diff --git a/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/ILocalResource.java b/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/ILocalResource.java
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+++ b/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/ILocalResource.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2012 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * 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 from
+ * 
+ *     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.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+public interface ILocalResource extends Serializable {
+    public byte[] toBytes();
+
+    public long getResourceId();
+
+    public String getResourceName();
+    
+    public Object getResourceObject();
+
+    public ILocalResourceClass getResourceClass();
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/ILocalResourceClass.java b/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/ILocalResourceClass.java
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+++ b/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/ILocalResourceClass.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2012 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * 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 from
+ * 
+ *     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.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file;
+
+public interface ILocalResourceClass {
+    
+    public static final int LSMBTree = 0;
+    public static final int LSMRTree = 1;
+    public static final int LSMInvertedIndex = 2;
+
+    public ILocalResource deserialize(byte[] bytes);
+    
+    public byte[] serialize(ILocalResource localResource);
+    
+    public int getResourceClassId();
+    
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/ILocalResourceRepository.java b/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/ILocalResourceRepository.java
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+++ b/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/ILocalResourceRepository.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2012 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * 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 from
+ * 
+ *     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.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+
+public interface ILocalResourceRepository {
+    
+    public ILocalResource getResourceById(long id) throws HyracksDataException;
+
+    public ILocalResource getResourceByName(String name) throws HyracksDataException;
+
+    public void insert(ILocalResource resource) throws HyracksDataException;
+
+    public void deleteResourceById(long id) throws HyracksDataException;
+
+    public void deleteResourceByName(String name) throws HyracksDataException;
+    
+    public List<ILocalResource> getAllResources() throws HyracksDataException;
+
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/ILocalResourceRepositoryFactory.java b/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/ILocalResourceRepositoryFactory.java
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+++ b/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/ILocalResourceRepositoryFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2012 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * 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 from
+ * 
+ *     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.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public interface ILocalResourceRepositoryFactory {
+    public ILocalResourceRepository createRepository();
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/IndexLocalResourceRepository.java b/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/IndexLocalResourceRepository.java
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+++ b/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/IndexLocalResourceRepository.java
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+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
+
+public class IndexLocalResourceRepository implements ILocalResourceRepository {
+
+    private final IIOManager ioManager;
+    private final List<String> mountPoints;
+    private final String rootDir;
+    private static final String METADATA_FILE_NAME = ".metadata";
+    private Map<String, ILocalResource> name2ResourceMap = new HashMap<String, ILocalResource>();
+    private Map<Long, ILocalResource> id2ResourceMap = new HashMap<Long, ILocalResource>();
+
+    public IndexLocalResourceRepository(IIOManager ioManager, List<String> mountPoints, String rootDir)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        this.ioManager = ioManager;
+        this.mountPoints = mountPoints;
+        this.rootDir = rootDir;
+
+        //TODO initialize the Maps
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ILocalResource getResourceById(long id) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return id2ResourceMap.get(id);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ILocalResource getResourceByName(String name) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return id2ResourceMap.get(name);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public synchronized void insert(ILocalResource resource) throws HyracksDataException {
+        long id = resource.getResourceId();
+
+        if (id2ResourceMap.containsKey(id)) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException("Duplicate resource");
+        }
+        ILocalResource resourceClone = cloneResource(resource);
+        id2ResourceMap.put(id, resourceClone);
+        name2ResourceMap.put(resource.getResourceName(), resourceClone);
+
+        FileOutputStream fos = null;
+        ObjectOutputStream oosToFos = null;
+        try {
+            fos = new FileOutputStream(getFileName(mountPoints.get(0), resource.getResourceName()));
+            oosToFos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos);
+            byte[] outputBytes = resource.getResourceClass().serialize(resource);
+            oosToFos.writeInt(outputBytes.length);
+            oosToFos.write(outputBytes);
+            oosToFos.flush();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+        } finally {
+            if (oosToFos != null) {
+                try {
+                    oosToFos.close();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+                }
+            }
+            if (oosToFos == null && fos != null) {
+                try {
+                    fos.close();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public synchronized void deleteResourceById(long id) throws HyracksDataException {
+        ILocalResource resource = id2ResourceMap.get(id);
+        if (resource == null) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException("Resource doesn't exist");
+        }
+        id2ResourceMap.remove(id);
+        name2ResourceMap.remove(resource.getResourceName());
+        File file = new File(getFileName(mountPoints.get(0), resource.getResourceName()));
+        file.delete();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public synchronized void deleteResourceByName(String name) throws HyracksDataException {
+        ILocalResource resource = id2ResourceMap.get(name);
+        if (resource == null) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException("Resource doesn't exist");
+        }
+        id2ResourceMap.remove(name);
+        name2ResourceMap.remove(resource.getResourceId());
+        File file = new File(getFileName(mountPoints.get(0), resource.getResourceName()));
+        file.delete();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<ILocalResource> getAllResources() throws HyracksDataException {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private String getFileName(String mountPoint, String baseDir) {
+
+        String fileName = new String(mountPoint);
+
+        if (!fileName.endsWith(System.getProperty("file.separator"))) {
+            fileName += System.getProperty("file.separator");
+        }
+        if (!baseDir.endsWith(System.getProperty("file.separate"))) {
+            baseDir += System.getProperty("file.separator");
+        }
+        fileName += baseDir + METADATA_FILE_NAME;
+
+        return fileName;
+    }
+
+    private ILocalResource cloneResource(ILocalResource resource) {
+        switch (resource.getResourceClass().getResourceClassId()) {
+            case ILocalResourceClass.LSMBTree:
+                return new LSMBTreeLocalResource();//TODO change the constructor appropriately
+            default:
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/IndexLocalResourceRepositoryFactory.java b/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/IndexLocalResourceRepositoryFactory.java
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+++ b/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/IndexLocalResourceRepositoryFactory.java
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+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file;
+
+public class IndexLocalResourceRepositoryFactory implements ILocalResourceRepositoryFactory {
+
+    @Override
+    public ILocalResourceRepository createRepository() {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java b/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java
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+++ b/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file;
+
+public class LSMBTreeLocalResource implements ILocalResource {
+
+    @Override
+    public byte[] toBytes() {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long getResourceId() {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getResourceName() {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object getResourceObject() {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ILocalResourceClass getResourceClass() {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/LSMBTreeLocalResourceClass.java b/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/LSMBTreeLocalResourceClass.java
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+++ b/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/file/LSMBTreeLocalResourceClass.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file;
+
+public class LSMBTreeLocalResourceClass implements ILocalResourceClass {
+
+    @Override
+    public ILocalResource deserialize(byte[] bytes) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public byte[] serialize(ILocalResource localResource) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getResourceClassId() {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+}