diff --git a/dbms/include/DB/Storages/Distributed/DistributedBlockOutputStream.h b/dbms/include/DB/Storages/Distributed/DistributedBlockOutputStream.h
index 6befeb9fe8d..a7ec92935d9 100644
--- a/dbms/include/DB/Storages/Distributed/DistributedBlockOutputStream.h
+++ b/dbms/include/DB/Storages/Distributed/DistributedBlockOutputStream.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ private:
 
 		for (size_t row = 0; row < block.rows(); ++row)
 		{
-			const auto target_block_idx = key_column->get64(row) % total_weight;
+			const auto target_block_idx = cluster.slot_to_shard[key_column->get64(row) % total_weight];
 			auto & target_block = get_target_block(target_block_idx)->second;;
 
 			for (size_t col = 0; col < block.columns(); ++col)
@@ -59,9 +59,15 @@ private:
 			writeImpl(shard_block_pair.second, shard_block_pair.first);
 	}
 
-	void writeImpl(const Block & block, const size_t shard_num = 0)
+	void writeImpl(const Block & block, const size_t shard_id = 0)
 	{
-		std::cout << "dummy write block of " << block.bytes() << " bytes to shard " << shard_num << std::endl;
+		const auto & dir_name = cluster.shard_info_vec[shard_id].dir_name;
+
+		/// ensure shard subdirectory creation and notify storage if necessary
+		if (Poco::File(storage.getPath() + dir_name).createDirectory())
+			storage.createDirectoryMonitor(dir_name);
+
+		std::cout << "dummy write block of " << block.bytes() << " bytes to shard " << shard_id << std::endl;
 	}
 
 	StorageDistributed & storage;
diff --git a/dbms/include/DB/Storages/StorageDistributed.h b/dbms/include/DB/Storages/StorageDistributed.h
index 7e8fe0cec43..a722dc86111 100644
--- a/dbms/include/DB/Storages/StorageDistributed.h
+++ b/dbms/include/DB/Storages/StorageDistributed.h
@@ -67,10 +67,15 @@ public:
 	/// структура подтаблиц не проверяется
 	void alter(const AlterCommands & params, const String & database_name, const String & table_name, Context & context);
 
+	virtual void shutdown() override;
+
 	const ExpressionActionsPtr & getShardingKeyExpr() const { return sharding_key_expr; }
 	const String & getShardingKeyColumnName() const { return sharding_key_column_name; }
 	const String & getPath() const { return path; }
 
+	/// create directory monitor thread by subdirectory name
+	void createDirectoryMonitor(const std::string & name);
+
 private:
 	StorageDistributed(
 		const std::string & name_,
@@ -85,6 +90,10 @@ private:
 	/// Создает копию запроса, меняет имена базы данных и таблицы.
 	ASTPtr rewriteQuery(ASTPtr query);
 
+	void createDirectoryMonitors();
+
+	void directoryMonitorFunc(const std::string & path);
+
 	String name;
 	NamesAndTypesListPtr columns;
 	String remote_database;
@@ -106,6 +115,9 @@ private:
 	String sharding_key_column_name;
 	bool write_enabled;
 	String path;
+
+	std::atomic<bool> quit{false};
+	std::unordered_map<std::string, std::thread> directory_monitor_threads;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/StorageDistributed.cpp b/dbms/src/Storages/StorageDistributed.cpp
index aea66ae3afe..4b1357e3a1e 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/StorageDistributed.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/StorageDistributed.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ StorageDistributed::StorageDistributed(
 			<< " with weight " << shard_info.weight
 			<< std::endl;
 	}
+
+	createDirectoryMonitors();
 }
 
 StoragePtr StorageDistributed::create(
@@ -177,6 +179,14 @@ void StorageDistributed::alter(const AlterCommands & params, const String & data
 	InterpreterAlterQuery::updateMetadata(database_name, table_name, *columns, context);
 }
 
+void StorageDistributed::shutdown()
+{
+	quit.store(true, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+
+	for (auto & name_thread_pair : directory_monitor_threads)
+		name_thread_pair.second.join();
+}
+
 NameAndTypePair StorageDistributed::getColumn(const String & column_name) const
 {
 	auto type = VirtualColumnFactory::tryGetType(column_name);
@@ -191,4 +201,38 @@ bool StorageDistributed::hasColumn(const String & column_name) const
 	return VirtualColumnFactory::hasColumn(column_name) || hasRealColumn(column_name);
 }
 
+void StorageDistributed::createDirectoryMonitors()
+{
+	Poco::File(path).createDirectory();
+
+	Poco::DirectoryIterator end;
+	for (Poco::DirectoryIterator it(path); it != end; ++it)
+		if (it->isDirectory())
+			createDirectoryMonitor(it.name());
+}
+
+void StorageDistributed::createDirectoryMonitor(const std::string & name)
+{
+	if (directory_monitor_threads.count(name))
+		return;
+
+	directory_monitor_threads.emplace(
+		name, 
+		std::thread{
+			&StorageDistributed::directoryMonitorFunc, this, path + name
+		}
+	);
+}
+
+void StorageDistributed::directoryMonitorFunc(const std::string & path)
+{
+	std::cout << "created monitor for directory " << path << std::endl;
+
+	while (!quit.load(std::memory_order_relaxed))
+	{
+	}
+
+	std::cout << "exiting monitor for directory " << path << std::endl;
+}
+
 }