diff --git a/internal/core/src/common/CMakeLists.txt b/internal/core/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 4330b43f8099f..53eb53787ac17 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/internal/core/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ set(COMMON_SRC
         EasyAssert.cpp
         FieldData.cpp
         RegexQuery.cpp
+        ChunkTarget.cpp
+        Chunk.cpp
+        ChunkWriter.cpp
         )
 
 add_library(milvus_common SHARED ${COMMON_SRC})
diff --git a/internal/core/src/common/Chunk.cpp b/internal/core/src/common/Chunk.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8e957afd18748
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/core/src/common/Chunk.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Zilliz. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+// is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+// or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License
+
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include "common/Array.h"
+#include "common/Span.h"
+#include "common/Types.h"
+#include "common/Chunk.h"
+
+namespace milvus {
+
+std::vector<std::string_view>
+StringChunk::StringViews() const {
+    std::vector<std::string_view> ret;
+    for (int i = 0; i < row_nums_ - 1; i++) {
+        ret.emplace_back(data_ + offsets_[i], offsets_[i + 1] - offsets_[i]);
+    }
+    ret.emplace_back(data_ + offsets_[row_nums_ - 1],
+                     size_ - MMAP_STRING_PADDING - offsets_[row_nums_ - 1]);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+void
+ArrayChunk::ConstructViews() {
+    views_.reserve(row_nums_);
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < row_nums_; ++i) {
+        auto data_ptr = data_ + offsets_[i];
+        auto next_data_ptr = i == row_nums_ - 1
+                                 ? data_ + size_ - MMAP_ARRAY_PADDING
+                                 : data_ + offsets_[i + 1];
+        auto offsets_len = lens_[i] * sizeof(uint64_t);
+        std::vector<uint64_t> element_indices = {};
+        if (IsStringDataType(element_type_)) {
+            std::vector<uint64_t> tmp(
+                reinterpret_cast<uint64_t*>(data_ptr),
+                reinterpret_cast<uint64_t*>(data_ptr + offsets_len));
+            element_indices = std::move(tmp);
+        }
+        views_.emplace_back(data_ptr + offsets_len,
+                            next_data_ptr - data_ptr - offsets_len,
+                            element_type_,
+                            std::move(element_indices));
+    }
+}
+
+SpanBase
+ArrayChunk::Span() const {
+    return SpanBase(views_.data(), views_.size(), sizeof(ArrayView));
+}
+
+}  // namespace milvus
diff --git a/internal/core/src/common/Chunk.h b/internal/core/src/common/Chunk.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..facc0cd4c0408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/core/src/common/Chunk.h
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Zilliz. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+// is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+// or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <memory>
+#include <string_view>
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
+#include "arrow/array/array_base.h"
+#include "arrow/record_batch.h"
+#include "common/Array.h"
+#include "common/ChunkTarget.h"
+#include "common/FieldDataInterface.h"
+#include "common/Json.h"
+#include "common/Span.h"
+#include "knowhere/sparse_utils.h"
+#include "simdjson/common_defs.h"
+#include "sys/mman.h"
+namespace milvus {
+constexpr size_t MMAP_STRING_PADDING = 1;
+constexpr size_t MMAP_ARRAY_PADDING = 1;
+class Chunk {
+ public:
+    Chunk() = default;
+    Chunk(int64_t row_nums, char* data, size_t size)
+        : row_nums_(row_nums), data_(data), size_(size) {
+    }
+    virtual ~Chunk() {
+        munmap(data_, size_);
+    }
+
+ protected:
+    char* data_;
+    int64_t row_nums_;
+    size_t size_;
+};
+
+// for fixed size data, includes fixed size array
+template <typename T>
+class FixedWidthChunk : public Chunk {
+ public:
+    FixedWidthChunk(int32_t row_nums, int32_t dim, char* data, size_t size)
+        : Chunk(row_nums, data, size), dim_(dim){};
+
+    milvus::SpanBase
+    Span() const {
+        auto null_bitmap_bytes_num = (row_nums_ + 7) / 8;
+        return milvus::SpanBase(
+            data_ + null_bitmap_bytes_num, row_nums_, sizeof(T) * dim_);
+    }
+
+ private:
+    int dim_;
+};
+
+class StringChunk : public Chunk {
+ public:
+    StringChunk() = default;
+    StringChunk(int32_t row_nums, char* data, size_t size)
+        : Chunk(row_nums, data, size) {
+        auto null_bitmap_bytes_num = (row_nums + 7) / 8;
+        offsets_ = reinterpret_cast<uint64_t*>(data + null_bitmap_bytes_num);
+    }
+
+    std::vector<std::string_view>
+    StringViews() const;
+
+ protected:
+    uint64_t* offsets_;
+};
+
+using JSONChunk = StringChunk;
+
+class ArrayChunk : public Chunk {
+ public:
+    ArrayChunk(int32_t row_nums,
+               char* data,
+               size_t size,
+               milvus::DataType element_type)
+        : Chunk(row_nums, data, size), element_type_(element_type) {
+        auto null_bitmap_bytes_num = (row_nums + 7) / 8;
+        offsets_ = reinterpret_cast<uint64_t*>(data + null_bitmap_bytes_num);
+        lens_ = offsets_ + row_nums;
