diff --git a/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/block/column/Column.java b/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/block/column/Column.java
index 161a2c8eb..e9093693b 100644
--- a/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/block/column/Column.java
+++ b/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/block/column/Column.java
@@ -133,6 +133,13 @@ default TsPrimitiveType getTsPrimitiveType(int position) {
    */
   long getRetainedSizeInBytes();
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the size of this Column as if it was compacted, ignoring any over-allocations and any
+   * unloaded nested Columns. For example, in dictionary blocks, this only counts each dictionary
+   * entry once, rather than each time a value is referenced.
+   */
+  long getSizeInBytes();
+
   /**
    * Returns a column starting at the specified position and extends for the specified length. The
    * specified region must be entirely contained within this column.
diff --git a/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/utils/RamUsageEstimator.java b/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/utils/RamUsageEstimator.java
index 7c66e56d2..2f1cf3db6 100644
--- a/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/utils/RamUsageEstimator.java
+++ b/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/utils/RamUsageEstimator.java
@@ -271,6 +271,18 @@ public static long sizeOf(double[] arr) {
         : alignObjectSize(NUM_BYTES_ARRAY_HEADER + (long) Double.BYTES * arr.length);
   }
 
+  public static long sizeOf(Accountable[] arr) {
+    if (arr == null) {
+      return 0;
+    } else {
+      long size = shallowSizeOf(arr);
+      for (Accountable obj : arr) {
+        size += obj != null ? obj.ramBytesUsed() : 0;
+      }
+      return size;
+    }
+  }
+
   /** Returns the size in bytes of the String[] object. */
   public static long sizeOf(String[] arr) {
     if (arr == null) {
diff --git a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/TsBlock.java b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/TsBlock.java
index 14072b7a8..0c4571588 100644
--- a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/TsBlock.java
+++ b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/TsBlock.java
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ public static TsBlock wrapBlocksWithoutCopy(
 
   private volatile long retainedSizeInBytes = -1;
 
+  private volatile long sizeInBytes = -1;
+
   public TsBlock(int positionCount) {
     this(false, positionCount, null, EMPTY_COLUMNS);
   }
@@ -117,6 +119,18 @@ public long getRetainedSizeInBytes() {
     return retainedSizeInBytes;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the size of this block as if it was compacted, ignoring any over-allocations and any
+   * unloaded nested blocks. For example, in dictionary blocks, this only counts each dictionary
+   * entry once, rather than each time a value is referenced.
+   */
+  public long getSizeInBytes() {
+    if (sizeInBytes < 0) {
+      return updateSize();
+    }
+    return sizeInBytes;
+  }
+
   /**
    * @param positionOffset start offset
    * @param length slice length
@@ -504,6 +518,16 @@ private long updateRetainedSize() {
     return newRetainedSizeInBytes;
   }
 
+  private long updateSize() {
+    long newSizeInBytes = INSTANCE_SIZE;
+    newSizeInBytes += timeColumn.getSizeInBytes();
+    for (Column column : valueColumns) {
+      newSizeInBytes += column.getSizeInBytes();
+    }
+    this.sizeInBytes = newSizeInBytes;
+    return newSizeInBytes;
+  }
+
   public int getTotalInstanceSize() {
     int totalInstanceSize = INSTANCE_SIZE;
     totalInstanceSize += timeColumn.getInstanceSize();
diff --git a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/TsBlockBuilder.java b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/TsBlockBuilder.java
index 568c222c7..389d59e61 100644
--- a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/TsBlockBuilder.java
+++ b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/TsBlockBuilder.java
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ private TsBlockBuilder(int initialExpectedEntries, int maxTsBlockBytes, List<TSD
     valueColumnBuilders = new ColumnBuilder[types.size()];
 
     for (int i = 0; i < valueColumnBuilders.length; i++) {
-      // TODO use Type interface to encapsulate createColumnBuilder to each concrete type class
-      // instead of switch-case
       switch (types.get(i)) {
         case BOOLEAN:
           valueColumnBuilders[i] =
@@ -176,8 +174,6 @@ public void buildValueColumnBuilders(List<TSDataType> types) {
     valueColumnBuilders = new ColumnBuilder[types.size()];
     int initialExpectedEntries = timeColumnBuilder.getPositionCount();
     for (int i = 0; i < valueColumnBuilders.length; i++) {
-      // TODO use Type interface to encapsulate createColumnBuilder to each concrete type class
-      // instead of switch-case
       switch (types.get(i)) {
         case BOOLEAN:
           valueColumnBuilders[i] =
diff --git a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/BinaryColumn.java b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/BinaryColumn.java
index beb48c28b..ab244311e 100644
--- a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/BinaryColumn.java
+++ b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/BinaryColumn.java
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 import static org.apache.tsfile.read.common.block.column.ColumnUtil.checkValidRegion;
+import static org.apache.tsfile.utils.RamUsageEstimator.sizeOf;
 import static org.apache.tsfile.utils.RamUsageEstimator.sizeOfBooleanArray;
-import static org.apache.tsfile.utils.RamUsageEstimator.sizeOfObjectArray;
 
