diff --git a/weed/util/skiplist/name_batch.go b/weed/util/skiplist/name_batch.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18427d341
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/util/skiplist/name_batch.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package skiplist
+
+import (
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type NameBatch struct {
+	key   string
+	names map[string]struct{}
+}
+
+func (nb *NameBatch) ContainsName(name string) (found bool) {
+	_, found = nb.names[name]
+	return
+}
+func (nb *NameBatch) WriteName(name string) {
+	if nb.key == "" || strings.Compare(nb.key, name) > 0 {
+		nb.key = name
+	}
+	nb.names[name] = struct{}{}
+}
+func (nb *NameBatch) DeleteName(name string) {
+	delete(nb.names, name)
+	if nb.key == name {
+		nb.key = ""
+		for n := range nb.names {
+			if nb.key == "" || strings.Compare(nb.key, n) > 0 {
+				nb.key = n
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+func (nb *NameBatch) ListNames(startFrom string, visitNamesFn func(name string) bool) bool {
+	var names []string
+	needFilter := startFrom == ""
+	for n := range nb.names {
+		if !needFilter || strings.Compare(n, startFrom) >= 0 {
+			names = append(names, n)
+		}
+	}
+	sort.Slice(names, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return strings.Compare(names[i], names[j]) < 0
+	})
+	for _, n := range names {
+		if !visitNamesFn(n) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func NewNameBatch() *NameBatch {
+	return &NameBatch{
+		names: make(map[string]struct{}),
+	}
+}
+
+func LoadNameBatch(data []byte) *NameBatch {
+	t := &NameBatchData{}
+	if len(data) > 0 {
+		err := proto.Unmarshal(data, t)
+		if err != nil {
+			glog.Errorf("unmarshal into NameBatchData{} : %v", err)
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+	nb := NewNameBatch()
+	for _, n := range t.Names {
+		name := string(n)
+		if nb.key == "" || strings.Compare(nb.key, name) > 0 {
+			nb.key = name
+		}
+		nb.names[name] = struct{}{}
+	}
+	return nb
+}
+
+func (nb *NameBatch) ToBytes() []byte {
+	t := &NameBatchData{}
+	for n := range nb.names {
+		t.Names = append(t.Names, []byte(n))
+	}
+	data, _ := proto.Marshal(t)
+	return data
+}
+
+func (nb *NameBatch) SplitBy(name string) (x, y *NameBatch) {
+	x, y = NewNameBatch(), NewNameBatch()
+
+	for n := range nb.names {
+		// there should be no equal case though
+		if strings.Compare(n, name) <= 0 {
+			x.WriteName(n)
+		} else {
+			y.WriteName(n)
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
diff --git a/weed/util/skiplist/name_list.go b/weed/util/skiplist/name_list.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db328afba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/util/skiplist/name_list.go
@@ -0,0 +1,303 @@
+package skiplist
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+)
+
+type NameList struct {
+	skipList  *SkipList
+	batchSize int
+}
+
+func NewNameList(store ListStore, batchSize int) *NameList {
+	return &NameList{
+		skipList:  New(store),
+		batchSize: batchSize,
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+Be reluctant to create new nodes. Try to fit into either previous node or next node.
+Prefer to add to previous node.
+
+There are multiple cases after finding the name for greater or equal node
+ 1. found and node.Key == name
+    The node contains a batch with leading key the same as the name
+    nothing to do
+ 2. no such node found or node.Key > name
+
+    if no such node found
+      prevNode = list.LargestNode
+
+	// case 2.1
+    if previousNode contains name
+      nothing to do
+
+    // prefer to add to previous node
+    if prevNode != nil {
+		// case 2.2
+		if prevNode has capacity
+			prevNode.add name, and save
+			return
+		// case 2.3
+		split prevNode by name
+    }
+
+	// case 2.4
+	// merge into next node. Avoid too many nodes if adding data in reverse order.