+        ConstructViews();
+    }
+
+    SpanBase
+    Span() const;
+
+    void
+    ConstructViews();
+
+ private:
+    milvus::DataType element_type_;
+    uint64_t* offsets_;
+    uint64_t* lens_;
+    std::vector<ArrayView> views_;
+};
+
+class SparseFloatVectorChunk : public Chunk {
+ public:
+    SparseFloatVectorChunk(int32_t row_nums, char* data, size_t size)
+        : Chunk(row_nums, data, size) {
+        vec_.resize(row_nums);
+        auto null_bitmap_bytes_num = (row_nums + 7) / 8;
+        auto offsets_ptr =
+            reinterpret_cast<uint64_t*>(data + null_bitmap_bytes_num);
+        for (int i = 0; i < row_nums; i++) {
+            int vec_size = 0;
+            if (i == row_nums - 1) {
+                vec_size = size - offsets_ptr[i];
+            } else {
+                vec_size = offsets_ptr[i + 1] - offsets_ptr[i];
+            }
+
+            vec_[i] = {
+                vec_size / knowhere::sparse::SparseRow<float>::element_size(),
+                (uint8_t*)(data + offsets_ptr[i]),
+                false};
+        }
+    }
+
+    const char*
+    Data() const {
+        return static_cast<const char*>(static_cast<const void*>(vec_.data()));
+    }
+
+    // only for test
+    std::vector<knowhere::sparse::SparseRow<float>>&
+    Vec() {
+        return vec_;
+    }
+
+ private:
+    std::vector<knowhere::sparse::SparseRow<float>> vec_;
+};
+}  // namespace milvus
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diff --git a/internal/core/src/common/ChunkFileWriter.cpp b/internal/core/src/common/ChunkFileWriter.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7503f5c147607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/core/src/common/ChunkFileWriter.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Zilliz. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+// is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+// or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License
+
+
+#include "common/ChunkFileWriter.h"
+#include "common/ChunkWriter.h"
+namespace milvus {
+ChunkFileWriter::ChunkFileWriter(std::string& file_path)
+    : file_(File::Open(file_path, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC)) {
+}
+
+void
+ChunkFileWriter::write_chunk(std::shared_ptr<arrow::RecordBatchReader> r) {
+    // FIXME
+    size_t file_offset = file_.Seek(0, SEEK_END);
+    auto chunk = create_chunk(field_meta_, dim_, file_, file_offset, r);
+    // TODO: stat_writer_.write(chunk);
+    rep_.chunks.push_back(*chunk);
+}
+
+FileRep
+ChunkFileWriter::finish() {
+    // TODO: stat_writer_.finish();
+    // rep_.stat_chunk = stat_writer_.get();
+    return rep_;
+}
+
+}  // namespace milvus
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diff --git a/internal/core/src/common/ChunkFileWriter.h b/internal/core/src/common/ChunkFileWriter.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..028fb32e2022b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/core/src/common/ChunkFileWriter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Zilliz. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+// is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+// or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License
+
+#pragma once
+#include <memory>
+#include "arrow/record_batch.h"
+#include "arrow/table_builder.h"
+#include "common/Chunk.h"
+#include "common/ChunkTarget.h"
+#include "common/FieldMeta.h"
+namespace milvus {
+class StatisticsChunkWriter;
+class StatisticsChunk;
+
+class ChunkFileWriter {
+ public:
+    ChunkFileWriter() = default;
+    ChunkFileWriter(std::string& file_path);
+    struct FileRep {
+        std::vector<Chunk> chunks;
+    };
+    void
+    write_chunk(std::shared_ptr<arrow::RecordBatchReader> r);
+
+    FileRep
+    finish();
+
+ private:
+    FieldMeta& field_meta_;
+    int dim_;
+    StatisticsChunkWriter stat_writer_;
+    File file_;
+    FileRep rep_;
+};
+
+}  // namespace milvus
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diff --git a/internal/core/src/common/ChunkTarget.cpp b/internal/core/src/common/ChunkTarget.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..abe47dd819f8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/core/src/common/ChunkTarget.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Zilliz. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+// is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+// or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License
+
+#include <common/ChunkTarget.h>
+#include <cstring>
+#include "common/EasyAssert.h"
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+
+namespace milvus {
+void
+MemChunkTarget::write(const void* data, size_t size, bool append) {
+    AssertInfo(size + size_ <= cap_, "can not exceed target capacity");
+    std::memcpy(data_ + size_, data, size);
+    size_ += append ? size : 0;
+}
+
+void
+MemChunkTarget::skip(size_t size) {
+    size_ += size;
+}
+
+void
+MemChunkTarget::seek(size_t offset) {
+    size_ = offset;
+}
+
+std::pair<char*, size_t>
+MemChunkTarget::get() {
+    return {data_, cap_};
+}
+
+size_t
+MemChunkTarget::tell() {
+    return size_;
+}
+
+void
+MmapChunkTarget::write(const void* data, size_t size, bool append) {
+    auto n = file_.Write(data, size);
+    AssertInfo(n != -1, "failed to write data to file");
+    size_ += append ? size : 0;
+}
+
+void
