diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0d581f145..6804bae42 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ ifeq ($(USE_TABLEAM),yes)
 	REGRESS += am_create am_load am_query am_analyze am_data_types am_functions \
 	           am_drop am_insert am_copyto am_alter am_rollback am_truncate am_vacuum am_clean \
 	           am_block_filtering am_join am_trigger
-	ISOLATION += am_vacuum_vs_insert
+	ISOLATION += am_write_concurrency am_vacuum_vs_insert
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(enable_coverage),yes)
diff --git a/cstore.h b/cstore.h
index f5e0590a8..7ff657e33 100644
--- a/cstore.h
+++ b/cstore.h
@@ -218,15 +218,12 @@ typedef struct TableReadState
 /* TableWriteState represents state of a cstore file write operation. */
 typedef struct TableWriteState
 {
-	DataFileMetadata *datafileMetadata;
 	CompressionType compressionType;
 	TupleDesc tupleDescriptor;
 	FmgrInfo **comparisonFunctionArray;
-	uint64 currentFileOffset;
 	Relation relation;
 
 	MemoryContext stripeWriteContext;
-	uint64 currentStripeId;
 	StripeBuffers *stripeBuffers;
 	StripeSkipList *stripeSkipList;
 	uint32 stripeMaxRowCount;
@@ -284,9 +281,11 @@ extern StringInfo DecompressBuffer(StringInfo buffer, CompressionType compressio
 /* cstore_metadata_tables.c */
 extern void DeleteDataFileMetadataRowIfExists(Oid relfilenode);
 extern void InitCStoreDataFileMetadata(Oid relfilenode, int blockRowCount);
-extern void InsertStripeMetadataRow(Oid relfilenode, StripeMetadata *stripe);
 extern DataFileMetadata * ReadDataFileMetadata(Oid relfilenode, bool missingOk);
 extern uint64 GetHighestUsedAddress(Oid relfilenode);
+extern StripeMetadata ReserveStripe(Relation rel, uint64 size,
+									uint64 rowCount, uint64 columnCount,
+									uint64 blockCount, uint64 blockRowCount);
 extern void SaveStripeSkipList(Oid relfilenode, uint64 stripe,
 							   StripeSkipList *stripeSkipList,
 							   TupleDesc tupleDescriptor);
@@ -317,4 +316,30 @@ logical_to_smgr(uint64 logicalOffset)
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * Map a physical page adnd offset address to a logical address.
+ */
+static inline uint64
+smgr_to_logical(SmgrAddr addr)
+{
+	uint64 bytes_per_page = BLCKSZ - SizeOfPageHeaderData;
+	return bytes_per_page * addr.blockno + addr.offset - SizeOfPageHeaderData;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Get the first usable address of next block.
+ */
+static inline SmgrAddr
+next_block_start(SmgrAddr addr)
+{
+	SmgrAddr result = {
+		.blockno = addr.blockno + 1,
+		.offset = SizeOfPageHeaderData
+	};
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+
 #endif /* CSTORE_H */
diff --git a/cstore_fdw.c b/cstore_fdw.c
index 2790efaca..221c97843 100644
--- a/cstore_fdw.c
+++ b/cstore_fdw.c
@@ -494,10 +494,10 @@ CopyIntoCStoreTable(const CopyStmt *copyStatement, const char *queryString)
 	Assert(copyStatement->relation != NULL);
 
 	/*
-	 * Open and lock the relation. We acquire ShareUpdateExclusiveLock to allow
-	 * concurrent reads, but block concurrent writes.
+	 * Open and lock the relation. We acquire RowExclusiveLock to allow
+	 * concurrent reads and writes.
 	 */
-	relation = cstore_fdw_openrv(copyStatement->relation, ShareUpdateExclusiveLock);
+	relation = cstore_fdw_openrv(copyStatement->relation, RowExclusiveLock);
 	relationId = RelationGetRelid(relation);
 
 	/* allocate column values and nulls arrays */
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ CopyIntoCStoreTable(const CopyStmt *copyStatement, const char *queryString)
 	/* end read/write sessions and close the relation */
 	EndCopyFrom(copyState);
 	CStoreEndWrite(writeState);
-	heap_close(relation, ShareUpdateExclusiveLock);
+	heap_close(relation, RowExclusiveLock);
 
 	return processedRowCount;
 }
@@ -2015,7 +2015,7 @@ CStoreBeginForeignInsert(ModifyTableState *modifyTableState, ResultRelInfo *rela
 	Relation relation = NULL;
 
 	foreignTableOid = RelationGetRelid(relationInfo->ri_RelationDesc);
-	relation = cstore_fdw_open(foreignTableOid, ShareUpdateExclusiveLock);
+	relation = cstore_fdw_open(foreignTableOid, RowExclusiveLock);
 	cstoreOptions = CStoreGetOptions(foreignTableOid);
 	tupleDescriptor = RelationGetDescr(relationInfo->ri_RelationDesc);
 
