diff --git a/go/storage/volume.go b/go/storage/volume.go
index 9ec112c57..bfdac8edf 100644
--- a/go/storage/volume.go
+++ b/go/storage/volume.go
@@ -281,34 +281,6 @@ func (v *Volume) read(n *Needle) (int, error) {
 	return -1, errors.New("Not Found")
 }
 
-func (v *Volume) garbageLevel() float64 {
-	return float64(v.nm.DeletedSize()) / float64(v.ContentSize())
-}
-
-func (v *Volume) Compact() error {
-	v.accessLock.Lock()
-	defer v.accessLock.Unlock()
-
-	filePath := v.FileName()
-	glog.V(3).Infof("creating copies for volume %d ...", v.Id)
-	return v.copyDataAndGenerateIndexFile(filePath+".cpd", filePath+".cpx")
-}
-func (v *Volume) commitCompact() error {
-	v.accessLock.Lock()
-	defer v.accessLock.Unlock()
-	_ = v.dataFile.Close()
-	var e error
-	if e = os.Rename(v.FileName()+".cpd", v.FileName()+".dat"); e != nil {
-		return e
-	}
-	if e = os.Rename(v.FileName()+".cpx", v.FileName()+".idx"); e != nil {
-		return e
-	}
-	if e = v.load(true, false); e != nil {
-		return e
-	}
-	return nil
-}
 func (v *Volume) freeze() error {
 	if v.readOnly {
 		return nil
diff --git a/go/storage/volume_vacuum.go b/go/storage/volume_vacuum.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b36bb378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/storage/volume_vacuum.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package storage
+
+import (
+	"code.google.com/p/weed-fs/go/glog"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func (v *Volume) garbageLevel() float64 {
+	return float64(v.nm.DeletedSize()) / float64(v.ContentSize())
+}
+
+func (v *Volume) Compact() error {
+	v.accessLock.Lock()
+	defer v.accessLock.Unlock()
+
+	filePath := v.FileName()
+	glog.V(3).Infof("creating copies for volume %d ...", v.Id)
+	return v.copyDataAndGenerateIndexFile(filePath+".cpd", filePath+".cpx")
+}
+func (v *Volume) commitCompact() error {
+	v.accessLock.Lock()
+	defer v.accessLock.Unlock()
+	_ = v.dataFile.Close()
+	var e error
+	if e = os.Rename(v.FileName()+".cpd", v.FileName()+".dat"); e != nil {
+		return e
+	}
+	if e = os.Rename(v.FileName()+".cpx", v.FileName()+".idx"); e != nil {
+		return e
+	}
+	if e = v.load(true, false); e != nil {
+		return e
+	}
+	return nil
+}