+MmapChunkTarget::skip(size_t size) {
+    file_.Seek(size, SEEK_CUR);
+    size_ += size;
+}
+
+void
+MmapChunkTarget::seek(size_t offset) {
+    file_.Seek(offset_ + offset, SEEK_SET);
+}
+
+std::pair<char*, size_t>
+MmapChunkTarget::get() {
+    auto m = mmap(
+        nullptr, size_, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, file_.Descriptor(), offset_);
+    return {(char*)m, size_};
+}
+
+size_t
+MmapChunkTarget::tell() {
+    return size_;
+}
+}  // namespace milvus
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diff --git a/internal/core/src/common/ChunkTarget.h b/internal/core/src/common/ChunkTarget.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3419e40cb202a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/core/src/common/ChunkTarget.h
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Zilliz. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+// is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+// or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License
+
+#pragma once
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <cstddef>
+#include "common/File.h"
+namespace milvus {
+class ChunkTarget {
+ public:
+    virtual void
+    write(const void* data, size_t size, bool append = true) = 0;
+
+    virtual void
+    skip(size_t size) = 0;
+
+    virtual void
+    seek(size_t offset) = 0;
+
+    virtual std::pair<char*, size_t>
+    get() = 0;
+
+    virtual ~ChunkTarget() = default;
+
+    virtual size_t
+    tell() = 0;
+};
+
+class MmapChunkTarget : public ChunkTarget {
+ public:
+    MmapChunkTarget(File& file, size_t offset) : file_(file), offset_(offset) {
+    }
+    void
+    write(const void* data, size_t size, bool append = true) override;
+
+    void
+    skip(size_t size) override;
+
+    void
+    seek(size_t offset) override;
+
+    std::pair<char*, size_t>
+    get() override;
+
+    size_t
+    tell() override;
+
+ private:
+    File& file_;
+    size_t offset_ = 0;
+    size_t size_ = 0;
+};
+
+class MemChunkTarget : public ChunkTarget {
+ public:
+    MemChunkTarget(size_t cap) : cap_(cap) {
+        data_ = reinterpret_cast<char*>(mmap(nullptr,
+                                             cap,
+                                             PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+                                             MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANON,
+                                             -1,
+                                             0));
+    }
+
+    void
+    write(const void* data, size_t size, bool append = true) override;
+
+    void
+    skip(size_t size) override;
+
+    void
+    seek(size_t offset) override;
+
+    std::pair<char*, size_t>
+    get() override;
+
+    size_t
+    tell() override;
+
+ private:
+    char* data_;  // no need to delete in destructor, will be deleted by Chunk
+    size_t cap_;
+    size_t size_ = 0;
+};
+
+}  // namespace milvus
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diff --git a/internal/core/src/common/ChunkWriter.cpp b/internal/core/src/common/ChunkWriter.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..52b339feb2a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/core/src/common/ChunkWriter.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,362 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Zilliz. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+// is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+// or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License
+
+#include "common/ChunkWriter.h"
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <memory>
+#include <string_view>
+#include <vector>
+#include "arrow/array/array_binary.h"
+#include "arrow/array/array_primitive.h"
+#include "arrow/record_batch.h"
+#include "common/Chunk.h"
+#include "common/EasyAssert.h"
+#include "common/FieldDataInterface.h"
+#include "common/Types.h"
+#include "common/VectorTrait.h"
+#include "simdjson/common_defs.h"
+#include "simdjson/padded_string.h"
+namespace milvus {
+
+void
+StringChunkWriter::write(std::shared_ptr<arrow::RecordBatchReader> data) {
+    auto size = 0;
+    std::vector<std::string_view> strs;
+    std::vector<std::pair<const uint8_t*, int64_t>> null_bitmaps;
+    for (auto batch : *data) {
+        auto data = batch.ValueOrDie()->column(0);
+        auto array = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<arrow::StringArray>(data);
+        for (int i = 0; i < array->length(); i++) {
+            auto str = array->GetView(i);
+            strs.push_back(str);
+            size += str.size();
+        }
+        auto null_bitmap_n = (data->length() + 7) / 8;
+        null_bitmaps.emplace_back(data->null_bitmap_data(), null_bitmap_n);
+        size += null_bitmap_n;
+        row_nums_ += array->length();
+    }
+    size += sizeof(uint64_t) * row_nums_ + MMAP_STRING_PADDING;
+    if (file_) {
+        target_ = std::make_shared<MmapChunkTarget>(*file_, file_offset_);
+    } else {
+        target_ = std::make_shared<MemChunkTarget>(size);
+    }
+
+    // chunk layout: null bitmap, offset1, offset2, ..., offsetn, str1, str2, ..., strn, padding
+    // write null bitmaps
+    for (auto [data, size] : null_bitmaps) {
+        if (data == nullptr) {
+            std::vector<uint8_t> null_bitmap(size, 0xff);
+            target_->write(null_bitmap.data(), size);
+        } else {
