diff --git a/go/filer/distributed_filer/distributed_filer.go b/go/filer/distributed_filer/distributed_filer.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e3f9fcd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/filer/distributed_filer/distributed_filer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package distributed_filer
+
+import "github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/go/filer"
+
+type DistributedFiler struct {
+	master string
+	store  DistributedStore
+}
+
+func NewDistributedFiler(master string, store DistributedStore) *DistributedFiler {
+	return &DistributedFiler{
+		master: master,
+		store:  store,
+	}
+}
+
+func (filer *DistributedFiler) CreateFile(fullFileName string, fid string) (err error) {
+	return filer.store.Put(fullFileName, fid)
+}
+func (filer *DistributedFiler) FindFile(fullFileName string) (fid string, err error) {
+	return filer.store.Get(fullFileName)
+}
+func (filer *DistributedFiler) FindDirectory(dirPath string) (dirId filer.DirectoryId, err error) {
+	return filer.store.FindDirectory(dirPath)
+}
+func (filer *DistributedFiler) ListDirectories(dirPath string) (dirs []filer.DirectoryEntry, err error) {
+	return filer.store.ListDirectories(dirPath)
+}
+func (filer *DistributedFiler) ListFiles(dirPath string, lastFileName string, limit int) (files []filer.FileEntry, err error) {
+	return filer.store.ListFiles(dirPath, lastFileName, limit)
+}
+func (filer *DistributedFiler) DeleteDirectory(dirPath string, recursive bool) (err error) {
+	return filer.store.DeleteDirectory(dirPath, recursive)
+}
+
+func (filer *DistributedFiler) DeleteFile(fullFileName string) (fid string, err error) {
+	return filer.store.Delete(fullFileName)
+}
+
+func (filer *DistributedFiler) Move(fromPath string, toPath string) error {
+	return filer.store.Move(fromPath, toPath)
+}
diff --git a/go/filer/distributed_filer/distributed_store.go b/go/filer/distributed_filer/distributed_store.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe6d5a2b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/filer/distributed_filer/distributed_store.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package distributed_filer
+
+import "github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/go/filer"
+
+type DistributedStore interface {
+	Put(fullFileName string, fid string) (err error)
+	Get(fullFileName string) (fid string, err error)
+	Delete(fullFileName string) (fid string, err error)
+
+	FindDirectory(dirPath string) (dirId filer.DirectoryId, err error)
+	ListDirectories(dirPath string) (dirs []filer.DirectoryEntry, err error)
+	ListFiles(dirPath string, lastFileName string, limit int) (files []filer.FileEntry, err error)
+	DeleteDirectory(dirPath string, recursive bool) (err error)
+	Move(fromPath string, toPath string) error
+}
diff --git a/go/weed/weed_server/filer_server.go b/go/weed/weed_server/filer_server.go
index 616f11022..af837c084 100644
--- a/go/weed/weed_server/filer_server.go
+++ b/go/weed/weed_server/filer_server.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/go/filer"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/go/filer/cassandra_store"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/go/filer/distributed_filer"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/go/filer/embedded_filer"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/go/filer/flat_namespace"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/go/filer/redis_store"
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ func NewFilerServer(r *http.ServeMux, port int, master string, dir string, colle
 		fs.filer = flat_namespace.NewFlatNamespaceFiler(master, cassandra_store)
 	} else if redis_server != "" {
 		redis_store := redis_store.NewRedisStore(redis_server, redis_database)
-		fs.filer = flat_namespace.NewFlatNamespaceFiler(master, redis_store)
+		fs.filer = distributed_filer.NewDistributedFiler(master, redis_store)
 	} else {
 		if fs.filer, err = embedded_filer.NewFilerEmbedded(master, dir); err != nil {
 			glog.Fatalf("Can not start filer in dir %s : %v", dir, err)