diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d3718380..43ef6320 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ before_script:
  - go get github.com/kr/pretty
 script:
  - go test -v -race github.com/google/cadvisor/container
+ - go test -v -race github.com/google/cadvisor/storage
  - go test -v github.com/google/cadvisor/info
  - go test -v github.com/google/cadvisor/client
  - go test -v github.com/google/cadvisor/sampling
diff --git a/manager/statsproc.go b/manager/statsproc.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17f38ff3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manager/statsproc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// Copyright 2014 Google Inc. 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.
+
+package manager
+
+import (
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/google/cadvisor/info"
+	"github.com/google/cadvisor/storage"
+)
+
+type ContainerStats struct {
+	ContainerReference info.ContainerReference
+	Stats              *info.ContainerStats
+	ResChan            chan<- error
+}
+
+type ContainerStatsProcessor interface {
+	StartStatsProcessors(numProcs int) (chan<- *ContainerStats, error)
+	StopAllProcessors()
+}
+
+type containerStatsWriter struct {
+	config *storage.Config
+}
+
+func (self *containerStatsWriter) StartStatsProcessors(numProcs int) (chan<- *ContainerStats, error) {
+	ch := make(chan *ContainerStats)
+	statsWriter, err := storage.NewContainerStatsWriter(self.config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < numProcs; i++ {
+		go self.process(statsWriter, ch)
+	}
+	return ch, nil
+}
+
+func (self *containerStatsWriter) process(statsWriter storage.ContainerStatsWriter, ch <-chan *ContainerStats) {
+	for stats := range ch {
+		err := statsWriter.Write(stats.ContainerReference, stats.Stats)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("unable to write stats: %v", err)
+		}
+		if stats.ResChan != nil {
+			stats.ResChan <- err
+		}
+	}
+}