+            target_->write(data, size);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // write data
+    offsets_pos_ = target_->tell();
+    target_->skip(sizeof(uint64_t) * row_nums_);
+
+    for (auto str : strs) {
+        offsets_.push_back(target_->tell());
+        target_->write(str.data(), str.size());
+    }
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<Chunk>
+StringChunkWriter::finish() {
+    // write padding, maybe not needed anymore
+    // FIXME
+    char padding[MMAP_STRING_PADDING];
+    target_->write(padding, MMAP_STRING_PADDING);
+
+    // seek back to write offsets
+    target_->seek(offsets_pos_);
+    target_->write(offsets_.data(), offsets_.size() * sizeof(uint64_t));
+    auto [data, size] = target_->get();
+    return std::make_shared<StringChunk>(row_nums_, data, size);
+}
+
+void
+JSONChunkWriter::write(std::shared_ptr<arrow::RecordBatchReader> data) {
+    auto size = 0;
+
+    std::vector<Json> jsons;
+    std::vector<std::pair<const uint8_t*, int64_t>> null_bitmaps;
+    for (auto batch : *data) {
+        auto data = batch.ValueOrDie()->column(0);
+        auto array = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<arrow::BinaryArray>(data);
+        for (int i = 0; i < array->length(); i++) {
+            auto str = array->GetView(i);
+            auto json = Json(simdjson::padded_string(str));
+            size += json.data().size();
+            jsons.push_back(std::move(json));
+        }
+        AssertInfo(data->length() % 8 == 0,
+                   "String length should be multiple of 8");
+        auto null_bitmap_n = (data->length() + 7) / 8;
+        null_bitmaps.emplace_back(data->null_bitmap_data(), null_bitmap_n);
+        size += null_bitmap_n;
+        row_nums_ += array->length();
+    }
+    size += sizeof(uint64_t) * row_nums_ + simdjson::SIMDJSON_PADDING;
+    if (file_) {
+        target_ = std::make_shared<MmapChunkTarget>(*file_, file_offset_);
+    } else {
+        target_ = std::make_shared<MemChunkTarget>(size);
+    }
+
+    // chunk layout: null bitmaps, offset1, offset2, ... ,json1, json2, ..., jsonn
+    // write null bitmaps
+    for (auto [data, size] : null_bitmaps) {
+        if (data == nullptr) {
+            std::vector<uint8_t> null_bitmap(size, 0xff);
+            target_->write(null_bitmap.data(), size);
+        } else {
+            target_->write(data, size);
+        }
+    }
+
+    offsets_pos_ = target_->tell();
+    target_->skip(sizeof(uint64_t) * row_nums_);
+
+    // write data
+    for (auto json : jsons) {
+        offsets_.push_back(target_->tell());
+        target_->write(json.data().data(), json.data().size());
+    }
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<Chunk>
+JSONChunkWriter::finish() {
+    char padding[simdjson::SIMDJSON_PADDING];
+    target_->write(padding, simdjson::SIMDJSON_PADDING);
+
+    // write offsets and padding
+    target_->seek(offsets_pos_);
+    target_->write(offsets_.data(), offsets_.size() * sizeof(uint64_t));
+    auto [data, size] = target_->get();
+    return std::make_shared<JSONChunk>(row_nums_, data, size);
+}
+
+void
+ArrayChunkWriter::write(std::shared_ptr<arrow::RecordBatchReader> data) {
+    auto size = 0;
+
+    std::vector<Array> arrays;
+    std::vector<std::pair<const uint8_t*, int64_t>> null_bitmaps;
+    for (auto batch : *data) {
+        auto data = batch.ValueOrDie()->column(0);
+        auto array = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<arrow::BinaryArray>(data);
+        for (int i = 0; i < array->length(); i++) {
+            auto str = array->GetView(i);
+            ScalarArray scalar_array;
+            scalar_array.ParseFromArray(str.data(), str.size());
+            auto arr = Array(scalar_array);
+            size += arr.byte_size();
+            arrays.push_back(std::move(arr));
+            // element offsets size
+            size += sizeof(uint64_t) * arr.length();
+        }
+        row_nums_ += array->length();
+        auto null_bitmap_n = (data->length() + 7) / 8;
+        null_bitmaps.emplace_back(data->null_bitmap_data(), null_bitmap_n);
+        size += null_bitmap_n;
+    }
+
+    auto is_string = IsStringDataType(element_type_);
+    // offsets + lens
+    size += is_string ? sizeof(uint64_t) * row_nums_ * 2 + MMAP_ARRAY_PADDING
+                      : sizeof(uint64_t) * row_nums_ + MMAP_ARRAY_PADDING;
+    if (file_) {
+        target_ = std::make_shared<MmapChunkTarget>(*file_, file_offset_);
+    } else {
+        target_ = std::make_shared<MemChunkTarget>(size);
+    }
+
+    // chunk layout: nullbitmaps, offsets, elem_off1, elem_off2, .. data1, data2, ..., datan, padding
+    for (auto [data, size] : null_bitmaps) {
+        if (data == nullptr) {
+            std::vector<uint8_t> null_bitmap(size, 0xff);
+            target_->write(null_bitmap.data(), size);
+        } else {
+            target_->write(data, size);
+        }
+    }
+
+    offsets_pos_ = target_->tell();
+    target_->skip(sizeof(uint64_t) * row_nums_ * 2);
+    for (auto& arr : arrays) {
+        // write elements offsets
+        offsets_.push_back(target_->tell());
+        if (is_string) {
+            target_->write(arr.get_offsets().data(),
+                           arr.get_offsets().size() * sizeof(uint64_t));
+        }
+        lens_.push_back(arr.length());
