diff --git a/elastiknn-jmh-benchmarks/src/main/scala/com/klibisz/elastiknn/jmhbenchmarks/VectorSerializationBenchmarks.scala b/elastiknn-jmh-benchmarks/src/main/scala/com/klibisz/elastiknn/jmhbenchmarks/VectorSerializationBenchmarks.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb81ba17b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elastiknn-jmh-benchmarks/src/main/scala/com/klibisz/elastiknn/jmhbenchmarks/VectorSerializationBenchmarks.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package com.klibisz.elastiknn.jmhbenchmarks
+
+import com.klibisz.elastiknn.api.Vec
+import com.klibisz.elastiknn.storage.{ByteBufferSerialization, UnsafeSerialization}
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations._
+
+import scala.util.Random
+
+@State(Scope.Benchmark)
+class VectorSerializationBenchmarksState {
+  implicit private val rng: Random = new Random(0)
+  val floatsOriginal = Vec.DenseFloat.random(999).values
+  val floatsSerialized = UnsafeSerialization.writeFloats(floatsOriginal)
+}
+
+class VectorSerializationBenchmarks {
+
+  @Benchmark
+  @BenchmarkMode(Array(Mode.Throughput))
+  @Fork(value = 1)
+  @Warmup(time = 5, iterations = 5)
+  @Measurement(time = 5, iterations = 5)
+  def writeFloatsUnsafe(state: VectorSerializationBenchmarksState): Array[Byte] = {
+    UnsafeSerialization.writeFloats(state.floatsOriginal)
+  }
+
+  @Benchmark
+  @BenchmarkMode(Array(Mode.Throughput))
+  @Fork(value = 1)
+  @Warmup(time = 5, iterations = 5)
+  @Measurement(time = 5, iterations = 5)
+  def writeFloatsByteBuffer(state: VectorSerializationBenchmarksState): Array[Byte] = {
+    ByteBufferSerialization.writeFloats(state.floatsOriginal)
+  }
+
+  @Benchmark
+  @BenchmarkMode(Array(Mode.Throughput))
+  @Fork(value = 1)
+  @Warmup(time = 5, iterations = 5)
+  @Measurement(time = 5, iterations = 5)
+  def readFloatsUnsafe(state: VectorSerializationBenchmarksState): Array[Float] = {
+    UnsafeSerialization.readFloats(state.floatsSerialized, 0, state.floatsSerialized.length)
+  }
+
+  @Benchmark
+  @BenchmarkMode(Array(Mode.Throughput))
+  @Fork(value = 1)
+  @Warmup(time = 5, iterations = 5)
+  @Measurement(time = 5, iterations = 5)
+  def readFloatsByteBuffer(state: VectorSerializationBenchmarksState): Array[Float] = {
+    ByteBufferSerialization.readFloats(state.floatsSerialized, 0, state.floatsSerialized.length)
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/elastiknn-models/src/main/java/com/klibisz/elastiknn/storage/ByteBufferSerialization.java b/elastiknn-models/src/main/java/com/klibisz/elastiknn/storage/ByteBufferSerialization.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c0ff3458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elastiknn-models/src/main/java/com/klibisz/elastiknn/storage/ByteBufferSerialization.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package com.klibisz.elastiknn.storage;
+
+import scala.util.control.Exception;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;
+
+public class ByteBufferSerialization {
+    public static final int numBytesInInt = 4;
+    public static final int numBytesInFloat = 4;
+
+    public static final ByteOrder byteOrder = ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN;
+
+    public static byte[] writeInt(final int i) {
+        ByteBuffer bb;
+        final int a = Math.abs(i);
+        if (a <= Byte.MAX_VALUE) {
+            bb = ByteBuffer.allocate(1).order(byteOrder);
+            bb.asIntBuffer().put(i);
+            return bb.array();
+        } else if (a <= Short.MAX_VALUE) {
+            bb = ByteBuffer.allocate(2).order(byteOrder);
+            bb.asIntBuffer().put(i);
+            return bb.array();
+        } else {
+            bb = ByteBuffer.allocate(4).order(byteOrder);
+            bb.asIntBuffer().put(i);
+            return bb.array();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static byte[] writeFloats(final float[] farr) {
