diff --git a/weed/filer2/filer.go b/weed/filer2/filer.go
index a0af942e0..4db48e386 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/filer.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/filer.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/karlseguin/ccache"
 
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/wdclient"
 )
 
@@ -24,19 +25,19 @@ var (
 )
 
 type Filer struct {
-	store              *FilerStoreWrapper
-	directoryCache     *ccache.Cache
-	MasterClient       *wdclient.MasterClient
-	fileIdDeletionChan chan string
-	GrpcDialOption     grpc.DialOption
+	store               *FilerStoreWrapper
+	directoryCache      *ccache.Cache
+	MasterClient        *wdclient.MasterClient
+	fileIdDeletionQueue *util.UnboundedQueue
+	GrpcDialOption      grpc.DialOption
 }
 
 func NewFiler(masters []string, grpcDialOption grpc.DialOption) *Filer {
 	f := &Filer{
-		directoryCache:     ccache.New(ccache.Configure().MaxSize(1000).ItemsToPrune(100)),
-		MasterClient:       wdclient.NewMasterClient(context.Background(), grpcDialOption, "filer", masters),
-		fileIdDeletionChan: make(chan string, PaginationSize),
-		GrpcDialOption:     grpcDialOption,
+		directoryCache:      ccache.New(ccache.Configure().MaxSize(1000).ItemsToPrune(100)),
+		MasterClient:        wdclient.NewMasterClient(context.Background(), grpcDialOption, "filer", masters),
+		fileIdDeletionQueue: util.NewUnboundedQueue(),
+		GrpcDialOption:      grpcDialOption,
 	}
 
 	go f.loopProcessingDeletion()
diff --git a/weed/filer2/filer_deletion.go b/weed/filer2/filer_deletion.go
index 9937685f7..3a64f636e 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/filer_deletion.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/filer_deletion.go
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import (
 
 func (f *Filer) loopProcessingDeletion() {
 
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(5 * time.Second)
-
 	lookupFunc := func(vids []string) (map[string]operation.LookupResult, error) {
 		m := make(map[string]operation.LookupResult)
 		for _, vid := range vids {
@@ -31,36 +29,35 @@ func (f *Filer) loopProcessingDeletion() {
 		return m, nil
 	}
 
-	var fileIds []string
+	var deletionCount int
 	for {
-		select {
-		case fid := <-f.fileIdDeletionChan:
-			fileIds = append(fileIds, fid)
-			if len(fileIds) >= 4096 {
-				glog.V(1).Infof("deleting fileIds len=%d", len(fileIds))
-				operation.DeleteFilesWithLookupVolumeId(f.GrpcDialOption, fileIds, lookupFunc)
-				fileIds = fileIds[:0]
-			}
-		case <-ticker.C:
-			if len(fileIds) > 0 {
-				glog.V(1).Infof("timed deletion fileIds len=%d", len(fileIds))
-				operation.DeleteFilesWithLookupVolumeId(f.GrpcDialOption, fileIds, lookupFunc)
-				fileIds = fileIds[:0]
+		deletionCount = 0
+		f.fileIdDeletionQueue.Consume(func(fileIds []string) {
+			deletionCount = len(fileIds)
+			_, err := operation.DeleteFilesWithLookupVolumeId(f.GrpcDialOption, fileIds, lookupFunc)
+			if err != nil {
+				glog.V(0).Infof("deleting fileIds len=%d error: %v", deletionCount, err)
+			} else {
+				glog.V(1).Infof("deleting fileIds len=%d", deletionCount)
 			}
+		})
+
+		if deletionCount == 0 {
+			time.Sleep(1123 * time.Millisecond)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 func (f *Filer) DeleteChunks(chunks []*filer_pb.FileChunk) {
 	for _, chunk := range chunks {
-		f.fileIdDeletionChan <- chunk.GetFileIdString()
+		f.fileIdDeletionQueue.EnQueue(chunk.GetFileIdString())
 	}
 }
 
 // DeleteFileByFileId direct delete by file id.
 // Only used when the fileId is not being managed by snapshots.
 func (f *Filer) DeleteFileByFileId(fileId string) {
-	f.fileIdDeletionChan <- fileId
+	f.fileIdDeletionQueue.EnQueue(fileId)
 }
 
 func (f *Filer) deleteChunksIfNotNew(oldEntry, newEntry *Entry) {
diff --git a/weed/util/queue_unbounded.go b/weed/util/queue_unbounded.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..664cd965e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/util/queue_unbounded.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package util
+
+import "sync"
+
+type UnboundedQueue struct {
+	outbound     []string
+	outboundLock sync.RWMutex
+	inbound      []string
+	inboundLock  sync.RWMutex
+}
+
+func NewUnboundedQueue() *UnboundedQueue {
+	q := &UnboundedQueue{}
+	return q
+}
+
+func (q *UnboundedQueue) EnQueue(items ...string) {
+	q.inboundLock.Lock()
+	defer q.inboundLock.Unlock()
+
+	q.outbound = append(q.outbound, items...)
+
+}
+
+func (q *UnboundedQueue) Consume(fn func([]string)) {
+	q.outboundLock.Lock()
+	defer q.outboundLock.Unlock()
+
+	if len(q.outbound) == 0 {
+		q.inboundLock.Lock()
+		inbountLen := len(q.inbound)
+		if inbountLen > 0 {
+			t := q.outbound
+			q.outbound = q.inbound
+			q.inbound = t
+		}
+		q.inboundLock.Unlock()
+	}
+
+	if len(q.outbound) > 0 {
+		fn(q.outbound)
+		q.outbound = q.outbound[:0]
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/weed/util/queue_unbounded_test.go b/weed/util/queue_unbounded_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d02032cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/util/queue_unbounded_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package util
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestEnqueueAndConsume(t *testing.T) {
+
+	q := NewUnboundedQueue()
+
+	q.EnQueue("1", "2", "3")
+
+	f := func(items []string) {
+		for _, t := range items {
+			println(t)
+		}
+		println("-----------------------")
+	}
+	q.Consume(f)
+
+	q.Consume(f)
+
+	q.EnQueue("4", "5")
+	q.EnQueue("6", "7")
+	q.Consume(f)
+
+}