diff --git a/core/common/src/main/java/alluxio/master/metastore/MetastoreType.java b/core/common/src/main/java/alluxio/master/metastore/MetastoreType.java
index ffb9a0846604..e535dd2c365c 100644
--- a/core/common/src/main/java/alluxio/master/metastore/MetastoreType.java
+++ b/core/common/src/main/java/alluxio/master/metastore/MetastoreType.java
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@
  */
 public enum MetastoreType {
   HEAP,
-  ROCKS
+  ROCKS,
+  ROCKS_BLOCK_META_ONLY,
 }
diff --git a/core/common/src/main/java/alluxio/metrics/MetricKey.java b/core/common/src/main/java/alluxio/metrics/MetricKey.java
index 349e29bc6fa8..f23ea9cbcbfd 100644
--- a/core/common/src/main/java/alluxio/metrics/MetricKey.java
+++ b/core/common/src/main/java/alluxio/metrics/MetricKey.java
@@ -430,6 +430,11 @@ public static String getSyncMetricName(long mountId) {
           .setDescription("An estimate of the blocks heap size")
           .setMetricType(MetricType.GAUGE)
           .build();
+  public static final MetricKey MASTER_BLOCK_LOCATIONS_COUNT =
+      new MetricKey.Builder("Master.BlockLocationCount")
+          .setDescription("Count of blocks location")
+          .setMetricType(MetricType.GAUGE)
+          .build();
   public static final MetricKey MASTER_RPC_QUEUE_LENGTH =
       new Builder("Master.RpcQueueLength")
           .setDescription("Length of the master rpc queue. "
diff --git a/core/server/master/src/main/java/alluxio/master/MasterUtils.java b/core/server/master/src/main/java/alluxio/master/MasterUtils.java
index ccc1205f7ba1..bbe734440bdc 100644
--- a/core/server/master/src/main/java/alluxio/master/MasterUtils.java
+++ b/core/server/master/src/main/java/alluxio/master/MasterUtils.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import alluxio.master.metastore.heap.HeapBlockMetaStore;
 import alluxio.master.metastore.heap.HeapInodeStore;
 import alluxio.master.metastore.rocks.RocksBlockMetaStore;
+import alluxio.master.metastore.rocks.RocksBlockMetaStoreMetaOnly;
 import alluxio.master.metastore.rocks.RocksInodeStore;
 import alluxio.util.CommonUtils;
 
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ public static BlockMetaStore.Factory getBlockStoreFactory(String baseDir) {
         return HeapBlockMetaStore::new;
       case ROCKS:
         return () -> new RocksBlockMetaStore(baseDir);
+      case ROCKS_BLOCK_META_ONLY:
+        return () -> new RocksBlockMetaStoreMetaOnly(baseDir);
       default:
         throw new IllegalStateException("Unknown metastore type: " + type);
     }
diff --git a/core/server/master/src/main/java/alluxio/master/metastore/rocks/RocksBlockMetaStoreMetaOnly.java b/core/server/master/src/main/java/alluxio/master/metastore/rocks/RocksBlockMetaStoreMetaOnly.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aa7ba13425af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/server/master/src/main/java/alluxio/master/metastore/rocks/RocksBlockMetaStoreMetaOnly.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * The Alluxio Open Foundation licenses this work under the Apache License, version 2.0
+ * (the "License"). You may not use this work except in compliance with the License, which is
+ * available at www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND,
+ * either express or implied, as more fully set forth in the License.
+ *
+ * See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for information regarding copyright ownership.
+ */
+
+package alluxio.master.metastore.rocks;
+
+import alluxio.collections.TwoKeyConcurrentMap;
+import alluxio.metrics.MetricKey;
+import alluxio.metrics.MetricsSystem;
+import alluxio.proto.meta.Block.BlockLocation;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe;
+
+/**
+ * Block store backed by RocksDB and HEAP.
+ */
+@ThreadSafe
+public class RocksBlockMetaStoreMetaOnly extends RocksBlockMetaStore {
+  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RocksBlockMetaStoreMetaOnly.class);
+  // Map from block id to block locations.
+  public final TwoKeyConcurrentMap<Long, Long, BlockLocation, Map<Long, BlockLocation>>
+      mBlockLocations = new TwoKeyConcurrentMap<>(() -> new HashMap<>(4));
+  private final Map<BlockLocation, BlockLocation> mLocationCacheMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+  /**
+   * Creates and initializes a rocks block store.
+   *
+   * @param baseDir the base directory in which to store block store metadata
+   */
+  public RocksBlockMetaStoreMetaOnly(String baseDir) {
+    super(baseDir);
+    MetricsSystem.registerGaugeIfAbsent(MetricKey.MASTER_BLOCK_LOCATIONS_COUNT.getName(),
+        mBlockLocations::size);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public List<BlockLocation> getLocations(long blockid) {
+    if (!mBlockLocations.containsKey(blockid)) {
+      return Collections.emptyList();
+    }
+    return new ArrayList<>(mBlockLocations.get(blockid).values());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void addLocation(long blockId, BlockLocation location) {
+    // NOTICE(maobaolong): mLocationCacheMap can be increase to WOKRER_COUNT X TIER_COUNT
+    mLocationCacheMap.putIfAbsent(location, location);
+    BlockLocation wrapLocation = mLocationCacheMap.get(location);
+    mBlockLocations.addInnerValue(blockId, wrapLocation.getWorkerId(), wrapLocation);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void removeLocation(long blockId, long workerId) {
+    mBlockLocations.removeInnerValue(blockId, workerId);
+  }
+}