@@ -2086,7 +2086,7 @@ CStoreEndForeignInsert(EState *executorState, ResultRelInfo *relationInfo)
 		Relation relation = writeState->relation;
 
 		CStoreEndWrite(writeState);
-		heap_close(relation, ShareUpdateExclusiveLock);
+		heap_close(relation, RowExclusiveLock);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cstore_metadata_tables.c b/cstore_metadata_tables.c
index ced5900d6..1bfc4be49 100644
--- a/cstore_metadata_tables.c
+++ b/cstore_metadata_tables.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include "lib/stringinfo.h"
 #include "port.h"
 #include "storage/fd.h"
+#include "storage/lmgr.h"
+#include "storage/smgr.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "utils/fmgroids.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
@@ -43,6 +45,10 @@ typedef struct
 	EState *estate;
 } ModifyState;
 
+static void InsertStripeMetadataRow(Oid relfilenode, StripeMetadata *stripe);
+static void GetHighestUsedAddressAndId(Oid relfilenode,
+									   uint64 *highestUsedAddress,
+									   uint64 *highestUsedId);
 static List * ReadDataFileStripeList(Oid relfilenode, Snapshot snapshot);
 static Oid CStoreStripesRelationId(void);
 static Oid CStoreStripesIndexRelationId(void);
@@ -311,7 +317,7 @@ ReadStripeSkipList(Oid relfilenode, uint64 stripe, TupleDesc tupleDescriptor,
 /*
  * InsertStripeMetadataRow adds a row to cstore_stripes.
  */
-void
+static void
 InsertStripeMetadataRow(Oid relfilenode, StripeMetadata *stripe)
 {
 	bool nulls[Natts_cstore_stripes] = { 0 };
@@ -330,7 +336,9 @@ InsertStripeMetadataRow(Oid relfilenode, StripeMetadata *stripe)
 	Relation cstoreStripes = heap_open(cstoreStripesOid, RowExclusiveLock);
 
 	ModifyState *modifyState = StartModifyRelation(cstoreStripes);
+
 	InsertTupleAndEnforceConstraints(modifyState, values, nulls);
+
 	FinishModifyRelation(modifyState);
 
 	CommandCounterIncrement();
@@ -376,6 +384,23 @@ uint64
 GetHighestUsedAddress(Oid relfilenode)
 {
 	uint64 highestUsedAddress = 0;
+	uint64 highestUsedId = 0;
+
+	GetHighestUsedAddressAndId(relfilenode, &highestUsedAddress, &highestUsedId);
+
+	return highestUsedAddress;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * GetHighestUsedAddressAndId returns the highest used address and id for
+ * the given relfilenode across all active and inactive transactions.
+ */
+static void
+GetHighestUsedAddressAndId(Oid relfilenode,
+						   uint64 *highestUsedAddress,
+						   uint64 *highestUsedId)
+{
 	ListCell *stripeMetadataCell = NULL;
 	List *stripeMetadataList = NIL;
 
@@ -384,14 +409,83 @@ GetHighestUsedAddress(Oid relfilenode)
 
 	stripeMetadataList = ReadDataFileStripeList(relfilenode, &SnapshotDirty);
 
