diff --git a/go/storage/volume.go b/go/storage/volume.go
index 5c6b12e9b..bae2e4aee 100644
--- a/go/storage/volume.go
+++ b/go/storage/volume.go
@@ -426,3 +426,12 @@ func (v *Volume) exiredLongEnough(maxDelayMinutes uint32) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+
+func (v *Volume) SetReplica(replica *ReplicaPlacement) error{
+	if v.ReplicaPlacement.String() == replica.String(){
+		return nil
+	}
+	v.ReplicaPlacement = replica
+	return v.writeSuperBlock()
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go/storage/volume_super_block.go b/go/storage/volume_super_block.go
index e37360075..e0fbd9e9a 100644
--- a/go/storage/volume_super_block.go
+++ b/go/storage/volume_super_block.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ func (v *Volume) maybeWriteSuperBlock() error {
 	}
 	return e
 }
+
 func (v *Volume) readSuperBlock() (err error) {
 	if _, err = v.dataFile.Seek(0, 0); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot seek to the beginning of %s: %v", v.dataFile.Name(), err)
@@ -70,6 +71,16 @@ func (v *Volume) readSuperBlock() (err error) {
 	v.SuperBlock, err = ParseSuperBlock(header)
 	return err
 }
+
+func (v *Volume) writeSuperBlock() (err error) {
+	v.dataFileAccessLock.Lock()
+	defer v.dataFileAccessLock.Unlock()
+	if _, e := v.dataFile.WriteAt(v.SuperBlock.Bytes(), 0); e != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot write volume %d super block: %v", v.Id, e)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func ParseSuperBlock(header []byte) (superBlock SuperBlock, err error) {
 	superBlock.version = Version(header[0])
 	if superBlock.ReplicaPlacement, err = NewReplicaPlacementFromByte(header[1]); err != nil {
diff --git a/go/weed/weed_server/volume_server.go b/go/weed/weed_server/volume_server.go
index b8472235e..3480ad09b 100644
--- a/go/weed/weed_server/volume_server.go
+++ b/go/weed/weed_server/volume_server.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ func NewVolumeServer(adminMux, publicMux *http.ServeMux, ip string,
 	adminMux.HandleFunc("/admin/sync/index", vs.guard.WhiteList(vs.getVolumeIndexContentHandler))
 	adminMux.HandleFunc("/admin/sync/data", vs.guard.WhiteList(vs.getVolumeDataContentHandler))
 	adminMux.HandleFunc("/admin/sync/vol_data", vs.guard.WhiteList(vs.getVolumeCleanDataHandler))
+	adminMux.HandleFunc("/admin/set_replica", vs.guard.WhiteList(vs.setVolumeReplicaHandler))
 	adminMux.HandleFunc("/stats/counter", vs.guard.WhiteList(statsCounterHandler))
 	adminMux.HandleFunc("/stats/memory", vs.guard.WhiteList(statsMemoryHandler))
 	adminMux.HandleFunc("/stats/disk", vs.guard.WhiteList(vs.statsDiskHandler))
diff --git a/go/weed/weed_server/volume_server_handlers_replicate.go b/go/weed/weed_server/volume_server_handlers_replicate.go
index 411967326..866c808f8 100644
--- a/go/weed/weed_server/volume_server_handlers_replicate.go
+++ b/go/weed/weed_server/volume_server_handlers_replicate.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/go/glog"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/go/storage"
 	"github.com/pierrec/lz4"
 )
 
@@ -64,3 +65,42 @@ func (vs *VolumeServer) getVolumeCleanDataHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http
 	}
 	lz4w.Close()
 }
+
+type VolumeOptError struct {
+	Volume string `json:"volume"`
+	Err    string `json:"err"`
+}
+
+func (vs *VolumeServer) setVolumeReplicaHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	r.ParseForm()
+	replica, e := storage.NewReplicaPlacementFromString(r.FormValue("replica"))
+	if e != nil {
+		writeJsonError(w, r, http.StatusBadRequest, e)
+		return
+	}
+	errs := []VolumeOptError{}
+	for _, volume := range r.Form["volume"] {
+		if vid, e := storage.NewVolumeId(volume); e == nil {
+			if v := vs.store.GetVolume(vid); v != nil {
+				if e := v.SetReplica(replica); e != nil {
+					errs = append(errs, VolumeOptError{
+						Volume: volume,
+						Err:    e.Error(),
+					})
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			errs = append(errs, VolumeOptError{
+				Volume: volume,
+				Err:    e.Error(),
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	result := make(map[string]interface{})
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		result["error"] = "set volume replica error."
+		result["errors"] = errs
+	}
+
+	writeJson(w, r, http.StatusAccepted, result)
+}