diff --git a/ecstore/src/disk.rs b/ecstore/src/disk.rs
index e708a2a7..c8c87fd7 100644
--- a/ecstore/src/disk.rs
+++ b/ecstore/src/disk.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use crate::{
     endpoint::{Endpoint, Endpoints},
     file_meta::FileMeta,
     format::{DistributionAlgoVersion, FormatV3},
-    store_api::FileInfo,
+    store_api::{FileInfo, RawFileInfo},
     utils,
 };
 
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ impl LocalDisk {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// read xl.meta raw data
     async fn read_raw(
         &self,
         bucket: &str,
@@ -480,7 +481,7 @@ impl DiskAPI for LocalDisk {
 
         fs::write(&src_file_path, fm_data).await?;
 
-        let no_inline = src_data_path.has_root() && fi.data.is_empty() && fi.size > 0;
+        let no_inline = src_data_path.has_root() && fi.data.is_none() && fi.size > 0;
         if no_inline {
             self.rename_all(&src_data_path, &dst_data_path, &skipParent).await?;
         }
@@ -566,7 +567,7 @@ impl DiskAPI for LocalDisk {
         org_volume: &str,
         volume: &str,
         path: &str,
-        version_id: &str,
+        version_id: Uuid,
         opts: ReadOptions,
     ) -> Result<FileInfo> {
         let file_path = self.get_object_path(volume, path)?;
@@ -576,7 +577,18 @@ impl DiskAPI for LocalDisk {
 
         let (data, _) = self.read_raw(volume, file_dir, file_path, read_data).await?;
 
-        unimplemented!()
+        let meta = FileMeta::unmarshal(&data)?;
+
+        let fi = meta.into_fileinfo(volume, path, version_id, false, true)?;
+        Ok(fi)
+    }
+    async fn read_xl(&self, volume: &str, path: &str, read_data: bool) -> Result<RawFileInfo> {
+        let file_path = self.get_object_path(volume, path)?;
+        let file_dir = self.get_bucket_path(volume)?;
+
+        let (buf, _) = self.read_raw(volume, file_dir, file_path, read_data).await?;
+
+        Ok(RawFileInfo { buf })
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/ecstore/src/disk_api.rs b/ecstore/src/disk_api.rs
index 7503acd1..486d985e 100644
--- a/ecstore/src/disk_api.rs
+++ b/ecstore/src/disk_api.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ use anyhow::{Error, Result};
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use time::OffsetDateTime;
 use tokio::io::DuplexStream;
+use uuid::Uuid;
 
-use crate::store_api::FileInfo;
+use crate::store_api::{FileInfo, RawFileInfo};
 
 #[async_trait::async_trait]
 pub trait DiskAPI: Debug + Send + Sync + 'static {
@@ -34,9 +35,10 @@ pub trait DiskAPI: Debug + Send + Sync + 'static {
         org_volume: &str,
         volume: &str,
         path: &str,
-        version_id: &str,
+        version_id: Uuid,
         opts: ReadOptions,
     ) -> Result<FileInfo>;
+    async fn read_xl(&self, volume: &str, path: &str, read_data: bool) -> Result<RawFileInfo>;
 }
 
 pub struct VolumeInfo {
diff --git a/ecstore/src/store_api.rs b/ecstore/src/store_api.rs
index b24548c7..b043a827 100644
--- a/ecstore/src/store_api.rs
+++ b/ecstore/src/store_api.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ pub const BLOCK_SIZE_V2: usize = 1048576; // 1M
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct FileInfo {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub volume: String,
     pub version_id: Uuid,
     pub erasure: ErasureInfo,
     pub deleted: bool,
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ pub struct FileInfo {
     pub data_dir: Uuid,
     pub mod_time: OffsetDateTime,
     pub size: usize,
-    pub data: Vec<u8>,
+    pub data: Option<Vec<u8>>,
     pub fresh: bool, // indicates this is a first time call to write FileInfo.
 }
 
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ impl Default for FileInfo {
             size: Default::default(),
             data: Default::default(),
             fresh: Default::default(),
+            name: Default::default(),
+            volume: Default::default(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ impl FileInfo {
         };
         Self {
             erasure: ErasureInfo {
-                algorithm: ERASURE_ALGORITHM,
+                algorithm: String::from(ERASURE_ALGORITHM),
                 data_blocks: data_blocks,
                 parity_blocks: parity_blocks,
                 block_size: BLOCK_SIZE_V2,
@@ -89,11 +93,15 @@ impl FileInfo {
     }
 }
 
+pub struct RawFileInfo {
+    pub buf: Vec<u8>,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
 // ErasureInfo holds erasure coding and bitrot related information.
 pub struct ErasureInfo {
     // Algorithm is the String representation of erasure-coding-algorithm
-    pub algorithm: &'static str,
+    pub algorithm: String,
     // DataBlocks is the number of data blocks for erasure-coding
     pub data_blocks: usize,
     // ParityBlocks is the number of parity blocks for erasure-coding