+	*highestUsedId = 0;
+	*highestUsedAddress = 0;
+
 	foreach(stripeMetadataCell, stripeMetadataList)
 	{
 		StripeMetadata *stripe = lfirst(stripeMetadataCell);
 		uint64 lastByte = stripe->fileOffset + stripe->dataLength - 1;
-		highestUsedAddress = Max(highestUsedAddress, lastByte);
+		*highestUsedAddress = Max(*highestUsedAddress, lastByte);
+		*highestUsedId = Max(*highestUsedId, stripe->id);
+	}
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * ReserveStripe reserves and stripe of given size for the given relation,
+ * and inserts it into cstore_stripes. It is guaranteed that concurrent
+ * writes won't overwrite the returned stripe.
+ */
+StripeMetadata
+ReserveStripe(Relation rel, uint64 sizeBytes,
+			  uint64 rowCount, uint64 columnCount,
+			  uint64 blockCount, uint64 blockRowCount)
+{
+	StripeMetadata stripe = { 0 };
+	Oid relfilenode = InvalidOid;
+	uint64 currLogicalHigh = 0;
+	SmgrAddr currSmgrHigh;
+	uint64 nblocks = 0;
+	uint64 resLogicalStart = 0;
+	SmgrAddr resSmgrStart;
+	uint64 resLogicalEnd = 0;
+	SmgrAddr resSmgrEnd;
+	uint64 highestId = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * We take ShareUpdateExclusiveLock here, so two space
+	 * reservations conflict, space reservation <-> vacuum
+	 * conflict, but space reservation doesn't conflict with
+	 * reads & writes.
+	 */
+	LockRelation(rel, ShareUpdateExclusiveLock);
+
+	relfilenode = rel->rd_node.relNode;
+	GetHighestUsedAddressAndId(relfilenode, &currLogicalHigh, &highestId);
+	currSmgrHigh = logical_to_smgr(currLogicalHigh);
+
+	resSmgrStart = next_block_start(currSmgrHigh);
+	resLogicalStart = smgr_to_logical(resSmgrStart);
+
+	resLogicalEnd = resLogicalStart + sizeBytes - 1;
+	resSmgrEnd = logical_to_smgr(resLogicalEnd);
+
+	RelationOpenSmgr(rel);
+	nblocks = smgrnblocks(rel->rd_smgr, MAIN_FORKNUM);
+
+	while (resSmgrEnd.blockno >= nblocks)
+	{
+		Buffer newBuffer = ReadBuffer(rel, P_NEW);
+		ReleaseBuffer(newBuffer);
+		nblocks = smgrnblocks(rel->rd_smgr, MAIN_FORKNUM);
 	}
 
-	return highestUsedAddress;
+	RelationCloseSmgr(rel);
+
+	stripe.fileOffset = resLogicalStart;
+	stripe.dataLength = sizeBytes;
+	stripe.blockCount = blockCount;
+	stripe.blockRowCount = blockRowCount;
+	stripe.columnCount = columnCount;
+	stripe.rowCount = rowCount;
+	stripe.id = highestId + 1;
+
+	InsertStripeMetadataRow(relfilenode, &stripe);
+
+	UnlockRelation(rel, ShareUpdateExclusiveLock);
+
+	return stripe;
 }
 
 
@@ -419,7 +513,7 @@ ReadDataFileStripeList(Oid relfilenode, Snapshot snapshot)
 	index = index_open(CStoreStripesIndexRelationId(), AccessShareLock);
 	tupleDescriptor = RelationGetDescr(cstoreStripes);
 
-	scanDescriptor = systable_beginscan_ordered(cstoreStripes, index, NULL, 1,
+	scanDescriptor = systable_beginscan_ordered(cstoreStripes, index, snapshot, 1,
 												scanKey);
 
 	while (HeapTupleIsValid(heapTuple = systable_getnext(scanDescriptor)))
@@ -593,6 +687,7 @@ InsertTupleAndEnforceConstraints(ModifyState *state, Datum *values, bool *nulls)
 #if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 120000
 	TupleTableSlot *slot = ExecInitExtraTupleSlot(state->estate, tupleDescriptor,
 												  &TTSOpsHeapTuple);
+
 	ExecStoreHeapTuple(tuple, slot, false);
 #else
 	TupleTableSlot *slot = ExecInitExtraTupleSlot(state->estate, tupleDescriptor);
diff --git a/cstore_tableam.c b/cstore_tableam.c
index 09a65d75b..ae7799410 100644
--- a/cstore_tableam.c
+++ b/cstore_tableam.c
@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ ResetCStoreMemoryContext()
 static void
 cstore_init_write_state(Relation relation)
 {
-	/*TODO: upgrade lock to serialize writes */
-
 	if (CStoreWriteState != NULL)
 	{
 		/* TODO: consider whether it's possible for a new write to start */
diff --git a/cstore_writer.c b/cstore_writer.c
index 2c0ca541e..3be14994b 100644
--- a/cstore_writer.c
+++ b/cstore_writer.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static StripeBuffers * CreateEmptyStripeBuffers(uint32 stripeMaxRowCount,
 static StripeSkipList * CreateEmptyStripeSkipList(uint32 stripeMaxRowCount,
 												  uint32 blockRowCount,
 												  uint32 columnCount);
-static StripeMetadata FlushStripe(TableWriteState *writeState);
+static void FlushStripe(TableWriteState *writeState);
 static StringInfo SerializeBoolArray(bool *boolArray, uint32 boolArrayLength);
 static void SerializeSingleDatum(StringInfo datumBuffer, Datum datum,
 								 bool datumTypeByValue, int datumTypeLength,
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ static void UpdateBlockSkipNodeMinMax(ColumnBlockSkipNode *blockSkipNode,
 									  int columnTypeLength, Oid columnCollation,
 									  FmgrInfo *comparisonFunction);
 static Datum DatumCopy(Datum datum, bool datumTypeByValue, int datumTypeLength);
-static void AppendStripeMetadata(DataFileMetadata *datafileMetadata,
-								 StripeMetadata stripeMetadata);
 static StringInfo CopyStringInfo(StringInfo sourceString);
 