+	if nextNode is not nil and nextNode has capacity
+	  delete nextNode.Key
+      nextNode.Key = name
+      nextNode.batch.add name
+      insert nodeNode.Key
+	  return
+
+	// case 2.5
+    if prevNode is nil
+      insert new node with key = name, value = batch{name}
+      return
+
+*/
+func (nl *NameList) WriteName(name string) error {
+	lookupKey := []byte(name)
+	prevNode, nextNode, found, err := nl.skipList.FindGreaterOrEqual(lookupKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// case 1: the name already exists as one leading key in the batch
+	if found && bytes.Compare(nextNode.Key, lookupKey) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if !found {
+		prevNode, err = nl.skipList.GetLargestNode()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if nextNode != nil && prevNode == nil {
+		prevNode, err = nl.skipList.loadElement(nextNode.Prev)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if prevNode != nil {
+		prevNameBatch := LoadNameBatch(prevNode.Value)
+		// case 2.1
+		if prevNameBatch.ContainsName(name) {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		// case 2.2
+		if len(prevNameBatch.names) < nl.batchSize {
+			prevNameBatch.WriteName(name)
+			return nl.skipList.ChangeValue(prevNode, prevNameBatch.ToBytes())
+		}
+
+		// case 2.3
+		x, y := prevNameBatch.SplitBy(name)
+		addToX := len(x.names) <= len(y.names)
+		if len(x.names) != len(prevNameBatch.names) {
+			if addToX {
+				x.WriteName(name)
+			}
+			if x.key == prevNameBatch.key {
+				if err := nl.skipList.ChangeValue(prevNode, x.ToBytes()); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			} else {
+				if err := nl.skipList.Insert([]byte(x.key), x.ToBytes()); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if len(y.names) != len(prevNameBatch.names) {
+			if !addToX {
+				y.WriteName(name)
+			}
+			if y.key == prevNameBatch.key {
+				if err := nl.skipList.ChangeValue(prevNode, y.ToBytes()); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			} else {
+				if err := nl.skipList.Insert([]byte(y.key), y.ToBytes()); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+
+	}
+
+	// case 2.4
+	if nextNode != nil {
+		nextNameBatch := LoadNameBatch(nextNode.Value)
+		if len(nextNameBatch.names) < nl.batchSize {
+			if err := nl.skipList.Delete(nextNode.Key); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			nextNameBatch.WriteName(name)
+			if err := nl.skipList.Insert([]byte(nextNameBatch.key), nextNameBatch.ToBytes()); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	// case 2.5
+	// now prevNode is nil
+	newNameBatch := NewNameBatch()
+	newNameBatch.WriteName(name)
+	if err := nl.skipList.Insert([]byte(newNameBatch.key), newNameBatch.ToBytes()); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+/*
+// case 1: exists in nextNode
+if nextNode != nil && nextNode.Key == name {
+	remove from nextNode, update nextNode
+	// TODO: merge with prevNode if possible?
+	return
+}
+if nextNode is nil
+	prevNode = list.Largestnode
+if prevNode == nil and nextNode.Prev != nil
+	prevNode = load(nextNode.Prev)
+
+// case 2: does not exist
+// case 2.1
+if prevNode == nil {
+	return
+}
+// case 2.2
+if prevNameBatch does not contain name {
+	return
+}
+
+// case 3
+delete from prevNameBatch
+if prevNameBatch + nextNode < capacityList
+	// case 3.1
+	merge
+else
+	// case 3.2
+	update prevNode
+
+
+*/
+func (nl *NameList) DeleteName(name string) error {
+	lookupKey := []byte(name)
+	prevNode, nextNode, found, err := nl.skipList.FindGreaterOrEqual(lookupKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// case 1
+	var nextNameBatch *NameBatch
+	if nextNode != nil {
+		nextNameBatch = LoadNameBatch(nextNode.Value)
+	}
+	if found && bytes.Compare(nextNode.Key, lookupKey) == 0 {
+		if err := nl.skipList.Delete(nextNode.Key); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		nextNameBatch.DeleteName(name)
+		if len(nextNameBatch.names) > 0 {
+			if err := nl.skipList.Insert([]byte(nextNameBatch.key), nextNameBatch.ToBytes()); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if !found {
+		prevNode, err = nl.skipList.GetLargestNode()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if nextNode != nil && prevNode == nil {
+		prevNode, err = nl.skipList.loadElement(nextNode.Prev)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	// case 2
+	if prevNode == nil {