+        target_->write(arr.data(), arr.byte_size());
+    }
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<Chunk>
+ArrayChunkWriter::finish() {
+    char padding[MMAP_ARRAY_PADDING];
+    target_->write(padding, MMAP_ARRAY_PADDING);
+
+    // write offsets and lens
+    target_->seek(offsets_pos_);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < offsets_.size(); i++) {
+        target_->write(&offsets_[i], sizeof(uint64_t));
+        target_->write(&lens_[i], sizeof(uint64_t));
+    }
+    auto [data, size] = target_->get();
+    return std::make_shared<ArrayChunk>(row_nums_, data, size, element_type_);
+}
+
+void
+SparseFloatVectorChunkWriter::write(
+    std::shared_ptr<arrow::RecordBatchReader> data) {
+    auto size = 0;
+    std::vector<std::string_view> strs;
+    std::vector<std::pair<const uint8_t*, int64_t>> null_bitmaps;
+    for (auto batch : *data) {
+        auto data = batch.ValueOrDie()->column(0);
+        auto array = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<arrow::BinaryArray>(data);
+        for (int i = 0; i < array->length(); i++) {
+            auto str = array->GetView(i);
+            strs.push_back(str);
+            size += str.size();
+        }
+        auto null_bitmap_n = (data->length() + 7) / 8;
+        null_bitmaps.emplace_back(data->null_bitmap_data(), null_bitmap_n);
+        size += null_bitmap_n;
+        row_nums_ += array->length();
+    }
+    size += sizeof(uint64_t) * row_nums_;
+    if (file_) {
+        target_ = std::make_shared<MmapChunkTarget>(*file_, file_offset_);
+    } else {
+        target_ = std::make_shared<MemChunkTarget>(size);
+    }
+
+    // chunk layout: null bitmap, offset1, offset2, ..., offsetn, str1, str2, ..., strn
+    // write null bitmaps
+    for (auto [data, size] : null_bitmaps) {
+        if (data == nullptr) {
+            std::vector<uint8_t> null_bitmap(size, 0xff);
+            target_->write(null_bitmap.data(), size);
+        } else {
+            target_->write(data, size);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // write data
+    offsets_pos_ = target_->tell();
+    target_->skip(sizeof(uint64_t) * row_nums_);
+
+    for (auto str : strs) {
+        offsets_.push_back(target_->tell());
+        target_->write(str.data(), str.size());
+    }
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<Chunk>
+SparseFloatVectorChunkWriter::finish() {
+    // seek back to write offsets
+    target_->seek(offsets_pos_);
+    target_->write(offsets_.data(), offsets_.size() * sizeof(uint64_t));
+    auto [data, size] = target_->get();
+    return std::make_shared<SparseFloatVectorChunk>(row_nums_, data, size);
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<Chunk>
+create_chunk(const FieldMeta& field_meta,
+             int dim,
+             std::shared_ptr<arrow::RecordBatchReader> r) {
+    std::shared_ptr<ChunkWriterBase> w;
+
+    switch (field_meta.get_data_type()) {
+        case milvus::DataType::BOOL: {
+            w = std::make_shared<ChunkWriter<arrow::BooleanArray, bool>>(dim);
+            break;
+        }
+        case milvus::DataType::INT8: {
+            w = std::make_shared<ChunkWriter<arrow::Int8Array, int8_t>>(dim);
+            break;
+        }
+        case milvus::DataType::INT16: {
+            w = std::make_shared<ChunkWriter<arrow::Int16Array, int16_t>>(dim);
+            break;
+        }
+        case milvus::DataType::INT32: {
+            w = std::make_shared<ChunkWriter<arrow::Int32Array, int32_t>>(dim);
+            break;
+        }
+        case milvus::DataType::INT64: {
+            w = std::make_shared<ChunkWriter<arrow::Int64Array, int64_t>>(dim);
+            break;
+        }
+        case milvus::DataType::FLOAT: {
+            w = std::make_shared<ChunkWriter<arrow::FloatArray, float>>(dim);
+            break;
+        }
+        case milvus::DataType::DOUBLE: {
+            w = std::make_shared<ChunkWriter<arrow::DoubleArray, double>>(dim);
+            break;
+        }
+        case milvus::DataType::VECTOR_FLOAT: {
+            w = std::make_shared<
+                ChunkWriter<arrow::FixedSizeBinaryArray, float>>(dim);
+            break;
+        }
+        case milvus::DataType::VECTOR_BINARY: {
+            w = std::make_shared<
+                ChunkWriter<arrow::FixedSizeBinaryArray, uint8_t>>(dim / 8);
+            break;
+        }
+        case milvus::DataType::VECTOR_FLOAT16: {
+            w = std::make_shared<
+                ChunkWriter<arrow::FixedSizeBinaryArray, knowhere::fp16>>(dim);
+            break;
+        }
+        case milvus::DataType::VECTOR_BFLOAT16: {
+            w = std::make_shared<
+                ChunkWriter<arrow::FixedSizeBinaryArray, knowhere::bf16>>(dim);
+            break;
+        }
+        case milvus::DataType::VARCHAR:
+        case milvus::DataType::STRING: {
+            w = std::make_shared<StringChunkWriter>();
+            break;
+        }
+        case milvus::DataType::JSON: {
+            w = std::make_shared<JSONChunkWriter>();
+            break;
+        }
+        case milvus::DataType::ARRAY: {
+            w = std::make_shared<ArrayChunkWriter>(
+                field_meta.get_element_type());
+            break;
+        }
+        case milvus::DataType::VECTOR_SPARSE_FLOAT: {
+            w = std::make_shared<SparseFloatVectorChunkWriter>();
+            break;
+        }