 
@@ -64,34 +62,12 @@ CStoreBeginWrite(Relation relation,
 				 TupleDesc tupleDescriptor)
 {
 	TableWriteState *writeState = NULL;
-	DataFileMetadata *datafileMetadata = NULL;
 	FmgrInfo **comparisonFunctionArray = NULL;
 	MemoryContext stripeWriteContext = NULL;
-	uint64 currentFileOffset = 0;
 	uint32 columnCount = 0;
 	uint32 columnIndex = 0;
 	bool *columnMaskArray = NULL;
 	BlockData *blockData = NULL;
-	uint64 currentStripeId = 0;
-	Oid relNode = relation->rd_node.relNode;
-
-	datafileMetadata = ReadDataFileMetadata(relNode, false);
-
-	/*
-	 * If stripeMetadataList is not empty, jump to the position right after
-	 * the last position.
-	 */
-	if (datafileMetadata->stripeMetadataList != NIL)
-	{
-		StripeMetadata *lastStripe = NULL;
-		uint64 lastStripeSize = 0;
-
-		lastStripe = llast(datafileMetadata->stripeMetadataList);
-		lastStripeSize += lastStripe->dataLength;
-
-		currentFileOffset = lastStripe->fileOffset + lastStripeSize;
-		currentStripeId = lastStripe->id + 1;
-	}
 
 	/* get comparison function pointers for each of the columns */
 	columnCount = tupleDescriptor->natts;
@@ -129,19 +105,16 @@ CStoreBeginWrite(Relation relation,
 
 	writeState = palloc0(sizeof(TableWriteState));
 	writeState->relation = relation;
-	writeState->datafileMetadata = datafileMetadata;
 	writeState->compressionType = compressionType;
 	writeState->stripeMaxRowCount = stripeMaxRowCount;
 	writeState->blockRowCount = blockRowCount;
 	writeState->tupleDescriptor = tupleDescriptor;
-	writeState->currentFileOffset = currentFileOffset;
 	writeState->comparisonFunctionArray = comparisonFunctionArray;
 	writeState->stripeBuffers = NULL;
 	writeState->stripeSkipList = NULL;
 	writeState->stripeWriteContext = stripeWriteContext;
 	writeState->blockData = blockData;
 	writeState->compressionBuffer = NULL;
-	writeState->currentStripeId = currentStripeId;
 
 	return writeState;
 }
@@ -164,7 +137,6 @@ CStoreWriteRow(TableWriteState *writeState, Datum *columnValues, bool *columnNul
 	StripeBuffers *stripeBuffers = writeState->stripeBuffers;
 	StripeSkipList *stripeSkipList = writeState->stripeSkipList;
 	uint32 columnCount = writeState->tupleDescriptor->natts;
-	DataFileMetadata *datafileMetadata = writeState->datafileMetadata;
 	const uint32 blockRowCount = writeState->blockRowCount;
 	BlockData *blockData = writeState->blockData;
 	MemoryContext oldContext = MemoryContextSwitchTo(writeState->stripeWriteContext);
@@ -238,28 +210,14 @@ CStoreWriteRow(TableWriteState *writeState, Datum *columnValues, bool *columnNul
 	stripeBuffers->rowCount++;
 	if (stripeBuffers->rowCount >= writeState->stripeMaxRowCount)
 	{
-		StripeMetadata stripeMetadata = FlushStripe(writeState);
-		MemoryContextReset(writeState->stripeWriteContext);
-
-		writeState->currentStripeId++;
+		FlushStripe(writeState);
 
 		/* set stripe data and skip list to NULL so they are recreated next time */
 		writeState->stripeBuffers = NULL;
 		writeState->stripeSkipList = NULL;
+	}
 
-		/*
-		 * Append stripeMetadata in old context so next MemoryContextReset
-		 * doesn't free it.
-		 */
-		MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldContext);
-		InsertStripeMetadataRow(writeState->relation->rd_node.relNode,
-								&stripeMetadata);
-		AppendStripeMetadata(datafileMetadata, stripeMetadata);
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldContext);
-	}
+	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldContext);
 }
 
