diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1725410..c8d7834 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
+rocksdb = "0.22.0"
diff --git a/src/database/database.rs b/src/database/database.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b76732
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/database/database.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+use rocksdb::{ColumnFamilyDescriptor, Options, DB};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::io::{self, ErrorKind};
+use std::path::Path;
+
+pub struct Database {
+    db: DB,
+}
+
+impl Database {
+    pub fn open<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Self, std::io::Error> {
+        let mut opts = Options::default();
+        opts.create_if_missing(true);
+        opts.create_missing_column_families(true);
+
+        let namespace_cf_opts = Options::default();
+        let namespace_cf = ColumnFamilyDescriptor::new("NamespaceData", namespace_cf_opts);
+
+        let table_cf_opts = Options::default();
+        let table_cf = ColumnFamilyDescriptor::new("TableData", table_cf_opts);
+
+        let operator_cf_opts = Options::default();
+        let operator_cf = ColumnFamilyDescriptor::new("OperatorStatistics", operator_cf_opts);
+
+        let cfs_vec = vec![namespace_cf, table_cf, operator_cf];
+
+        let db = DB::open_cf_descriptors(&opts, path, cfs_vec)
+            .map_err(|e| std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, e.to_string()))?;
+
+        Ok(Self { db })
+    }
+    pub fn insert<V: Serialize>(&self, cf: &str, key: &str, value: &V) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+        let cf_handle = self.db.cf_handle(cf).ok_or_else(|| {
+            io::Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::NotFound,
+                format!("Column family {} not found", cf),
+            )
+        })?;
+        let value = serde_json::to_vec(value)
+            .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, e.to_string()))?;
+        self.db
+            .put_cf(cf_handle, key.as_bytes(), &value)
+            .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, e))?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn get<V: for<'de> Deserialize<'de>>(
+        &self,
+        cf: &str,
+        key: &str,
+    ) -> Result<Option<V>, io::Error> {
+        let cf_handle = self.db.cf_handle(cf).ok_or_else(|| {
+            io::Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::NotFound,
+                format!("Column family {} not found", cf),
+            )
+        })?;
+        let value = self
+            .db
+            .get_cf(cf_handle, key.as_bytes())
+            .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, e))?;
+        match value {
+            Some(db_vec) => {
+                let v: V = serde_json::from_slice(&db_vec)?;
+                Ok(Some(v))
+            }
+            None => Ok(None),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn delete(&self, cf: &str, key: &str) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+        let cf_handle = self.db.cf_handle(cf).ok_or_else(|| {
+            io::Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::NotFound,
+                format!("Column family {} not found", cf),
+            )
+        })?;
+        self.db
+            .delete_cf(cf_handle, key.as_bytes())
+            .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, e))?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn update<V: Serialize>(&self, cf: &str, key: &str, value: &V) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+        let cf_handle = self.db.cf_handle(cf).ok_or_else(|| {
+            io::Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::NotFound,
+                format!("Column family {} not found", cf),
+            )
+        })?;
+        let value = serde_json::to_vec(value)
+            .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, e.to_string()))?;
+        self.db
+            .put_cf(cf_handle, key.as_bytes(), &value)
+            .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, e))?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn close(self) {
+        drop(self);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/database/mod.rs b/src/database/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fd0a6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/database/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod database;