diff --git a/servers/src/main/java/tachyon/worker/block/meta/BlockMeta.java b/servers/src/main/java/tachyon/worker/block/meta/BlockMeta.java
index 2908e8c7671a..5b443796e709 100644
--- a/servers/src/main/java/tachyon/worker/block/meta/BlockMeta.java
+++ b/servers/src/main/java/tachyon/worker/block/meta/BlockMeta.java
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
  * copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to You 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
@@ -15,54 +15,23 @@
 
 package tachyon.worker.block.meta;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
-
 import tachyon.util.CommonUtils;
 
 /**
  * Represents the metadata of a block in Tachyon managed storage.
  */
-public class BlockMeta {
-  private final long mBlockId;
-  private long mBlockSize;
-  private StorageDir mDir;
-  private boolean mCommitted = false;
+public class BlockMeta extends BlockMetaBase {
 
   public BlockMeta(long blockId, long blockSize, StorageDir dir) {
-    mBlockId = blockId;
-    mBlockSize = blockSize;
-    mDir = Preconditions.checkNotNull(dir);
-  }
-
-  public long getBlockId() {
-    return mBlockId;
+    super(blockId, blockSize, dir);
   }
 
-  public long getBlockSize() {
-    return mBlockSize;
+  public BlockMeta(TempBlockMeta tempBlock) {
+    super(tempBlock.getBlockId(), tempBlock.getBlockSize(), tempBlock.getParentDir();
   }
 
+  @Override
   public String getPath() {
     return CommonUtils.concatPath(mDir.getDirPath(), mBlockId);
   }
-
-  public String getTmpPath(long userId) {
-    return CommonUtils.concatPath(mDir.getDirPath(), userId, mBlockId);
-  }
-
-  public StorageDir getParentDir() {
-    return mDir;
-  }
-
-  public boolean commit() {
-    if (mCommitted) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    mCommitted = true;
-  }
-
-  public boolean isCommitted() {
-    return mCommitted;
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/servers/src/main/java/tachyon/worker/block/meta/BlockMetaBase.java b/servers/src/main/java/tachyon/worker/block/meta/BlockMetaBase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..00b1320f05d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/servers/src/main/java/tachyon/worker/block/meta/BlockMetaBase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the University of California, Berkeley under one or more contributor license
+ * agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+ * copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to You 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 tachyon.worker.block.meta;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import tachyon.worker.BlockStoreLocation;
+
+/**
+ * A base class of the metadata of blocks in Tachyon managed storage.
+ */
+public abstract class BlockMetaBase {
+  protected final long mBlockId;
+  protected long mBlockSize;
+  protected StorageDir mDir;
+
+  public BlockMetaBase(long blockId, long blockSize, StorageDir dir) {
+    mBlockId = blockId;
+    mBlockSize = blockSize;
+    mDir = Preconditions.checkNotNull(dir);
+  }
+
+  public long getBlockId() {
+    return mBlockId;
+  }
+
+  public long getBlockSize() {
+    return mBlockSize;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the location of a specific block
+   */
+  public BlockStoreLocation getBlockLocation() {
+    StorageTier tier = mDir.getParentTier();
+    return new BlockStoreLocation(tier.getTierId(), mDir.getDirId());
+  }
+
+  public StorageDir getParentDir() {
+    return mDir;
+  }
+
+  public abstract String getPath();
+}
diff --git a/servers/src/main/java/tachyon/worker/block/meta/TempBlockMeta.java b/servers/src/main/java/tachyon/worker/block/meta/TempBlockMeta.java
index 035f292de577..075574e1c946 100644
--- a/servers/src/main/java/tachyon/worker/block/meta/TempBlockMeta.java
+++ b/servers/src/main/java/tachyon/worker/block/meta/TempBlockMeta.java
@@ -1,7 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the University of California, Berkeley under one or more contributor license
+ * agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+ * copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to You 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 tachyon.worker.block.meta;
 
+import tachyon.util.CommonUtils;
+
 /**
- * Created by binfan on 6/9/15.
+ * Represents the metadata of an uncommited block in Tachyon managed storage.
  */
-public class TempBlockMeta {
+public class TempBlockMeta extends BlockMetaBase {
+  private final long mUserId;
+
+  public TempBlockMeta(long userId, long blockId, long blockSize, StorageDir dir) {
+    super(blockId, blockSize, dir);
+    mUserId = userId;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getPath() {
+    return CommonUtils.concatPath(mDir.getDirPath(), mUserId, mBlockId);
+  }
+
+  public void setBlockSize(long newSize) {
+    mBlockSize = newSize;
+  }
 }