 
@@ -278,17 +236,13 @@ CStoreEndWrite(TableWriteState *writeState)
 	{
 		MemoryContext oldContext = MemoryContextSwitchTo(writeState->stripeWriteContext);
 
-		StripeMetadata stripeMetadata = FlushStripe(writeState);
+		FlushStripe(writeState);
 		MemoryContextReset(writeState->stripeWriteContext);
 
 		MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldContext);
-		InsertStripeMetadataRow(writeState->relation->rd_node.relNode,
-								&stripeMetadata);
-		AppendStripeMetadata(writeState->datafileMetadata, stripeMetadata);
 	}
 
 	MemoryContextDelete(writeState->stripeWriteContext);
-	list_free_deep(writeState->datafileMetadata->stripeMetadataList);
 	pfree(writeState->comparisonFunctionArray);
 	FreeBlockData(writeState->blockData);
 	pfree(writeState);
@@ -366,11 +320,9 @@ CreateEmptyStripeSkipList(uint32 stripeMaxRowCount, uint32 blockRowCount,
 
 
 static void
-WriteToSmgr(TableWriteState *writeState, char *data, uint32 dataLength)
+WriteToSmgr(Relation rel, uint64 logicalOffset, char *data, uint32 dataLength)
 {
-	uint64 logicalOffset = writeState->currentFileOffset;
 	uint64 remaining = dataLength;
-	Relation rel = writeState->relation;
 	Buffer buffer;
 
 	while (remaining > 0)
@@ -383,14 +335,7 @@ WriteToSmgr(TableWriteState *writeState, char *data, uint32 dataLength)
 
 		RelationOpenSmgr(rel);
 		nblocks = smgrnblocks(rel->rd_smgr, MAIN_FORKNUM);
-
-		while (addr.blockno >= nblocks)
-		{
-			Buffer newBuffer = ReadBuffer(rel, P_NEW);
-			ReleaseBuffer(newBuffer);
-			nblocks = smgrnblocks(rel->rd_smgr, MAIN_FORKNUM);
-		}
-
+		Assert(addr.blockno < nblocks);
 		RelationCloseSmgr(rel);
 
 		buffer = ReadBuffer(rel, addr.blockno);
@@ -459,7 +404,7 @@ WriteToSmgr(TableWriteState *writeState, char *data, uint32 dataLength)
  * the function creates the skip list and footer buffers. Finally, the function
  * flushes the skip list, data, and footer buffers to the file.
  */
-static StripeMetadata
+static void
 FlushStripe(TableWriteState *writeState)
 {
 	StripeMetadata stripeMetadata = { 0 };
@@ -474,8 +419,9 @@ FlushStripe(TableWriteState *writeState)
 	uint32 blockRowCount = writeState->blockRowCount;
 	uint32 lastBlockIndex = stripeBuffers->rowCount / blockRowCount;
 	uint32 lastBlockRowCount = stripeBuffers->rowCount % blockRowCount;
-	uint64 initialFileOffset = writeState->currentFileOffset;
+	uint64 currentFileOffset = 0;
 	uint64 stripeSize = 0;
+	uint64 stripeRowCount = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * check if the last block needs serialization , the last block was not serialized
@@ -520,6 +466,18 @@ FlushStripe(TableWriteState *writeState)
 		}
 	}
 
+	for (blockIndex = 0; blockIndex < blockCount; blockIndex++)
+	{
+		stripeRowCount +=
+			stripeSkipList->blockSkipNodeArray[0][blockIndex].rowCount;
+	}
+
+	stripeMetadata = ReserveStripe(writeState->relation, stripeSize,
+								   stripeRowCount, columnCount, blockCount,
+								   blockRowCount);
+
+	currentFileOffset = stripeMetadata.fileOffset;
+
 	/*
 	 * Each stripe has only one section:
 	 * Data section, in which we store data for each column continuously.
@@ -541,8 +499,9 @@ FlushStripe(TableWriteState *writeState)
 				columnBuffers->blockBuffersArray[blockIndex];
 			StringInfo existsBuffer = blockBuffers->existsBuffer;
 
-			WriteToSmgr(writeState, existsBuffer->data, existsBuffer->len);
-			writeState->currentFileOffset += existsBuffer->len;
+			WriteToSmgr(writeState->relation, currentFileOffset,
+						existsBuffer->data, existsBuffer->len);
+			currentFileOffset += existsBuffer->len;
 		}
 
 		for (blockIndex = 0; blockIndex < stripeSkipList->blockCount; blockIndex++)
@@ -551,30 +510,16 @@ FlushStripe(TableWriteState *writeState)
 				columnBuffers->blockBuffersArray[blockIndex];
 			StringInfo valueBuffer = blockBuffers->valueBuffer;
 
