diff --git a/internal/memstore/allocator.go b/internal/memstore/allocator.go
index 271113c..b202726 100644
--- a/internal/memstore/allocator.go
+++ b/internal/memstore/allocator.go
@@ -1,7 +1,73 @@
 package memstore
 
-func RequestBytes(len int) []byte {
-	// TODO: Use mmap etc...!
+import (
+	"os"
+	"reflect"
+	"sync"
+	"unsafe"
 
-	return make([]byte, len)
+	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-store/internal/types"
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+const bufferSizeInFloats int = 512
+const bufferSizeInBytes int = bufferSizeInFloats * 8
+
+// The allocator rarely used, so a single big lock should be fine!
+var allocatorLock sync.Mutex
+var allocatorPool [][]byte
+
+func RequestBytes(size int) []byte {
+	size = (size + bufferSizeInBytes - 1) / bufferSizeInBytes * bufferSizeInBytes
+	if size == bufferSizeInBytes {
+		allocatorLock.Lock()
+		if len(allocatorPool) > 0 {
+			bytes := allocatorPool[len(allocatorPool)-1]
+			allocatorPool = allocatorPool[:len(allocatorPool)-1]
+			allocatorLock.Unlock()
+			return bytes
+		}
+		allocatorLock.Unlock()
+	}
+
+	pagesize := os.Getpagesize()
+	if size < pagesize || pagesize%size != 0 {
+		panic("page size and buffer size do not go with each other")
+	}
+
+	bytes, err := unix.Mmap(-1, 0, size, unix.PROT_READ|unix.PROT_WRITE, unix.MAP_ANONYMOUS)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	return bytes
+}
+
+func ReleaseBytes(bytes []byte) {
+	if cap(bytes)%bufferSizeInBytes != 0 {
+		panic("bytes released that do not match the buffer size constraints")
+	}
+
+	allocatorLock.Lock()
+	defer allocatorLock.Unlock()
+
+	n := cap(bytes) / bufferSizeInBytes
+	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+		chunk := bytes[i*bufferSizeInBytes : i*bufferSizeInBytes+bufferSizeInBytes]
+		allocatorPool = append(allocatorPool, chunk[0:0:bufferSizeInBytes])
+	}
+}
+
+func ReleaseFloatSlice(slice []types.Float) {
+	var x types.Float
+	sh := (*reflect.SliceHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&slice))
+	bytes := unsafe.Slice((*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(sh.Data)), sh.Cap*int(unsafe.Sizeof(x)))
+	ReleaseBytes(bytes)
+}
+
+func RequestFloatSlice(size int) []types.Float {
+	var x types.Float
+	bytes := RequestBytes(size * int(unsafe.Sizeof(x)))
+	sh := (*reflect.SliceHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&bytes))
+	return unsafe.Slice((*types.Float)(unsafe.Pointer(sh.Data)), size)
 }
diff --git a/internal/checkpoints/checkpoints.go b/internal/memstore/checkpoints.go
similarity index 98%
rename from internal/checkpoints/checkpoints.go
rename to internal/memstore/checkpoints.go
index 98b04d1..eb79d75 100644
--- a/internal/checkpoints/checkpoints.go
+++ b/internal/memstore/checkpoints.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package checkpoints
+package memstore
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"unsafe"
 
-	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-store/internal/memstore"
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-store/internal/types"
 )
 
@@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ func (m *Metrics) deserialize(buf []byte, r *bufio.Reader) error {
 
 	var x types.Float
 	elmsize := unsafe.Sizeof(x)
-	bytes = memstore.RequestBytes(int(n) * int(elmsize))
+	bytes = RequestBytes(int(n) * int(elmsize))
 	if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, bytes); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("reading payload (n=%d, elmsize=%d): %w", n, elmsize, err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/checkpoints/checkpoints_test.go b/internal/memstore/checkpoints_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from internal/checkpoints/checkpoints_test.go
rename to internal/memstore/checkpoints_test.go
index 8fc6dd9..ff81d14 100644
--- a/internal/checkpoints/checkpoints_test.go
+++ b/internal/memstore/checkpoints_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package checkpoints
+package memstore
 
 import (
 	"bufio"