+		// case 2.1
+		return nil
+	}
+	prevNameBatch := LoadNameBatch(prevNode.Value)
+	if !prevNameBatch.ContainsName(name) {
+		// case 2.2
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// case 3
+	prevNameBatch.DeleteName(name)
+	if len(prevNameBatch.names) == 0 {
+		if err := nl.skipList.Delete(prevNode.Key); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+	if nextNameBatch != nil && len(nextNameBatch.names) + len(prevNameBatch.names) < nl.batchSize {
+		// case 3.1 merge nextNode and prevNode
+		if err := nl.skipList.Delete(nextNode.Key); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		for nextName := range nextNameBatch.names {
+			prevNameBatch.WriteName(nextName)
+		}
+		return nl.skipList.ChangeValue(prevNode, prevNameBatch.ToBytes())
+	} else {
+		// case 3.2 update prevNode
+		return nl.skipList.ChangeValue(prevNode, prevNameBatch.ToBytes())
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (nl *NameList) ListNames(startFrom string, visitNamesFn func(name string) bool) error {
+	lookupKey := []byte(startFrom)
+	prevNode, nextNode, found, err := nl.skipList.FindGreaterOrEqual(lookupKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if found && bytes.Compare(nextNode.Key, lookupKey) == 0 {
+		prevNode = nil
+	}
+	if !found {
+		prevNode, err = nl.skipList.GetLargestNode()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if prevNode != nil {
+		prevNameBatch := LoadNameBatch(prevNode.Value)
+		if !prevNameBatch.ListNames(startFrom, visitNamesFn) {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	for nextNode != nil {
+		nextNameBatch := LoadNameBatch(nextNode.Value)
+		if !nextNameBatch.ListNames(startFrom, visitNamesFn) {
+			return nil
+		}
+		nextNode, err = nl.skipList.loadElement(nextNode.Next[0])
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/weed/util/skiplist/name_list_test.go b/weed/util/skiplist/name_list_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..811a101f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/util/skiplist/name_list_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package skiplist
+
+import (
+	"math/rand"
+	"strconv"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+const (
+	maxNameCount = 100
+)
+
+func String(x int) string {
+	return strconv.Itoa(x)
+}
+
+func TestNameList(t *testing.T) {
+	list := NewNameList(memStore, 7)
+
+	for i := 0; i < maxNameCount; i++ {
+		list.WriteName(String(i))
+	}
+
+	counter := 0
+	list.ListNames("", func(name string) bool {
+		counter++
+		print(name, " ")
+		return true
+	})
+	if counter != maxNameCount {
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+
+	// list.skipList.println()
+
+	deleteBase := 5
+	deleteCount := maxNameCount - 3 * deleteBase
+
+	for i := deleteBase; i < deleteBase+deleteCount; i++ {
+		list.DeleteName(String(i))
+	}
+
+	counter = 0
+	list.ListNames("", func(name string) bool {
+		counter++
+		return true
+	})
+	// list.skipList.println()
+	if counter != maxNameCount-deleteCount {
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+
+	// randomized deletion
+	list = NewNameList(memStore, 7)
+	// Delete elements at random positions in the list.
+	rList := rand.Perm(maxN)
+	for _, i := range rList {
+		list.WriteName(String(i))
+	}
+	for _, i := range rList {
+		list.DeleteName(String(i))
+	}
+	counter = 0
+	list.ListNames("", func(name string) bool {
+		counter++
+		print(name, " ")
+		return true
+	})
+	if counter != 0 {
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/weed/util/skiplist/skiplist.pb.go b/weed/util/skiplist/skiplist.pb.go
index 82afec453..adb121bfc 100644
--- a/weed/util/skiplist/skiplist.pb.go
+++ b/weed/util/skiplist/skiplist.pb.go
@@ -238,6 +238,53 @@ func (x *SkipListElement) GetPrev() *SkipListElementReference {
 	return nil
 }
 
+type NameBatchData struct {
+	state         protoimpl.MessageState
+	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
+	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
+
+	Names [][]byte `protobuf:"bytes,1,rep,name=names,proto3" json:"names,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (x *NameBatchData) Reset() {
+	*x = NameBatchData{}
+	if protoimpl.UnsafeEnabled {
+		mi := &file_skiplist_proto_msgTypes[3]
+		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
+		ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
+	}
+}
+
+func (x *NameBatchData) String() string {