 public class BinaryColumn implements Column {
 
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ public class BinaryColumn implements Column {
   private final Binary[] values;
 
   private final long retainedSizeInBytes;
+  private final long sizeInBytes;
 
   public BinaryColumn(int positionCount, Optional<boolean[]> valueIsNull, Binary[] values) {
     this(0, positionCount, valueIsNull.orElse(null), values);
@@ -69,9 +70,37 @@ public BinaryColumn(int positionCount, Optional<boolean[]> valueIsNull, Binary[]
     }
     this.valueIsNull = valueIsNull;
 
-    // TODO we need to sum up all the Binary's retainedSize here
-    retainedSizeInBytes =
-        INSTANCE_SIZE + sizeOfBooleanArray(positionCount) + sizeOfObjectArray(positionCount);
+    retainedSizeInBytes = INSTANCE_SIZE + sizeOfBooleanArray(positionCount) + sizeOf(values);
+    sizeInBytes = values.length > 0 ? retainedSizeInBytes * positionCount / values.length : 0L;
+  }
+
+  // called by getRegion which already knows the underlying retainedSizeInBytes
+  private BinaryColumn(
+      int arrayOffset,
+      int positionCount,
+      boolean[] valueIsNull,
+      Binary[] values,
+      long retainedSizeInBytes) {
+    if (arrayOffset < 0) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("arrayOffset is negative");
+    }
+    this.arrayOffset = arrayOffset;
+    if (positionCount < 0) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("positionCount is negative");
+    }
+    this.positionCount = positionCount;
+
+    if (values.length - arrayOffset < positionCount) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("values length is less than positionCount");
+    }
+    this.values = values;
+
+    if (valueIsNull != null && valueIsNull.length - arrayOffset < positionCount) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("isNull length is less than positionCount");
+    }
+    this.valueIsNull = valueIsNull;
+    this.retainedSizeInBytes = retainedSizeInBytes;
+    this.sizeInBytes = values.length > 0 ? retainedSizeInBytes * positionCount / values.length : 0L;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -134,10 +163,16 @@ public long getRetainedSizeInBytes() {
     return retainedSizeInBytes;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public long getSizeInBytes() {
+    return sizeInBytes;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Column getRegion(int positionOffset, int length) {
     checkValidRegion(getPositionCount(), positionOffset, length);
-    return new BinaryColumn(positionOffset + arrayOffset, length, valueIsNull, values);
+    return new BinaryColumn(
+        positionOffset + arrayOffset, length, valueIsNull, values, getRetainedSizeInBytes());
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/BinaryColumnBuilder.java b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/BinaryColumnBuilder.java
index 917c6e5f3..fa5d9cdf8 100644
--- a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/BinaryColumnBuilder.java
+++ b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/BinaryColumnBuilder.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 
 import static java.lang.Math.max;
 import static org.apache.tsfile.read.common.block.column.ColumnUtil.calculateBlockResetSize;
-import static org.apache.tsfile.utils.RamUsageEstimator.shallowSizeOf;
 import static org.apache.tsfile.utils.RamUsageEstimator.sizeOf;
 
 public class BinaryColumnBuilder implements ColumnBuilder {
@@ -124,7 +123,6 @@ public TSDataType getDataType() {
 
   @Override
   public long getRetainedSizeInBytes() {
-    // TODO we need to sum up all the Binary's retainedSize here
     long size = INSTANCE_SIZE + arraysRetainedSizeInBytes;
     if (columnBuilderStatus != null) {
       size += ColumnBuilderStatus.INSTANCE_SIZE;
@@ -134,7 +132,6 @@ public long getRetainedSizeInBytes() {
 
   @Override
   public ColumnBuilder newColumnBuilderLike(ColumnBuilderStatus columnBuilderStatus) {
-    // TODO we should take retain size into account here
     return new BinaryColumnBuilder(columnBuilderStatus, calculateBlockResetSize(positionCount));
   }
 