+        ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.allocate(farr.length * numBytesInFloat).order(byteOrder);
+        bb.asFloatBuffer().put(farr);
+        return bb.array();
+    }
+
+    public static float[] readFloats(final byte[] barr, int offset, int length) {
+        float[] dst = new float[length / numBytesInFloat];
+        ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.wrap(barr, offset, length).order(byteOrder);
+        bb.asFloatBuffer().get(dst);
+        return dst;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/elastiknn-models/src/test/scala/com/klibisz/elastiknn/storage/ByteBufferSerializationSpec.scala b/elastiknn-models/src/test/scala/com/klibisz/elastiknn/storage/ByteBufferSerializationSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51430df16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elastiknn-models/src/test/scala/com/klibisz/elastiknn/storage/ByteBufferSerializationSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package com.klibisz.elastiknn.storage
+
+import org.scalatest.freespec.AnyFreeSpec
+import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers
+
+class ByteBufferSerializationSpec extends AnyFreeSpec with Matchers {
+
+  "writeInt" - {
+    "variable length encoding" in {
+      ByteBufferSerialization.writeInt(127) should have length 1
+      ByteBufferSerialization.writeInt(-127) should have length 1
+      ByteBufferSerialization.writeInt(32767) should have length 2
+      ByteBufferSerialization.writeInt(-32767) should have length 2
+      println(Int.MaxValue)
+      println(Int.MinValue)
+    }
+  }
+
+  "writeFloats and readFloats" - {
+    "example" in {
+      val original = (-10 until 10).map(_.toFloat).toArray
+      val serialized = ByteBufferSerialization.writeFloats(original)
+      val deserialized = ByteBufferSerialization.readFloats(serialized, 0, serialized.length)
+      deserialized.toList shouldBe original.toList
+    }
+    "example with offset and length" in {
+      val (dropLeftFloats, dropRightFloats) = (2, 5)
+      val (dropLeftBytes, dropRightBytes) = (dropLeftFloats * 4, dropRightFloats * 4)
+      val original = (-10 until 10).map(_.toFloat).toArray
+      val serialized = ByteBufferSerialization.writeFloats(original)
+      val deserialized = ByteBufferSerialization.readFloats(serialized, dropLeftBytes, serialized.length - dropLeftBytes - dropRightBytes)
+      deserialized.toList shouldBe original.drop(dropLeftFloats).dropRight(dropRightFloats).toList
+    }
+    "compatibility with UnsafeSerialization" in {
+      val original = (-10 until 10).map(_.toFloat).toArray
+      val unsafeSerialized = UnsafeSerialization.writeFloats(original)
+      val byteBufferSerialized = ByteBufferSerialization.writeFloats(original)
+      val unsafeDeserializedFromByteBuffer = ByteBufferSerialization.readFloats(byteBufferSerialized, 0, byteBufferSerialized.length)
+      val byteBufferDeserializedFromUnsafe = ByteBufferSerialization.readFloats(unsafeSerialized, 0, unsafeSerialized.length)
+      byteBufferSerialized.toList shouldBe unsafeSerialized.toList
+      unsafeDeserializedFromByteBuffer.toList shouldBe original.toList
+      byteBufferDeserializedFromUnsafe.toList shouldBe original.toList
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/elastiknn-plugin/src/main/scala/com/klibisz/elastiknn/Playground.scala b/elastiknn-plugin/src/main/scala/com/klibisz/elastiknn/Playground.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7806713cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elastiknn-plugin/src/main/scala/com/klibisz/elastiknn/Playground.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.klibisz.elastiknn
+
+import java.nio.{ByteBuffer, ByteOrder}
+
+object Playground extends App {
+
+  val arr = (0 until 10).toArray
+  val bb: ByteBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(arr.length * 4).order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder())
+  bb.asIntBuffer().put(arr)
+  println(bb.array().length)
+
+}