+        default:
+            PanicInfo(Unsupported, "Unsupported data type");
+    }
+
+    w->write(r);
+    return w->finish();
+}
+
+}  // namespace milvus
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diff --git a/internal/core/src/common/ChunkWriter.h b/internal/core/src/common/ChunkWriter.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a16b9bae47448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/core/src/common/ChunkWriter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Zilliz. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+// is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+// or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License
+
+#pragma once
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <memory>
+#include <numeric>
+#include <vector>
+#include "arrow/array/array_primitive.h"
+#include "common/ChunkTarget.h"
+#include "arrow/record_batch.h"
+#include "common/Chunk.h"
+#include "common/EasyAssert.h"
+#include "common/FieldDataInterface.h"
+namespace milvus {
+
+class ChunkWriterBase {
+ public:
+    ChunkWriterBase() = default;
+
+    ChunkWriterBase(File& file, size_t offset)
+        : file_(&file), file_offset_(offset) {
+    }
+
+    virtual void
+    write(std::shared_ptr<arrow::RecordBatchReader> data) = 0;
+
+    virtual std::shared_ptr<Chunk>
+    finish() = 0;
+
+    std::pair<char*, size_t>
+    get_data() {
+        return target_->get();
+    }
+
+ protected:
+    int row_nums_ = 0;
+    File* file_ = nullptr;
+    size_t file_offset_ = 0;
+    std::shared_ptr<ChunkTarget> target_;
+};
+
+template <typename ArrowType, typename T>
+class ChunkWriter : public ChunkWriterBase {
+ public:
+    ChunkWriter(int dim) : dim_(dim) {
+    }
+
+    ChunkWriter(int dim, File& file, size_t offset)
+        : ChunkWriterBase(file, offset), dim_(dim){};
+
+    void
+    write(std::shared_ptr<arrow::RecordBatchReader> data) override {
+        auto size = 0;
+        auto row_nums = 0;
+
+        auto batch_vec = data->ToRecordBatches().ValueOrDie();
+
+        for (auto batch : batch_vec) {
+            row_nums += batch->num_rows();
+            auto data = batch->column(0);
+            auto array = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<ArrowType>(data);
+            auto null_bitmap_n = (data->length() + 7) / 8;
+            size += null_bitmap_n + array->length() * dim_ * sizeof(T);
+        }
+
+        row_nums_ = row_nums;
+        if (file_) {
+            target_ = std::make_shared<MmapChunkTarget>(*file_, file_offset_);
+        } else {
+            target_ = std::make_shared<MemChunkTarget>(size);
+        }
+
+        // chunk layout: nullbitmap, data1, data2, ..., datan
+        for (auto batch : batch_vec) {
+            auto data = batch->column(0);
+            auto null_bitmap = data->null_bitmap_data();
+            auto null_bitmap_n = (data->length() + 7) / 8;
+            if (null_bitmap) {
+                target_->write(null_bitmap, null_bitmap_n);
+            } else {
+                std::vector<uint8_t> null_bitmap(null_bitmap_n, 0xff);
+                target_->write(null_bitmap.data(), null_bitmap_n);
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (auto batch : batch_vec) {
+            auto data = batch->column(0);
+            auto array = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<ArrowType>(data);
+            auto data_ptr = array->raw_values();
+            target_->write(data_ptr, array->length() * dim_ * sizeof(T));
+        }
+    }
+
+    std::shared_ptr<Chunk>
+    finish() override {
+        auto [data, size] = target_->get();
+        return std::make_shared<FixedWidthChunk<T>>(
+            row_nums_, dim_, data, size);
+    }
+
+ private:
+    int dim_;
+};
+
+template <>
+inline void
+ChunkWriter<arrow::BooleanArray, bool>::write(
+    std::shared_ptr<arrow::RecordBatchReader> data) {
+    auto size = 0;
+    auto row_nums = 0;
+    auto batch_vec = data->ToRecordBatches().ValueOrDie();
+
+    for (auto batch : batch_vec) {
+        row_nums += batch->num_rows();
+        auto data = batch->column(0);
+        auto array = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<arrow::BooleanArray>(data);
+        size += array->length() * dim_;
+        size += (data->length() + 7) / 8;
+    }
+    row_nums_ = row_nums;
+    if (file_) {
+        target_ = std::make_shared<MmapChunkTarget>(*file_, file_offset_);
+    } else {
+        target_ = std::make_shared<MemChunkTarget>(size);
+    }
+    // chunk layout: nullbitmap, data1, data2, ..., datan
+    for (auto batch : batch_vec) {
+        auto data = batch->column(0);
+        auto null_bitmap = data->null_bitmap_data();
+        auto null_bitmap_n = (data->length() + 7) / 8;
+        if (null_bitmap) {
+            target_->write(null_bitmap, null_bitmap_n);
+        } else {
+            std::vector<uint8_t> null_bitmap(null_bitmap_n, 0xff);
+            target_->write(null_bitmap.data(), null_bitmap_n);
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (auto batch : batch_vec) {
+        auto data = batch->column(0);
+        auto array = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<arrow::BooleanArray>(data);
+        for (int i = 0; i < array->length(); i++) {
+            auto value = array->Value(i);
