diff --git a/querent/common/uri.py b/querent/common/uri.py
index 3856b5e1..4341c9df 100644
--- a/querent/common/uri.py
+++ b/querent/common/uri.py
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ def from_well_formed(cls, uri: str) -> "Uri":
     def extension(self) -> Optional[str]:
         return Path(self.uri).suffix.lstrip(".")
 
+    @property
+    def path(self) -> str:
+        return self.uri[self.protocol_idx + len(self.PROTOCOL_SEPARATOR) :]
+    
     def as_str(self) -> str:
         return self.uri
 
diff --git a/querent/config/storage_config.py b/querent/config/storage_config.py
index 41c8b056..7f60f31c 100644
--- a/querent/config/storage_config.py
+++ b/querent/config/storage_config.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 class StorageBackend(str, Enum):
     LocalFile = "localfile"
     Redis = "redis"
-
+    
 class StorageBackendFlavor(str, Enum):
     DigitalOcean = "do"
     Garage = "garage"
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ class Config:
 class LocalFileStorageConfig(BaseModel):
     root_path: str
 
+class RedisStorageConfig(BaseModel):
+    host: str
+    port: int
+    password: Optional[str] = None  
+    
 class StorageConfigWrapper(BaseModel):
     backend: StorageBackend
     config: Optional[BaseModel] = None
diff --git a/querent/storage/local/local_storage.py b/querent/storage/local/local_file_storage.py
similarity index 73%
rename from querent/storage/local/local_storage.py
rename to querent/storage/local/local_file_storage.py
index ef93cc8d..d20cca5f 100644
--- a/querent/storage/local/local_storage.py
+++ b/querent/storage/local/local_file_storage.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import shutil
 from querent.common.uri import Protocol, Uri
 from querent.config.storage_config import StorageBackend
+from querent.storage.payload import PutPayload
 
 from querent.storage.storage_errors import StorageError, StorageErrorKind
 from querent.storage.storage_base import Storage
@@ -97,8 +98,10 @@ def uri(self):
         return self.underlying.uri()
 
 class LocalFileStorage(Storage):
-    def __init__(self, uri, root):
+    def __init__(self, uri: Uri, root=None):
         self.uri = uri
+        if not root:
+            root = Path(uri.path)
         self.root = root
         self.cache_lock = Lock()
 
@@ -125,24 +128,41 @@ async def check_connectivity(self):
                     f"Failed to create directories at {self.root}: {e}",
                 )
 
-    async def put(self, path, payload):
+    async def put(self, path: Path, payload: PutPayload):
         full_path = await self.full_path(path)
         parent_dir = full_path.parent
         try:
             parent_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-            with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(dir=parent_dir, delete=False) as temp_file:
-                temp_path = Path(temp_file.name)
-                temp_file.close()
-                await asyncio.to_thread(shutil.copyfileobj, payload.byte_stream(), temp_path)
-                temp_path.rename(full_path)
+            payload_len = payload.len()
+            if payload_len > 0:
+                with open(full_path, "wb") as file:
+                    for i in range(0, payload_len, 1024):
+                        chunk = await payload.range_byte_stream(i, i + 1024)
+                        file.write(chunk)
         except Exception as e:
             raise StorageError(
                 StorageErrorKind.Io,
                 f"Failed to write file to {full_path}: {e}",
             )
 
-    async def delete_single_file(self, relative_path):
-        full_path = await self.full_path(relative_path)
+    async def copy_to(self, path, output):
+        full_path = await self.full_path(path)
+        with open(full_path, "rb") as file:
+            await asyncio.to_thread(shutil.copyfileobj, file, output)
+
+    async def get_slice(self, path, start, end):
+        full_path = await self.full_path(path)
+        with open(full_path, "rb") as file:
+            file.seek(start)
+            return file.read(end - start)
+
+    async def get_all(self, path):
+        full_path = await self.full_path(path)
+        with open(full_path, "rb") as file:
+            return file.read()
+
+    async def delete(self, path):
+        full_path = await self.full_path(path)
         try:
             full_path.unlink()
         except FileNotFoundError:
@@ -153,17 +173,28 @@ async def delete_single_file(self, relative_path):
                 f"Failed to delete file {full_path}: {e}",
             )
 
-    async def delete(self, path):
-        await self.delete_single_file(path)
+    async def bulk_delete(self, paths):
+        for path in paths:
+            await self.delete(path)
+
+    async def exists(self, path):
+        full_path = await self.full_path(path)
+        return full_path.exists()
+
+    async def file_num_bytes(self, path):
+        full_path = await self.full_path(path)
+        return full_path.stat().st_size
+
+    def uri(self):
+        return str(self.uri)
 
 class LocalStorageFactory(StorageFactory):
     def backend(self) -> StorageBackend:
         return StorageBackend.LocalFile
 
-    async def resolve(self, uri: str) -> Storage:
-        parsed_uri = Uri(uri)  # Ensure you have the Uri class imported and defined
-        if parsed_uri.protocol == Protocol.File:
-            root_path = Path(parsed_uri.path)
+    async def resolve(self, uri: Uri) -> Storage:
+        if uri.protocol == Protocol.File:
+            root_path = Path(uri.path)
             return LocalFileStorage(uri, root_path)
         else:
-            raise ValueError("Unsupported protocol")
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+            raise ValueError("Unsupported protocol")
diff --git a/querent/storage/payload.py b/querent/storage/payload.py
index c7cdc7ca..3292e96f 100644
--- a/querent/storage/payload.py
+++ b/querent/storage/payload.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+import io
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from typing import Optional
-from pathlib import Path
+
 
 class PutPayload(ABC):
     @abstractmethod
@@ -15,6 +16,55 @@ async def byte_stream(self) -> bytes:
         total_len = self.len()
         return await self.range_byte_stream(0, total_len)
 
