diff --git a/weed/filer2/abstract_sql/abstract_sql_store.go b/weed/filer2/abstract_sql/abstract_sql_store.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..252a3c549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/filer2/abstract_sql/abstract_sql_store.go
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+package abstract_sql
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"database/sql"
+
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer2"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
+)
+
+type AbstractSqlStore struct {
+	DB *sql.DB
+}
+
+func (store *AbstractSqlStore) InsertEntry(entry *filer2.Entry) (err error) {
+
+	dir, name := entry.FullPath.DirAndName()
+	meta, err := entry.EncodeAttributesAndChunks()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("mysql encode %s: %s", entry.FullPath, err)
+	}
+
+	res, err := store.DB.Exec("INSERT INTO seaweedfs (directory,name,meta) VALUES(?,?,?)", dir, name, meta)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("mysql insert %s: %s", entry.FullPath, err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = res.RowsAffected()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("mysql insert %s but no rows affected: %s", entry.FullPath, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (store *AbstractSqlStore) UpdateEntry(entry *filer2.Entry) (err error) {
+
+	dir, name := entry.FullPath.DirAndName()
+	meta, err := entry.EncodeAttributesAndChunks()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("mysql encode %s: %s", entry.FullPath, err)
+	}
+
+	res, err := store.DB.Exec("UPDATE seaweedfs SET meta=? WHERE directory=? and name=?", dir, name, meta)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("mysql update %s: %s", entry.FullPath, err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = res.RowsAffected()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("mysql update %s but no rows affected: %s", entry.FullPath, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (store *AbstractSqlStore) FindEntry(fullpath filer2.FullPath) (*filer2.Entry, error) {
+
+	dir, name := fullpath.DirAndName()
+	row := store.DB.QueryRow("SELECT meta FROM seaweedfs WHERE directory=? and name=?", dir, name)
+	var data []byte
+	if err := row.Scan(&data); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("mysql read entry %s: %v", fullpath, err)
+	}
+
+	entry := &filer2.Entry{
+		FullPath: fullpath,
+	}
+	if err := entry.DecodeAttributesAndChunks(data); err != nil {
+		return entry, fmt.Errorf("mysql decode %s : %v", entry.FullPath, err)
+	}
+
+	return entry, nil
+}
+
+func (store *AbstractSqlStore) DeleteEntry(fullpath filer2.FullPath) (*filer2.Entry, error) {
+
+	entry, _ := store.FindEntry(fullpath)
+
+	dir, name := fullpath.DirAndName()
+
+	res, err := store.DB.Exec("DELETE FROM seaweedfs WHERE directory=? and name=?", dir, name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("mysql delete %s: %s", fullpath, err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = res.RowsAffected()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("mysql delete %s but no rows affected: %s", fullpath, err)
+	}
+
+	return entry, nil
+}
+
+func (store *AbstractSqlStore) ListDirectoryEntries(fullpath filer2.FullPath, startFileName string, inclusive bool, limit int) (entries []*filer2.Entry, err error) {
+
+	rows, err := store.DB.Query("SELECT NAME, meta FROM seaweedfs WHERE directory=? and name>?", fullpath, startFileName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("mysql list %s : %v", fullpath, err)
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var name string
+		var data []byte
+		if err = rows.Scan(&name, &data); err != nil {
+			glog.V(0).Infof("mysql scan %s : %v", fullpath, err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("mysql scan %s: %v", fullpath, err)
+		}
+
+		entry := &filer2.Entry{
+			FullPath: fullpath,
+		}
+		if err = entry.DecodeAttributesAndChunks(data); err != nil {
+			glog.V(0).Infof("mysql scan decode %s : %v", entry.FullPath, err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("mysql scan decode %s : %v", entry.FullPath, err)
+		}
+
+		entries = append(entries, entry)
+	}
+
+	return entries, nil
+}
diff --git a/weed/filer2/configuration.go b/weed/filer2/configuration.go
index 6dabf10b4..caca0a49c 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/configuration.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/configuration.go
@@ -20,13 +20,20 @@ enabled = false
 dir = "."					# directory to store level db files
 
