb %s error: %v", fileName+".ldb", e)
+			}
+		case NeedleMapBoltDb:
+			glog.V(0).Infoln("loading boltdb file", fileName+".bdb")
+			if v.nm, e = NewBoltDbNeedleMap(fileName+".bdb", indexFile); e != nil {
+				glog.V(0).Infof("loading boltdb %s error: %v", fileName+".bdb", e)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return e
+}