+    async def read(self, n: Optional[int] = None) -> bytes:
+        if n is None:
+            return await self.byte_stream()
+        return await self.range_byte_stream(0, n)
+    
     async def read_all(self) -> bytes:
         total_len = self.len()
         return await self.range_byte_stream(0, total_len)
+
+class BytesPayload(PutPayload):
+    def __init__(self, data: bytes):
+        self.data = data
+
+    def len(self) -> int:
+        return len(self.data)
+
+    async def range_byte_stream(self, start: int, end: int) -> bytes:
+        start = max(start, 0)
+        end = min(end, len(self.data))
+        return self.data[start:end]
+
+    async def read(self, n: Optional[int] = None) -> bytes:
+        if n is None:
+            return await self.byte_stream()
+        return await self.range_byte_stream(0, n)
+
+    async def read_all(self) -> bytes:
+        return await self.byte_stream()
+
+class ByteStream:
+    def __init__(self, data: bytes):
+        self.data = data
+
+    async def read(self, n: Optional[int] = None) -> bytes:
+        if n is None:
+            return self.data
+        return self.data[:n]
+
+
+# Example usage
+async def main():
+    payload_data = b"test content"
+    payload = BytesPayload(payload_data)
+    
+    byte_stream = ByteStream(payload_data)
+    result = await byte_stream.read(4)
+    print(result)  # Output: b"test"
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import asyncio
+    asyncio.run(main())
diff --git a/querent/storage/storage_base.py b/querent/storage/storage_base.py
index d5f937cd..c4e7f325 100644
--- a/querent/storage/storage_base.py
+++ b/querent/storage/storage_base.py
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import IO
 
+from querent.storage.payload import PutPayload
+
 class Storage(ABC):
     @abstractmethod
     async def check_connectivity(self) -> None:
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
-    async def put(self, path: Path, payload) -> None:
+    async def put(self, path: Path, payload: PutPayload) -> None:
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
diff --git a/querent/storage/storage_resolver.py b/querent/storage/storage_resolver.py
index fb991a37..106102ba 100644
--- a/querent/storage/storage_resolver.py
+++ b/querent/storage/storage_resolver.py
@@ -4,18 +4,17 @@
 from querent.storage.storage_errors import StorageResolverError, StorageErrorKind
 from querent.common.uri import Protocol, Uri
 from querent.storage.storage_factory import StorageFactory
-from querent.storage.local.local_storage import LocalStorageFactory
+from querent.storage.local.local_file_storage import LocalStorageFactory
 class StorageResolver:
     def __init__(self):
         self.storage_factories: Dict[StorageBackend, StorageFactory] = {
             StorageBackend.LocalFile: LocalStorageFactory(),
         }
 
-    def resolve(self, uri_str: str) -> Optional[Storage]:
-        uri = Uri(uri_str)
+    def resolve(self, uri: Uri) -> Optional[Storage]:
         backend = self._determine_backend(uri.protocol)
         if backend in self.storage_factories:
-            return self.storage_factories[backend].resolve(uri_str)
+            return self.storage_factories[backend].resolve(uri)
         else:
             raise StorageResolverError(
                 StorageErrorKind.NotSupported, backend, "Unsupported backend"
diff --git a/tests/test_local_storage.py b/tests/test_local_storage.py
index cf9bfd3e..4ecd4af5 100644
--- a/tests/test_local_storage.py
+++ b/tests/test_local_storage.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+import asyncio
 import tempfile
 from pathlib import Path
 import pytest
-from querent.storage.local.local_storage import LocalFileStorage
+from querent.storage.local.local_file_storage import LocalFileStorage, LocalStorageFactory
 from querent.common.uri import Uri
-from querent.storage.payload import PutPayload
+import querent.storage.payload as querent_payload
+from querent.storage.storage_resolver import StorageResolver
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def temp_dir():
@@ -12,11 +14,36 @@ def temp_dir():
     temp_dir.cleanup()
 
 def test_local_storage(temp_dir):
-    storage = LocalFileStorage(temp_dir)
-    uri = Uri("file://test.txt")
-    payload = PutPayload(b"test")
-    storage.put(uri, payload)
-    assert Path(temp_dir, uri.path).exists()
-    assert storage.get(uri).payload == b"test"
-    storage.delete(uri)
-    assert not Path(temp_dir, uri.path).exists()
+    uri = Uri("file://" + temp_dir)  # Use the temp_dir as the base URI
+    storage = LocalFileStorage(uri, Path(temp_dir))  # Provide the 'uri' argument only
+    payload = querent_payload.BytesPayload(b"test")
+    
+    print(f"Temp dir: {temp_dir}")
+    print(f"URI: {uri}")
+
+    # Put the payload
+    asyncio.run(storage.put(Path(temp_dir + "/test.txt"), payload))
+    file_path = Path(temp_dir, "test.txt")
+    print(f"File path: {file_path}")
+
+    assert file_path.exists()
+    with open(file_path, "rb") as file:
+        content = file.read()
+        print(f"File content: {content.decode('utf-8')}")
+        assert content == b"test"
+
+def test_storage_resolver(temp_dir):
+    uri = Uri("file://" + temp_dir)  # Use the temp_dir as the base URI
+    resolver = StorageResolver()
+    
+    storage = asyncio.run(resolver.resolve(uri))
+        
+    payload = querent_payload.BytesPayload(b"ok")
+    asyncio.run(storage.put(Path(temp_dir + "/test.txt"), payload))
+    
+    file_path = Path(temp_dir, "test.txt")
+    assert file_path.exists()
+    
+    with open(file_path, "rb") as file:
+        content = file.read()
+        assert content == b"ok"
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