+	return protoimpl.X.MessageStringOf(x)
+}
+
+func (*NameBatchData) ProtoMessage() {}
+
+func (x *NameBatchData) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
+	mi := &file_skiplist_proto_msgTypes[3]
+	if protoimpl.UnsafeEnabled && x != nil {
+		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
+		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
+			ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
+		}
+		return ms
+	}
+	return mi.MessageOf(x)
+}
+
+// Deprecated: Use NameBatchData.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
+func (*NameBatchData) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
+	return file_skiplist_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{3}
+}
+
+func (x *NameBatchData) GetNames() [][]byte {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.Names
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 var File_skiplist_proto protoreflect.FileDescriptor
 
 var file_skiplist_proto_rawDesc = []byte{
@@ -275,10 +322,13 @@ var file_skiplist_proto_rawDesc = []byte{
 	0x18, 0x06, 0x20, 0x01, 0x28, 0x0b, 0x32, 0x22, 0x2e, 0x73, 0x6b, 0x69, 0x70, 0x6c, 0x69, 0x73,
 	0x74, 0x2e, 0x53, 0x6b, 0x69, 0x70, 0x4c, 0x69, 0x73, 0x74, 0x45, 0x6c, 0x65, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x6e,
 	0x74, 0x52, 0x65, 0x66, 0x65, 0x72, 0x65, 0x6e, 0x63, 0x65, 0x52, 0x04, 0x70, 0x72, 0x65, 0x76,
-	0x42, 0x33, 0x5a, 0x31, 0x67, 0x69, 0x74, 0x68, 0x75, 0x62, 0x2e, 0x63, 0x6f, 0x6d, 0x2f, 0x63,
-	0x68, 0x72, 0x69, 0x73, 0x6c, 0x75, 0x73, 0x66, 0x2f, 0x73, 0x65, 0x61, 0x77, 0x65, 0x65, 0x64,
-	0x66, 0x73, 0x2f, 0x77, 0x65, 0x65, 0x64, 0x2f, 0x75, 0x74, 0x69, 0x6c, 0x2f, 0x73, 0x6b, 0x69,
-	0x70, 0x6c, 0x69, 0x73, 0x74, 0x62, 0x06, 0x70, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x6f, 0x33,
+	0x22, 0x25, 0x0a, 0x0d, 0x4e, 0x61, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x42, 0x61, 0x74, 0x63, 0x68, 0x44, 0x61, 0x74,
+	0x61, 0x12, 0x14, 0x0a, 0x05, 0x6e, 0x61, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x73, 0x18, 0x01, 0x20, 0x03, 0x28, 0x0c,
+	0x52, 0x05, 0x6e, 0x61, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x73, 0x42, 0x33, 0x5a, 0x31, 0x67, 0x69, 0x74, 0x68, 0x75,
+	0x62, 0x2e, 0x63, 0x6f, 0x6d, 0x2f, 0x63, 0x68, 0x72, 0x69, 0x73, 0x6c, 0x75, 0x73, 0x66, 0x2f,
+	0x73, 0x65, 0x61, 0x77, 0x65, 0x65, 0x64, 0x66, 0x73, 0x2f, 0x77, 0x65, 0x65, 0x64, 0x2f, 0x75,
+	0x74, 0x69, 0x6c, 0x2f, 0x73, 0x6b, 0x69, 0x70, 0x6c, 0x69, 0x73, 0x74, 0x62, 0x06, 0x70, 0x72,
+	0x6f, 0x74, 0x6f, 0x33,
 }
 
 var (
@@ -293,11 +343,12 @@ func file_skiplist_proto_rawDescGZIP() []byte {
 	return file_skiplist_proto_rawDescData
 }
 
-var file_skiplist_proto_msgTypes = make([]protoimpl.MessageInfo, 3)
+var file_skiplist_proto_msgTypes = make([]protoimpl.MessageInfo, 4)
 var file_skiplist_proto_goTypes = []interface{}{
 	(*SkipListProto)(nil),            // 0: skiplist.SkipListProto
 	(*SkipListElementReference)(nil), // 1: skiplist.SkipListElementReference
 	(*SkipListElement)(nil),          // 2: skiplist.SkipListElement
+	(*NameBatchData)(nil),            // 3: skiplist.NameBatchData
 }
 var file_skiplist_proto_depIdxs = []int32{
 	1, // 0: skiplist.SkipListProto.start_levels:type_name -> skiplist.SkipListElementReference
@@ -353,6 +404,18 @@ func file_skiplist_proto_init() {
 				return nil
 			}
 		}
+		file_skiplist_proto_msgTypes[3].Exporter = func(v interface{}, i int) interface{} {
+			switch v := v.(*NameBatchData); i {
+			case 0:
+				return &v.state
+			case 1:
+				return &v.sizeCache
+			case 2:
+				return &v.unknownFields
+			default:
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	type x struct{}
 	out := protoimpl.TypeBuilder{
@@ -360,7 +423,7 @@ func file_skiplist_proto_init() {
 			GoPackagePath: reflect.TypeOf(x{}).PkgPath(),
 			RawDescriptor: file_skiplist_proto_rawDesc,
 			NumEnums:      0,
-			NumMessages:   3,
+			NumMessages:   4,
 			NumExtensions: 0,
 			NumServices:   0,
 		},
diff --git a/weed/util/skiplist/skiplist.proto b/weed/util/skiplist/skiplist.proto
index bfb190b33..2991ad830 100644
--- a/weed/util/skiplist/skiplist.proto
+++ b/weed/util/skiplist/skiplist.proto
@@ -24,3 +24,7 @@ message SkipListElement {
   bytes value = 5;
   SkipListElementReference prev = 6;
 }
+
+message NameBatchData {
+  repeated bytes names = 1;
+}
\ No newline at end of file