diff --git a/weed/storage/store.go b/weed/storage/store.go
index 7e5768417..0d4d6e916 100644
--- a/weed/storage/store.go
+++ b/weed/storage/store.go
@@ -221,7 +221,12 @@ func (s *Store) CollectHeartbeat() *master_pb.Heartbeat {
 				if v.expiredLongEnough(MAX_TTL_VOLUME_REMOVAL_DELAY) {
 					deleteVids = append(deleteVids, v.Id)
 				} else {
-					glog.V(0).Infoln("volume", v.Id, "is expired.")
+					glog.V(0).Infoln("volume %d is expired", v.Id)
+				}
+				if v.lastIoError != nil {
+					deleteVids = append(deleteVids, v.Id)
+				} else {
+					glog.Warningf("volume %d has IO error", v.Id)
 				}
 			}
 			collectionVolumeSize[v.Collection] += volumeMessage.Size
diff --git a/weed/storage/volume.go b/weed/storage/volume.go
index a03846d3d..c726e7f11 100644
--- a/weed/storage/volume.go
+++ b/weed/storage/volume.go
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ type Volume struct {
 
 	volumeInfo *volume_server_pb.VolumeInfo
 	location   *DiskLocation
+
+	lastIoError     error
 }
 
 func NewVolume(dirname string, dirIdx string, collection string, id needle.VolumeId, needleMapKind NeedleMapType, replicaPlacement *super_block.ReplicaPlacement, ttl *needle.TTL, preallocate int64, memoryMapMaxSizeMb uint32) (v *Volume, e error) {
@@ -86,10 +88,10 @@ func (v *Volume) IndexFileName() (fileName string) {
 func (v *Volume) FileName(ext string) (fileName string) {
 	switch ext {
 	case ".idx", ".cpx", ".ldb":
-		return VolumeFileName(v.dirIdx, v.Collection, int(v.Id))+ext
+		return VolumeFileName(v.dirIdx, v.Collection, int(v.Id)) + ext
 	}
 	// .dat, .cpd, .vif
-	return VolumeFileName(v.dir, v.Collection, int(v.Id))+ext
+	return VolumeFileName(v.dir, v.Collection, int(v.Id)) + ext
 }
 
 func (v *Volume) Version() needle.Version {
diff --git a/weed/storage/volume_read_write.go b/weed/storage/volume_read_write.go
index 6dc4cb4a5..c30abf237 100644
--- a/weed/storage/volume_read_write.go
+++ b/weed/storage/volume_read_write.go
@@ -19,6 +19,18 @@ var ErrorNotFound = errors.New("not found")
 var ErrorDeleted = errors.New("already deleted")
 var ErrorSizeMismatch = errors.New("size mismatch")
 
+func (v *Volume) checkReadWriteError(err error) {
+	if err == nil {
+		if v.lastIoError != nil {
+			v.lastIoError = nil
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	if err.Error() == "input/output error" {
+		v.lastIoError = err
+	}
+}
+
 // isFileUnchanged checks whether this needle to write is same as last one.
 // It requires serialized access in the same volume.
 func (v *Volume) isFileUnchanged(n *needle.Needle) bool {
@@ -115,7 +127,9 @@ func (v *Volume) syncWrite(n *needle.Needle) (offset uint64, size Size, isUnchan
 
 	// append to dat file
 	n.AppendAtNs = uint64(time.Now().UnixNano())
-	if offset, size, _, err = n.Append(v.DataBackend, v.Version()); err != nil {
+	offset, size, _, err = n.Append(v.DataBackend, v.Version())
+	v.checkReadWriteError(err)
+	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -179,7 +193,9 @@ func (v *Volume) doWriteRequest(n *needle.Needle) (offset uint64, size Size, isU
 
 	// append to dat file
 	n.AppendAtNs = uint64(time.Now().UnixNano())
-	if offset, size, _, err = n.Append(v.DataBackend, v.Version()); err != nil {
+	offset, size, _, err = n.Append(v.DataBackend, v.Version())
+	v.checkReadWriteError(err)
+	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
 	v.lastAppendAtNs = n.AppendAtNs
@@ -214,6 +230,7 @@ func (v *Volume) syncDelete(n *needle.Needle) (Size, error) {
 		n.Data = nil
 		n.AppendAtNs = uint64(time.Now().UnixNano())
 		offset, _, _, err := n.Append(v.DataBackend, v.Version())
+		v.checkReadWriteError(err)
 		if err != nil {
 			return size, err
 		}
@@ -252,6 +269,7 @@ func (v *Volume) doDeleteRequest(n *needle.Needle) (Size, error) {
 		n.Data = nil
 		n.AppendAtNs = uint64(time.Now().UnixNano())
 		offset, _, _, err := n.Append(v.DataBackend, v.Version())
+		v.checkReadWriteError(err)
 		if err != nil {
 			return size, err
 		}
@@ -289,6 +307,7 @@ func (v *Volume) readNeedle(n *needle.Needle, readOption *ReadOption) (int, erro
 	if err == needle.ErrorSizeMismatch && OffsetSize == 4 {
 		err = n.ReadData(v.DataBackend, nv.Offset.ToAcutalOffset()+int64(MaxPossibleVolumeSize), readSize, v.Version())
 	}
+	v.checkReadWriteError(err)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}