-			WriteToSmgr(writeState, valueBuffer->data, valueBuffer->len);
-			writeState->currentFileOffset += valueBuffer->len;
+			WriteToSmgr(writeState->relation, currentFileOffset,
+						valueBuffer->data, valueBuffer->len);
+			currentFileOffset += valueBuffer->len;
 		}
 	}
 
 	/* create skip list and footer buffers */
 	SaveStripeSkipList(writeState->relation->rd_node.relNode,
-					   writeState->currentStripeId,
+					   stripeMetadata.id,
 					   stripeSkipList, tupleDescriptor);
-
-	for (blockIndex = 0; blockIndex < blockCount; blockIndex++)
-	{
-		stripeMetadata.rowCount +=
-			stripeSkipList->blockSkipNodeArray[0][blockIndex].rowCount;
-	}
-
-	stripeMetadata.fileOffset = initialFileOffset;
-	stripeMetadata.dataLength = stripeSize;
-	stripeMetadata.id = writeState->currentStripeId;
-	stripeMetadata.blockCount = blockCount;
-	stripeMetadata.blockRowCount = writeState->blockRowCount;
-	stripeMetadata.columnCount = columnCount;
-
-	return stripeMetadata;
 }
 
 
@@ -797,21 +742,6 @@ DatumCopy(Datum datum, bool datumTypeByValue, int datumTypeLength)
 }
 
 
-/*
- * AppendStripeMetadata adds a copy of given stripeMetadata to the given
- * table footer's stripeMetadataList.
- */
-static void
-AppendStripeMetadata(DataFileMetadata *datafileMetadata, StripeMetadata stripeMetadata)
-{
-	StripeMetadata *stripeMetadataCopy = palloc0(sizeof(StripeMetadata));
-	memcpy(stripeMetadataCopy, &stripeMetadata, sizeof(StripeMetadata));
-
-	datafileMetadata->stripeMetadataList = lappend(datafileMetadata->stripeMetadataList,
-												   stripeMetadataCopy);
-}
-
-
 /*
  * CopyStringInfo creates a deep copy of given source string allocating only needed
  * amount of memory.
diff --git a/expected/am_vacuum.out b/expected/am_vacuum.out
index 3db30a761..d1270a3d2 100644
--- a/expected/am_vacuum.out
+++ b/expected/am_vacuum.out
@@ -68,24 +68,24 @@ ALTER TABLE t DROP COLUMN a;
 SELECT stripe, attr, block, minimum_value IS NULL, maximum_value IS NULL FROM cstore.cstore_skipnodes a, pg_class b WHERE a.relfilenode=b.relfilenode AND b.relname='t' ORDER BY 1, 2, 3;
  stripe | attr | block | ?column? | ?column? 
 --------+------+-------+----------+----------
-      0 |    1 |     0 | f        | f
-      0 |    2 |     0 | f        | f
       1 |    1 |     0 | f        | f
       1 |    2 |     0 | f        | f
       2 |    1 |     0 | f        | f
       2 |    2 |     0 | f        | f
+      3 |    1 |     0 | f        | f
+      3 |    2 |     0 | f        | f
 (6 rows)
 
 VACUUM FULL t;
 SELECT stripe, attr, block, minimum_value IS NULL, maximum_value IS NULL FROM cstore.cstore_skipnodes a, pg_class b WHERE a.relfilenode=b.relfilenode AND b.relname='t' ORDER BY 1, 2, 3;
  stripe | attr | block | ?column? | ?column? 
 --------+------+-------+----------+----------
-      0 |    1 |     0 | t        | t
-      0 |    2 |     0 | f        | f
       1 |    1 |     0 | t        | t
       1 |    2 |     0 | f        | f
       2 |    1 |     0 | t        | t
       2 |    2 |     0 | f        | f
+      3 |    1 |     0 | t        | t
+      3 |    2 |     0 | f        | f
 (6 rows)
 
 -- Make sure we cleaned-up the transient table metadata after VACUUM FULL commands
@@ -107,14 +107,14 @@ SELECT count(*) FROM t;
 SELECT pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size('t'));
  pg_size_pretty 
 ----------------
- 16 kB
+ 32 kB
 (1 row)
 
 INSERT INTO t SELECT i FROM generate_series(1, 10000) i;
 SELECT pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size('t'));
  pg_size_pretty 
 ----------------
- 56 kB
+ 112 kB
 (1 row)
 