 [mysql]
+# also need to manually create seaweedfs table.
+# CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS seaweedfs (
+#   directory   VARCHAR(4096) NOT NULL DEFAULT "" COMMENT 'full path to parent directory',
+#   name        VARCHAR(1024) NOT NULL DEFAULT "" COMMENT 'directory or file name',
+#   meta        BLOB,
+#   PRIMARY KEY (directory, name),
+# ) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 enabled = true
-server = "192.168.1.1"
-port = 8080
-username = ""
+server = "localhost"
+port = 3306
+username = "root"
 password = ""
 database = ""
-connection_max_idle = 100
+connection_max_idle = 2
 connection_max_open = 100
 
 [postgres]
diff --git a/weed/filer2/memdb/memdb_store.go b/weed/filer2/memdb/memdb_store.go
index e5b06ce47..452e4970c 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/memdb/memdb_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/memdb/memdb_store.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/btree"
 	"strings"
 	"fmt"
-	"time"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ func (store *MemDbStore) Initialize(viper *viper.Viper) (err error) {
 
 func (store *MemDbStore) InsertEntry(entry *filer2.Entry) (err error) {
 	// println("inserting", entry.FullPath)
-	entry.Crtime = time.Now()
 	store.tree.ReplaceOrInsert(entryItem{entry})
 	return nil
 }
@@ -45,7 +43,6 @@ func (store *MemDbStore) UpdateEntry(entry *filer2.Entry) (err error) {
 	if _, err = store.FindEntry(entry.FullPath); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("no such file %s : %v", entry.FullPath, err)
 	}
-	entry.Mtime = time.Now()
 	store.tree.ReplaceOrInsert(entryItem{entry})
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/weed/filer2/mysql/mysql_store.go b/weed/filer2/mysql/mysql_store.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4accc9a9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/filer2/mysql/mysql_store.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package mysql
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"database/sql"
+
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer2"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer2/abstract_sql"
+)
+
+const (
+	CONNECTION_URL_PATTERN = "%s:%s@tcp(%s:%d)/%s?charset=utf8"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	filer2.Stores = append(filer2.Stores, &MysqlStore{})
+}
+
+type MysqlStore struct {
+	abstract_sql.AbstractSqlStore
+}
+
+func (store *MysqlStore) GetName() string {
+	return "mysql"
+}
+
+func (store *MysqlStore) Initialize(viper *viper.Viper) (err error) {
+	return store.initialize(
+		viper.GetString("username"),
+		viper.GetString("password"),
+		viper.GetString("hostname"),
+		viper.GetString("port"),
+		viper.GetString("database"),
+		viper.GetInt("connection_max_idle"),
+		viper.GetInt("connection_max_open"),
+	)
+}
+
+func (store *MysqlStore) initialize(user, password, hostname, port, database string, maxIdle, maxOpen int) (err error) {
+	sqlUrl := fmt.Sprintf(CONNECTION_URL_PATTERN, user, password, hostname, port, database)
+	var dbErr error
+	store.DB, dbErr = sql.Open("mysql", sqlUrl)
+	if dbErr != nil {
+		store.DB.Close()
+		store.DB = nil
+		return fmt.Errorf("can not connect to %s error:%v", sqlUrl, err)
+	}
+
+	store.DB.SetMaxIdleConns(maxIdle)
+	store.DB.SetMaxOpenConns(maxOpen)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/weed/server/filer_server.go b/weed/server/filer_server.go
index 8687edf6d..2e88252e9 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_server.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_server.go
@@ -7,23 +7,16 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer/mysql_store"
-	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer/postgres_store"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/security"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/storage"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer2"
-	_ "github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer2/memdb"
 	_ "github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer2/leveldb"
+	_ "github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer2/memdb"
+	_ "github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer2/mysql"
 )
 
-type filerConf struct {
-	MysqlConf    []mysql_store.MySqlConf      `json:"mysql"`
-	mysql_store.ShardingConf
-	PostgresConf *postgres_store.PostgresConf `json:"postgres"`
-}
-
 type FilerServer struct {
 	port               string
 	master             string