diff --git a/weed/server/volume_server_handlers.go b/weed/server/volume_server_handlers.go
index e95ecc8da..fd043ad51 100644
--- a/weed/server/volume_server_handlers.go
+++ b/weed/server/volume_server_handlers.go
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ func (vs *VolumeServer) privateStoreHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 		w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
 		w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Credentials", "true")
 	}
+	stats.VolumeServerRequestCounter.WithLabelValues(r.Method).Inc()
+	start := time.Now()
+	defer func() {
+		stats.VolumeServerRequestHistogram.WithLabelValues(r.Method).Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
+	}()
 	switch r.Method {
 	case "GET", "HEAD":
 		stats.ReadRequest()
@@ -56,7 +61,6 @@ func (vs *VolumeServer) privateStoreHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 		stats.DeleteRequest()
 		vs.guard.WhiteList(vs.DeleteHandler)(w, r)
 	case "PUT", "POST":
-
 		contentLength := getContentLength(r)
 		// exclude the replication from the concurrentUploadLimitMB
 		if r.URL.Query().Get("type") != "replicate" && vs.concurrentUploadLimit != 0 {
diff --git a/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_read.go b/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_read.go
index eaebc1630..4208dd4fc 100644
--- a/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_read.go
+++ b/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_read.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/images"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/operation"
-	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/stats"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage/needle"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/util"
@@ -29,11 +28,6 @@ import (
 var fileNameEscaper = strings.NewReplacer(`\`, `\\`, `"`, `\"`)
 
 func (vs *VolumeServer) GetOrHeadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-
-	stats.VolumeServerRequestCounter.WithLabelValues("get").Inc()
-	start := time.Now()
-	defer func() { stats.VolumeServerRequestHistogram.WithLabelValues("get").Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds()) }()
-
 	n := new(needle.Needle)
 	vid, fid, filename, ext, _ := parseURLPath(r.URL.Path)
 
diff --git a/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_write.go b/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_write.go
index c25c40174..009980f56 100644
--- a/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_write.go
+++ b/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_write.go
@@ -11,19 +11,11 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/operation"
-	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/stats"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage/needle"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/topology"
 )
 
 func (vs *VolumeServer) PostHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-
-	stats.VolumeServerRequestCounter.WithLabelValues("post").Inc()
-	start := time.Now()
-	defer func() {
-		stats.VolumeServerRequestHistogram.WithLabelValues("post").Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
-	}()
-
 	if e := r.ParseForm(); e != nil {
 		glog.V(0).Infoln("form parse error:", e)
 		writeJsonError(w, r, http.StatusBadRequest, e)
@@ -79,13 +71,6 @@ func (vs *VolumeServer) PostHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 }
 
 func (vs *VolumeServer) DeleteHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-
-	stats.VolumeServerRequestCounter.WithLabelValues("delete").Inc()
-	start := time.Now()
-	defer func() {
-		stats.VolumeServerRequestHistogram.WithLabelValues("delete").Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
-	}()
-
 	n := new(needle.Needle)
 	vid, fid, _, _, _ := parseURLPath(r.URL.Path)
 	volumeId, _ := needle.NewVolumeId(vid)
diff --git a/weed/stats/metrics_names.go b/weed/stats/metrics_names.go
index 59ae022aa..3c62dd48e 100644
--- a/weed/stats/metrics_names.go
+++ b/weed/stats/metrics_names.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ package stats
 // The naming convention is ErrorSomeThing = "error.some.thing"
 const (
 	// volume server
+	WriteToLocalDisk            = "writeToLocalDisk"
+	WriteToReplicas             = "writeToReplicas"
 	ErrorSizeMismatchOffsetSize = "errorSizeMismatchOffsetSize"
 	ErrorSizeMismatch           = "errorSizeMismatch"
 	ErrorCRC                    = "errorCRC"
diff --git a/weed/topology/store_replicate.go b/weed/topology/store_replicate.go
index e426e15de..816f1fbe4 100644
--- a/weed/topology/store_replicate.go
+++ b/weed/topology/store_replicate.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/operation"
@@ -43,7 +44,9 @@ func ReplicatedWrite(masterFn operation.GetMasterFn, grpcDialOption grpc.DialOpt
 	}
 
 	if s.GetVolume(volumeId) != nil {
+		start := time.Now()
 		isUnchanged, err = s.WriteVolumeNeedle(volumeId, n, true, fsync)
+		stats.VolumeServerRequestHistogram.WithLabelValues(stats.WriteToLocalDisk).Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
 		if err != nil {
 			stats.VolumeServerRequestCounter.WithLabelValues(stats.ErrorWriteToLocalDisk).Inc()
 			err = fmt.Errorf("failed to write to local disk: %v", err)
@@ -53,7 +56,8 @@ func ReplicatedWrite(masterFn operation.GetMasterFn, grpcDialOption grpc.DialOpt
 	}
 
 	if len(remoteLocations) > 0 { //send to other replica locations
-		if err = DistributedOperation(remoteLocations, func(location operation.Location) error {
+		start := time.Now()
+		err = DistributedOperation(remoteLocations, func(location operation.Location) error {
 			u := url.URL{
 				Scheme: "http",
 				Host:   location.Url,
@@ -97,7 +101,9 @@ func ReplicatedWrite(masterFn operation.GetMasterFn, grpcDialOption grpc.DialOpt
 			}
 			_, err := operation.UploadData(n.Data, uploadOption)
 			return err
-		}); err != nil {
+		})
+		stats.VolumeServerRequestHistogram.WithLabelValues(stats.WriteToReplicas).Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
+		if err != nil {
 			stats.VolumeServerRequestCounter.WithLabelValues(stats.ErrorWriteToReplicas).Inc()
 			err = fmt.Errorf("failed to write to replicas for volume %d: %v", volumeId, err)
 			glog.V(0).Infoln(err)