 SELECT count(*) FROM t;
@@ -129,23 +129,23 @@ ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT s1;
 SELECT pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size('t'));
  pg_size_pretty 
 ----------------
- 56 kB
+ 112 kB
 (1 row)
 
 COMMIT;
 -- vacuum should truncate the relation to the usable space
 VACUUM VERBOSE t;
 INFO:  statistics for "t":
-total file size: 57344, total data size: 10754
+total file size: 114688, total data size: 10754
 total row count: 2530, stripe count: 3, average rows per stripe: 843
 block count: 3, containing data for dropped columns: 0, none compressed: 3, pglz compressed: 0
 
-INFO:  "t": truncated 7 to 2 pages
+INFO:  "t": truncated 14 to 4 pages
 DETAIL:  CPU: user: 0.00 s, system: 0.00 s, elapsed: 0.00 s
 SELECT pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size('t'));
  pg_size_pretty 
 ----------------
- 16 kB
+ 32 kB
 (1 row)
 
 SELECT count(*) FROM t;
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ INSERT INTO t SELECT i / 5 FROM generate_series(1, 1500) i;
 COMMIT;
 VACUUM VERBOSE t;
 INFO:  statistics for "t":
-total file size: 24576, total data size: 18808
+total file size: 49152, total data size: 18808
 total row count: 5530, stripe count: 5, average rows per stripe: 1106
 block count: 7, containing data for dropped columns: 0, none compressed: 5, pglz compressed: 2
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ INSERT INTO t SELECT 1, i / 5 FROM generate_series(1, 1500) i;
 ALTER TABLE t DROP COLUMN c;
 VACUUM VERBOSE t;
 INFO:  statistics for "t":
-total file size: 32768, total data size: 31372
+total file size: 65536, total data size: 31372
 total row count: 7030, stripe count: 6, average rows per stripe: 1171
 block count: 11, containing data for dropped columns: 2, none compressed: 9, pglz compressed: 2
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ SET cstore.compression TO "pglz";
 VACUUM FULL t;
 VACUUM VERBOSE t;
 INFO:  statistics for "t":
-total file size: 16384, total data size: 15728
+total file size: 49152, total data size: 15728
 total row count: 7030, stripe count: 4, average rows per stripe: 1757
 block count: 8, containing data for dropped columns: 0, none compressed: 2, pglz compressed: 6
 
diff --git a/expected/am_vacuum_vs_insert.out b/expected/am_vacuum_vs_insert.out
index a3eb0fb89..d463bd076 100644
--- a/expected/am_vacuum_vs_insert.out
+++ b/expected/am_vacuum_vs_insert.out
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ step s1-insert:
     INSERT INTO test_vacuum_vs_insert SELECT i, 2 * i FROM generate_series(1, 3) i;
 
 s2: INFO:  statistics for "test_vacuum_vs_insert":
-total file size: 8192, total data size: 26
+total file size: 24576, total data size: 26
 total row count: 3, stripe count: 1, average rows per stripe: 3
 block count: 2, containing data for dropped columns: 0, none compressed: 2, pglz compressed: 0
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ step s1-commit:
     COMMIT;
 