+            target_->write(&value, sizeof(bool));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+class StringChunkWriter : public ChunkWriterBase {
+ public:
+    using ChunkWriterBase::ChunkWriterBase;
+
+    void
+    write(std::shared_ptr<arrow::RecordBatchReader> data) override;
+
+    std::shared_ptr<Chunk>
+    finish() override;
+
+ protected:
+    std::vector<int64_t> offsets_;
+    size_t offsets_pos_ = 0;
+};
+
+class JSONChunkWriter : public ChunkWriterBase {
+ public:
+    using ChunkWriterBase::ChunkWriterBase;
+
+    void
+    write(std::shared_ptr<arrow::RecordBatchReader> data) override;
+
+    std::shared_ptr<Chunk>
+    finish() override;
+
+ private:
+    std::vector<int64_t> offsets_;
+    size_t offsets_pos_ = 0;
+};
+
+class ArrayChunkWriter : public ChunkWriterBase {
+ public:
+    ArrayChunkWriter(const milvus::DataType element_type)
+        : element_type_(element_type) {
+    }
+    ArrayChunkWriter(const milvus::DataType element_type,
+                     File& file,
+                     size_t offset)
+        : ChunkWriterBase(file, offset), element_type_(element_type) {
+    }
+
+    void
+    write(std::shared_ptr<arrow::RecordBatchReader> data) override;
+
+    std::shared_ptr<Chunk>
+    finish() override;
+
+ private:
+    const milvus::DataType element_type_;
+    std::vector<uint64_t> offsets_;
+    std::vector<uint64_t> lens_;
+    size_t offsets_pos_;
+};
+
+class SparseFloatVectorChunkWriter : public ChunkWriterBase {
+ public:
+    using ChunkWriterBase::ChunkWriterBase;
+
+    void
+    write(std::shared_ptr<arrow::RecordBatchReader> data) override;
+
+    std::shared_ptr<Chunk>
+    finish() override;
+
+ private:
+    uint64_t offsets_pos_ = 0;
+    std::vector<uint64_t> offsets_;
+};
+
+std::shared_ptr<Chunk>
+create_chunk(const FieldMeta& field_meta,
+             int dim,
+             std::shared_ptr<arrow::RecordBatchReader> r);
+
+std::shared_ptr<Chunk>
+create_chunk(const FieldMeta& field_meta,
+             int dim,
+             File& file,
+             size_t file_offset,
+             std::shared_ptr<arrow::RecordBatchReader> r);
+}  // namespace milvus
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/core/unittest/CMakeLists.txt b/internal/core/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
index 6bafa4f9f7651..246b844a6f055 100644
--- a/internal/core/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/internal/core/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ set(MILVUS_TEST_FILES
         test_chunk_vector.cpp
         test_mmap_chunk_manager.cpp
         test_monitor.cpp
+        test_chunk.cpp
         )
 
 if ( INDEX_ENGINE STREQUAL "cardinal" )
diff --git a/internal/core/unittest/test_chunk.cpp b/internal/core/unittest/test_chunk.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..543284d16b1ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/core/unittest/test_chunk.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Zilliz. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+// is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+// or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <arrow/buffer.h>
+#include <arrow/io/memory.h>
+#include <parquet/arrow/reader.h>
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "common/Chunk.h"
+#include "common/ChunkWriter.h"
+#include "common/EasyAssert.h"
+#include "common/FieldDataInterface.h"
+#include "common/FieldMeta.h"
+#include "common/Types.h"
+#include "storage/Event.h"
+#include "storage/Util.h"
+#include "test_utils/Constants.h"
+#include "test_utils/DataGen.h"
+using namespace milvus;
+
+TEST(chunk, test_int64_field) {
+    FixedVector<int64_t> data = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
+    auto field_data =
+        milvus::storage::CreateFieldData(storage::DataType::INT64);
+    field_data->FillFieldData(data.data(), data.size());
+    storage::InsertEventData event_data;
+    event_data.field_data = field_data;
+    auto ser_data = event_data.Serialize();
+    auto buffer = std::make_shared<arrow::io::BufferReader>(
+        ser_data.data() + 2 * sizeof(milvus::Timestamp),
+        ser_data.size() - 2 * sizeof(milvus::Timestamp));
+
+    parquet::arrow::FileReaderBuilder reader_builder;
+    auto s = reader_builder.Open(buffer);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(s.ok());
+    std::unique_ptr<parquet::arrow::FileReader> arrow_reader;
+    s = reader_builder.Build(&arrow_reader);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(s.ok());
+
+    std::shared_ptr<::arrow::RecordBatchReader> rb_reader;
+    s = arrow_reader->GetRecordBatchReader(&rb_reader);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(s.ok());
+
+    FieldMeta field_meta(
+        FieldName("a"), milvus::FieldId(1), DataType::INT64, false);
+    auto chunk = create_chunk(field_meta, 1, rb_reader);
+    auto span =
+        std::dynamic_pointer_cast<FixedWidthChunk<int64_t>>(chunk)->Span();
+    EXPECT_EQ(span.row_count(), data.size());
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < data.size(); ++i) {
+        auto n = *(int64_t*)((char*)span.data() + i * span.element_sizeof());
+        EXPECT_EQ(n, data[i]);
+    }
+}
+
+TEST(chunk, test_variable_field) {
+    FixedVector<std::string> data = {
+        "test1", "test2", "test3", "test4", "test5"};
+    auto field_data =
+        milvus::storage::CreateFieldData(storage::DataType::VARCHAR);
