diff --git a/docker/Makefile b/docker/Makefile
index fe278f9b4..5949842f1 100644
--- a/docker/Makefile
+++ b/docker/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ k8s: build
 dev_registry: build
 	docker-compose -f local-registry-compose.yml -p seaweedfs up
 
+dev_replicate: build
+	docker-compose -f local-replicate-compose.yml -p seaweedfs up
+
 cluster: build
 	docker-compose -f local-cluster-compose.yml -p seaweedfs up
 
diff --git a/docker/local-replicate-compose.yml b/docker/local-replicate-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8e0f808e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/local-replicate-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+version: '2'
+
+services:
+  master:
+    image: chrislusf/seaweedfs:local
+    ports:
+      - 9333:9333
+      - 19333:19333
+    command: "master -ip=master"
+  volume:
+    image: chrislusf/seaweedfs:local
+    ports:
+      - 8080:8080
+      - 18080:18080
+    command: "volume -mserver=master:9333 -port=8080 -ip=volume -preStopSeconds=1"
+    depends_on:
+      - master
+  filer:
+    image: chrislusf/seaweedfs:local
+    ports:
+      - 8888:8888
+      - 18888:18888
+    command: '-v=9 filer -master="master:9333"'
+    restart: on-failure
+    volumes:
+      - ./notification.toml:/etc/seaweedfs/notification.toml
+    depends_on:
+      - master
+      - volume
+      - rabbitmq
+      - replicate
+    environment:
+      RABBIT_SERVER_URL: "amqp://guest:guest@rabbitmq:5672/"
+  replicate:
+    image: chrislusf/seaweedfs:local
+    command: '-v=9 filer.replicate'
+    restart: on-failure
+    volumes:
+      - ./notification.toml:/etc/seaweedfs/notification.toml
+      - ./replication.toml:/etc/seaweedfs/replication.toml
+    depends_on:
+      - rabbitmq
+    environment:
+      RABBIT_SERVER_URL: "amqp://guest:guest@rabbitmq:5672/"
+  s3:
+    image: chrislusf/seaweedfs:local
+    ports:
+      - 8333:8333
+    command: 's3 -filer="filer:8888"'
+    depends_on:
+      - master
+      - volume
+      - filer
+  rabbitmq:
+    image: rabbitmq:3.8.10-management-alpine
+    ports:
+      - 5672:5672
+      - 15671:15671
+      - 15672:15672
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diff --git a/docker/notification.toml b/docker/notification.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ed76825e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/notification.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[notification.log]
+# this is only for debugging perpose and does not work with "weed filer.replicate"
+enabled = false
+
+
+[notification.gocdk_pub_sub]
+# The Go Cloud Development Kit (https://gocloud.dev).
+# PubSub API (https://godoc.org/gocloud.dev/pubsub).
+# Supports AWS SNS/SQS, Azure Service Bus, Google PubSub, NATS and RabbitMQ.
+enabled = true
+# This URL will Dial the RabbitMQ server at the URL in the environment
+# variable RABBIT_SERVER_URL and open the exchange "myexchange".
+# The exchange must have already been created by some other means, like
+# the RabbitMQ management plugin.
+topic_url = "rabbit://swexchange"
+sub_url = "rabbit://swqueue"
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diff --git a/docker/replication.toml b/docker/replication.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84c0bec28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/replication.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[source.filer]
+enabled = true
+grpcAddress = "filer:18888"
+# all files under this directory tree are replicated.
+# this is not a directory on your hard drive, but on your filer.
+# i.e., all files with this "prefix" are sent to notification message queue.
+directory = "/buckets"
+
+[sink.local]
+enabled = true
+directory = "/data"
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diff --git a/weed/command/filer_replication.go b/weed/command/filer_replication.go
index 4f698e375..b6515e505 100644
--- a/weed/command/filer_replication.go
+++ b/weed/command/filer_replication.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/replication/sink/b2sink"
 	_ "github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/replication/sink/filersink"
 	_ "github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/replication/sink/gcssink"
+	_ "github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/replication/sink/localsink"
 	_ "github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/replication/sink/s3sink"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/replication/sub"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
diff --git a/weed/command/scaffold.go b/weed/command/scaffold.go
index 8b74274e5..415e0cba3 100644
--- a/weed/command/scaffold.go
+++ b/weed/command/scaffold.go
@@ -350,6 +350,10 @@ grpcAddress = "localhost:18888"
 # i.e., all files with this "prefix" are sent to notification message queue.
 directory = "/buckets"
 
+[sink.local]
+enabled = false
+directory = "/backup"
+
 [sink.filer]
 enabled = false
 grpcAddress = "localhost:18888"
diff --git a/weed/replication/sink/localsink/local_sink.go b/weed/replication/sink/localsink/local_sink.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76e0384e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/replication/sink/localsink/local_sink.go
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package localsink
+
+import (
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/replication/repl_util"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/replication/sink"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/replication/source"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type LocalSink struct {
+	dir         string
+	filerSource *source.FilerSource
+}
+
+func init() {
+	sink.Sinks = append(sink.Sinks, &LocalSink{})
+}
+
+func (localsink *LocalSink) SetSourceFiler(s *source.FilerSource) {
+	localsink.filerSource = s
+}
+
+func (localsink *LocalSink) GetName() string {
+	return "local"
+}
+
+func (localsink *LocalSink) isMultiPartEntry(key string) bool {
+	return strings.HasSuffix(key, ".part") && strings.Contains(key, "/.uploads/")
+}
+
+func (localsink *LocalSink) initialize(dir string) error {
+	localsink.dir = dir
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (localsink *LocalSink) Initialize(configuration util.Configuration, prefix string) error {
+	dir := configuration.GetString(prefix + "directory")
+	glog.V(4).Infof("sink.local.directory: %v", dir)
+	return localsink.initialize(dir)
+}
+
+func (localsink *LocalSink) GetSinkToDirectory() string {
+	return localsink.dir
+}
+
+func (localsink *LocalSink) DeleteEntry(key string, isDirectory, deleteIncludeChunks bool, signatures []int32) error {
+	if localsink.isMultiPartEntry(key) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	glog.V(4).Infof("Delete Entry key: %s", key)
+	if err := os.Remove(key); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (localsink *LocalSink) CreateEntry(key string, entry *filer_pb.Entry, signatures []int32) error {
+	if entry.IsDirectory || localsink.isMultiPartEntry(key) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	glog.V(4).Infof("Create Entry key: %s", key)
+
+	totalSize := filer.FileSize(entry)
+	chunkViews := filer.ViewFromChunks(localsink.filerSource.LookupFileId, entry.Chunks, 0, int64(totalSize))
+
+	dir := filepath.Dir(key)
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(dir); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		glog.V(4).Infof("Create Direcotry key: %s", dir)
+		if err = os.MkdirAll(dir, 0); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	writeFunc := func(data []byte) error {
+		writeErr := ioutil.WriteFile(key, data, 0)
+		return writeErr
+	}
+
+	if err := repl_util.CopyFromChunkViews(chunkViews, localsink.filerSource, writeFunc); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (localsink *LocalSink) UpdateEntry(key string, oldEntry *filer_pb.Entry, newParentPath string, newEntry *filer_pb.Entry, deleteIncludeChunks bool, signatures []int32) (foundExistingEntry bool, err error) {
+	if localsink.isMultiPartEntry(key) {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+	glog.V(4).Infof("Update Entry key: %s", key)
+	// do delete and create
+	return false, nil
+}