 s2: INFO:  vacuuming "public.test_vacuum_vs_insert"
-s2: INFO:  "test_vacuum_vs_insert": found 0 removable, 6 nonremovable row versions in 1 pages
+s2: INFO:  "test_vacuum_vs_insert": found 0 removable, 6 nonremovable row versions in 3 pages
 DETAIL:  0 dead row versions cannot be removed yet.
 CPU: user: 0.00 s, system: 0.00 s, elapsed: 0.00 s.
 step s2-vacuum-full: <... completed>
diff --git a/expected/am_write_concurrency.out b/expected/am_write_concurrency.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41c6ee7e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/expected/am_write_concurrency.out
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1-begin s2-begin s1-insert s2-insert s1-select s2-select s1-commit s2-commit s1-select
+step s1-begin: 
+    BEGIN;
+
+step s2-begin: 
+    BEGIN;
+
+step s1-insert: 
+    INSERT INTO test_insert_concurrency SELECT i, 2 * i FROM generate_series(1, 3) i;
+
+step s2-insert: 
+    INSERT INTO test_insert_concurrency SELECT i, 2 * i FROM generate_series(4, 6) i;
+
+step s1-select: 
+    SELECT * FROM test_insert_concurrency ORDER BY a;
+
+a              b              
+
+1              2              
+2              4              
+3              6              
+step s2-select: 
+    SELECT * FROM test_insert_concurrency ORDER BY a;
+
+a              b              
+
+4              8              
+5              10             
+6              12             
+step s1-commit: 
+    COMMIT;
+
+step s2-commit: 
+    COMMIT;
+
+step s1-select: 
+    SELECT * FROM test_insert_concurrency ORDER BY a;
+
+a              b              
+
+1              2              
+2              4              
+3              6              
+4              8              
+5              10             
+6              12             
+
+starting permutation: s1-begin s2-begin s1-copy s2-insert s1-select s2-select s1-commit s2-commit s1-select
+step s1-begin: 
+    BEGIN;
+
+step s2-begin: 
+    BEGIN;
+
+step s1-copy: 
+    COPY test_insert_concurrency(a) FROM PROGRAM 'seq 11 13';
+
+step s2-insert: 
+    INSERT INTO test_insert_concurrency SELECT i, 2 * i FROM generate_series(4, 6) i;
+
+step s1-select: 
+    SELECT * FROM test_insert_concurrency ORDER BY a;
+
+a              b              
+
+11                            
+12                            
+13                            
+step s2-select: 
+    SELECT * FROM test_insert_concurrency ORDER BY a;
+
+a              b              
+
+4              8              
+5              10             
+6              12             
+step s1-commit: 
+    COMMIT;
+
+step s2-commit: 
+    COMMIT;
+
+step s1-select: 
+    SELECT * FROM test_insert_concurrency ORDER BY a;
+
+a              b              
+
+4              8              
+5              10             
+6              12             
+11                            
+12                            
+13                            
+
+starting permutation: s1-begin s2-begin s2-insert s1-copy s1-select s2-select s1-commit s2-commit s1-select
+step s1-begin: 
+    BEGIN;
+
+step s2-begin: 
+    BEGIN;
+
+step s2-insert: 
+    INSERT INTO test_insert_concurrency SELECT i, 2 * i FROM generate_series(4, 6) i;
+
+step s1-copy: 
+    COPY test_insert_concurrency(a) FROM PROGRAM 'seq 11 13';
+
+step s1-select: 
+    SELECT * FROM test_insert_concurrency ORDER BY a;
+
+a              b              
+
+11                            
+12                            
+13                            
+step s2-select: 
+    SELECT * FROM test_insert_concurrency ORDER BY a;
+
+a              b              
+
+4              8              
+5              10             
+6              12             
+step s1-commit: 
+    COMMIT;
+
+step s2-commit: 
+    COMMIT;
+
+step s1-select: 
+    SELECT * FROM test_insert_concurrency ORDER BY a;
+
+a              b              
+
+4              8              
+5              10             
+6              12             
+11                            
+12                            
+13                            
diff --git a/specs/am_write_concurrency.spec b/specs/am_write_concurrency.spec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b5d90a4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs/am_write_concurrency.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+setup
+{
+    CREATE TABLE test_insert_concurrency (a int, b int) USING cstore_tableam;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+    DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test_insert_concurrency CASCADE;
+}
+
+session "s1"
+
+step "s1-begin"
+{
+    BEGIN;
+}
+
+step "s1-insert"
+{
+    INSERT INTO test_insert_concurrency SELECT i, 2 * i FROM generate_series(1, 3) i;
+}
+
+step "s1-copy"
+{
+    COPY test_insert_concurrency(a) FROM PROGRAM 'seq 11 13';
+}
+
+step "s1-select"
+{
+    SELECT * FROM test_insert_concurrency ORDER BY a;
+}
+
+step "s1-commit"
+{
+    COMMIT;
+}
+
+session "s2"
+
+step "s2-begin"
+{
+    BEGIN;
+}
+
+step "s2-insert"
+{
+    INSERT INTO test_insert_concurrency SELECT i, 2 * i FROM generate_series(4, 6) i;
+}
+
+step "s2-select"
+{
+    SELECT * FROM test_insert_concurrency ORDER BY a;
+}
+
+step "s2-commit"
+{
+    COMMIT;
+}
+
+# writes shouldn't block writes or reads
+permutation "s1-begin" "s2-begin" "s1-insert" "s2-insert" "s1-select" "s2-select" "s1-commit" "s2-commit" "s1-select"
+
+# copy vs insert
+permutation "s1-begin" "s2-begin" "s1-copy" "s2-insert" "s1-select" "s2-select" "s1-commit" "s2-commit" "s1-select"
+
+# insert vs copy
+permutation "s1-begin" "s2-begin" "s2-insert" "s1-copy" "s1-select" "s2-select" "s1-commit" "s2-commit" "s1-select"