+    field_data->FillFieldData(data.data(), data.size());
+
+    storage::InsertEventData event_data;
+    event_data.field_data = field_data;
+    auto ser_data = event_data.Serialize();
+    auto buffer = std::make_shared<arrow::io::BufferReader>(
+        ser_data.data() + 2 * sizeof(milvus::Timestamp),
+        ser_data.size() - 2 * sizeof(milvus::Timestamp));
+
+    parquet::arrow::FileReaderBuilder reader_builder;
+    auto s = reader_builder.Open(buffer);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(s.ok());
+    std::unique_ptr<parquet::arrow::FileReader> arrow_reader;
+    s = reader_builder.Build(&arrow_reader);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(s.ok());
+
+    std::shared_ptr<::arrow::RecordBatchReader> rb_reader;
+    s = arrow_reader->GetRecordBatchReader(&rb_reader);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(s.ok());
+
+    FieldMeta field_meta(
+        FieldName("a"), milvus::FieldId(1), DataType::STRING, false);
+    auto chunk = create_chunk(field_meta, 1, rb_reader);
+    auto views = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<StringChunk>(chunk)->StringViews();
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < data.size(); ++i) {
+        EXPECT_EQ(views[i], data[i]);
+    }
+}
+
+TEST(chunk, test_array) {
+    milvus::proto::schema::ScalarField field_string_data;
+    field_string_data.mutable_string_data()->add_data("test_array1");
+    field_string_data.mutable_string_data()->add_data("test_array2");
+    field_string_data.mutable_string_data()->add_data("test_array3");
+    field_string_data.mutable_string_data()->add_data("test_array4");
+    field_string_data.mutable_string_data()->add_data("test_array5");
+    auto string_array = Array(field_string_data);
+    FixedVector<Array> data = {string_array};
+    auto field_data =
+        milvus::storage::CreateFieldData(storage::DataType::ARRAY);
+    field_data->FillFieldData(data.data(), data.size());
+    storage::InsertEventData event_data;
+    event_data.field_data = field_data;
+    auto ser_data = event_data.Serialize();
+    auto buffer = std::make_shared<arrow::io::BufferReader>(
+        ser_data.data() + 2 * sizeof(milvus::Timestamp),
+        ser_data.size() - 2 * sizeof(milvus::Timestamp));
+
+    parquet::arrow::FileReaderBuilder reader_builder;
+    auto s = reader_builder.Open(buffer);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(s.ok());
+    std::unique_ptr<parquet::arrow::FileReader> arrow_reader;
+    s = reader_builder.Build(&arrow_reader);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(s.ok());
+
+    std::shared_ptr<::arrow::RecordBatchReader> rb_reader;
+    s = arrow_reader->GetRecordBatchReader(&rb_reader);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(s.ok());
+
+    FieldMeta field_meta(FieldName("a"),
+                         milvus::FieldId(1),
+                         DataType::ARRAY,
+                         DataType::STRING,
+                         false);
+    auto chunk = create_chunk(field_meta, 1, rb_reader);
+    auto span = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<ArrayChunk>(chunk)->Span();
+    EXPECT_EQ(span.row_count(), 1);
+    auto arr = *(ArrayView*)span.data();
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < arr.length(); ++i) {
+        auto str = arr.get_data<std::string>(i);
+        EXPECT_EQ(str, field_string_data.string_data().data(i));
+    }
+}
+
+TEST(chunk, test_sparse_float) {
+    auto n_rows = 100;
+    auto vecs = milvus::segcore::GenerateRandomSparseFloatVector(
+        n_rows, kTestSparseDim, kTestSparseVectorDensity);
+    auto field_data = milvus::storage::CreateFieldData(
+        storage::DataType::VECTOR_SPARSE_FLOAT, false, kTestSparseDim, n_rows);
+    field_data->FillFieldData(vecs.get(), n_rows);
+
+    storage::InsertEventData event_data;
+    event_data.field_data = field_data;
+    auto ser_data = event_data.Serialize();
+    auto buffer = std::make_shared<arrow::io::BufferReader>(
+        ser_data.data() + 2 * sizeof(milvus::Timestamp),
+        ser_data.size() - 2 * sizeof(milvus::Timestamp));
+
+    parquet::arrow::FileReaderBuilder reader_builder;
+    auto s = reader_builder.Open(buffer);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(s.ok());
+    std::unique_ptr<parquet::arrow::FileReader> arrow_reader;
+    s = reader_builder.Build(&arrow_reader);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(s.ok());
+
+    std::shared_ptr<::arrow::RecordBatchReader> rb_reader;
+    s = arrow_reader->GetRecordBatchReader(&rb_reader);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(s.ok());
+
+    FieldMeta field_meta(FieldName("a"),
+                         milvus::FieldId(1),
+                         DataType::VECTOR_SPARSE_FLOAT,
+                         kTestSparseDim,
+                         "IP",
+                         false);
+    auto chunk = create_chunk(field_meta, kTestSparseDim, rb_reader);
+    auto vec = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<SparseFloatVectorChunk>(chunk)->Vec();
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < n_rows; ++i) {
+        auto v1 = vec[i];
+        auto v2 = vecs[i];
+        EXPECT_EQ(v1.size(), v2.size());
+        for (size_t j = 0; j < v1.size(); ++j) {
+            EXPECT_EQ(v1[j].val, v2[j].val);
+        }
+    }
+}
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