@@ -153,6 +150,6 @@ private void growCapacity() {
   }
 
   private void updateArraysDataSize() {
-    arraysRetainedSizeInBytes = sizeOf(valueIsNull) + shallowSizeOf(values);
+    arraysRetainedSizeInBytes = sizeOf(valueIsNull) + sizeOf(values);
   }
 }
diff --git a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/BooleanColumn.java b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/BooleanColumn.java
index f74bcd8ee..f502b74e3 100644
--- a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/BooleanColumn.java
+++ b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/BooleanColumn.java
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ public long getRetainedSizeInBytes() {
     return retainedSizeInBytes;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public long getSizeInBytes() {
+    return (long) positionCount * SIZE_IN_BYTES_PER_POSITION;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Column getRegion(int positionOffset, int length) {
     checkValidRegion(getPositionCount(), positionOffset, length);
diff --git a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/DoubleColumn.java b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/DoubleColumn.java
index 0311830b0..ee2caa4ca 100644
--- a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/DoubleColumn.java
+++ b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/DoubleColumn.java
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ public long getRetainedSizeInBytes() {
     return retainedSizeInBytes;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public long getSizeInBytes() {
+    return (long) positionCount * SIZE_IN_BYTES_PER_POSITION;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Column getRegion(int positionOffset, int length) {
     checkValidRegion(getPositionCount(), positionOffset, length);
diff --git a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/FloatColumn.java b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/FloatColumn.java
index 449212ebc..ad55c15c3 100644
--- a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/FloatColumn.java
+++ b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/FloatColumn.java
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ public long getRetainedSizeInBytes() {
     return retainedSizeInBytes;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public long getSizeInBytes() {
+    return (long) positionCount * SIZE_IN_BYTES_PER_POSITION;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Column getRegion(int positionOffset, int length) {
     checkValidRegion(getPositionCount(), positionOffset, length);
diff --git a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/IntColumn.java b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/IntColumn.java
index 0254690b6..9c7a0f739 100644
--- a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/IntColumn.java
+++ b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/IntColumn.java
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ public long getRetainedSizeInBytes() {
     return retainedSizeInBytes;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public long getSizeInBytes() {
+    return (long) positionCount * SIZE_IN_BYTES_PER_POSITION;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Column getRegion(int positionOffset, int length) {
     checkValidRegion(getPositionCount(), positionOffset, length);
diff --git a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/LongColumn.java b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/LongColumn.java
index 34cc7dc4e..b42c6fa5c 100644
--- a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/LongColumn.java
+++ b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/LongColumn.java
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ public long getRetainedSizeInBytes() {
     return retainedSizeInBytes;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public long getSizeInBytes() {
+    return (long) positionCount * SIZE_IN_BYTES_PER_POSITION;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Column getRegion(int positionOffset, int length) {
     checkValidRegion(getPositionCount(), positionOffset, length);
diff --git a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/NullColumn.java b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/NullColumn.java
index 8b7e2152a..8e56b5abf 100644
--- a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/NullColumn.java
+++ b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/NullColumn.java
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ public long getRetainedSizeInBytes() {
     return retainedSizeInBytes;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public long getSizeInBytes() {
+    return retainedSizeInBytes;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Column getRegion(int positionOffset, int length) {
     checkValidRegion(getPositionCount(), positionOffset, length);
diff --git a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/RunLengthEncodedColumn.java b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/RunLengthEncodedColumn.java
index a78e2daae..649bc70e0 100644
--- a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/RunLengthEncodedColumn.java
+++ b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/RunLengthEncodedColumn.java
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ public long getRetainedSizeInBytes() {
     return INSTANCE_SIZE + value.getRetainedSizeInBytes();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public long getSizeInBytes() {
+    return value.getSizeInBytes();
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Column getRegion(int positionOffset, int length) {
     checkValidRegion(positionCount, positionOffset, length);
diff --git a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/TimeColumn.java b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/TimeColumn.java
index 1783f6a34..a936a3e7a 100644
--- a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/TimeColumn.java
+++ b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/TimeColumn.java
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ public boolean isNull(int position) {
 
   @Override
   public boolean[] isNull() {
-    // todo
-    return null;
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("isNull is not supported for TimeColumn");
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -112,6 +111,11 @@ public long getRetainedSizeInBytes() {
     return retainedSizeInBytes;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public long getSizeInBytes() {
+    return (long) positionCount * SIZE_IN_BYTES_PER_POSITION;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Column getRegion(int positionOffset, int length) {
     ColumnUtil.checkValidRegion(getPositionCount(), positionOffset, length);
diff --git a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/TsBlockSerde.java b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/TsBlockSerde.java
index 0ef002567..a50745048 100644
--- a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/TsBlockSerde.java
+++ b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/read/common/block/column/TsBlockSerde.java
@@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ public TsBlock deserialize(ByteBuffer byteBuffer) {
    * @return Serialized tsblock.
    */
   public ByteBuffer serialize(TsBlock tsBlock) throws IOException {
-    if (tsBlock.getRetainedSizeInBytes() > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
+    if (tsBlock.getSizeInBytes() > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
       throw new IllegalStateException(
-          "TsBlock should not be that large: " + tsBlock.getRetainedSizeInBytes());
+          "TsBlock should not be that large: " + tsBlock.getSizeInBytes());
     }
     ByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOutputStream =
-        new ByteArrayOutputStream((int) tsBlock.getRetainedSizeInBytes());
+        new ByteArrayOutputStream((int) tsBlock.getSizeInBytes());
     DataOutputStream dataOutputStream = new DataOutputStream(byteArrayOutputStream);
 
     // Value column count.