diff --git a/cpp/include/milvus-storage/common/fs_util.h b/cpp/include/milvus-storage/common/fs_util.h
index c307eb2..51ecc00 100644
--- a/cpp/include/milvus-storage/common/fs_util.h
+++ b/cpp/include/milvus-storage/common/fs_util.h
@@ -30,4 +30,24 @@ static constexpr int64_t ARROW_PART_UPLOAD_SIZE = 10 * 1024 * 1024;  // 10 MB
 
 static constexpr int64_t MIN_BUFFER_SIZE_PER_FILE = DEFAULT_MAX_ROW_GROUP_SIZE + ARROW_PART_UPLOAD_SIZE;
 
+static const std::string ROW_GROUP_SIZE_META_KEY = "row_group_size";
+
+class PackedMetaSerde {
+  public:
+  // Serialize a vector of size_t to a byte array and convert it to a string
+  static std::string serialize(const std::vector<size_t>& sizes) {
+    std::vector<uint8_t> byteArray(sizes.size() * sizeof(size_t));
+    std::memcpy(byteArray.data(), sizes.data(), byteArray.size());
+    return std::string(byteArray.begin(), byteArray.end());
+  }
+
+  // Deserialize a string back to a vector of size_t
+  static std::vector<size_t> deserialize(const std::string& input) {
+    std::vector<uint8_t> byteArray(input.begin(), input.end());
+    std::vector<size_t> sizes(byteArray.size() / sizeof(size_t));
+    std::memcpy(sizes.data(), byteArray.data(), byteArray.size());
+    return sizes;
+  }
+};
+
 }  // namespace milvus_storage
diff --git a/cpp/include/milvus-storage/packed/reader.h b/cpp/include/milvus-storage/packed/reader.h
index 04cb49b..3aab931 100644
--- a/cpp/include/milvus-storage/packed/reader.h
+++ b/cpp/include/milvus-storage/packed/reader.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class PackedRecordBatchReader : public arrow::RecordBatchReader {
   std::unique_ptr<ChunkManager> chunk_manager_;
   int64_t absolute_row_position_;
   std::vector<ColumnOffset> needed_column_offsets_;
-  std::vector<std::vector<int64_t>> row_group_sizes_;
+  std::vector<std::vector<size_t>> row_group_sizes_;
   int read_count_;
 };
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/format/parquet/file_writer.cpp b/cpp/src/format/parquet/file_writer.cpp
index 9de74c0..1360cae 100644
--- a/cpp/src/format/parquet/file_writer.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/format/parquet/file_writer.cpp
@@ -89,10 +89,8 @@ Status ParquetFileWriter::WriteRecordBatches(const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<a
 int64_t ParquetFileWriter::count() { return count_; }
 
 Status ParquetFileWriter::Close() {
-  std::stringstream ss;
-  copy(row_group_sizes_.begin(), row_group_sizes_.end(), std::ostream_iterator<int>(ss, ","));
-  std::string value = ss.str();
-  kv_metadata_->Append("row_group_sizes", value.substr(0, value.length() - 1));
+  std::string meta = PackedMetaSerde::serialize(row_group_sizes_);
+  kv_metadata_->Append(ROW_GROUP_SIZE_META_KEY, meta);
   RETURN_ARROW_NOT_OK(writer_->AddKeyValueMetadata(kv_metadata_));
   RETURN_ARROW_NOT_OK(writer_->Close());
   return Status::OK();
diff --git a/cpp/src/packed/reader.cpp b/cpp/src/packed/reader.cpp
index aea2eb5..621ad19 100644
--- a/cpp/src/packed/reader.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/packed/reader.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <parquet/properties.h>
 #include <memory>
 #include "common/arrow_util.h"
+#include "common/fs_util.h"
 #include "common/log.h"
 #include "packed/chunk_manager.h"
 
@@ -49,19 +50,9 @@ PackedRecordBatchReader::PackedRecordBatchReader(arrow::fs::FileSystem& fs,
     file_readers_.emplace_back(std::move(result.value()));
   }
 
-  auto parse_size = [&](const std::string& input) -> std::vector<int64_t> {
-    std::vector<int64_t> sizes;
-    std::string token;
-    std::stringstream ss(input);
-
-    while (std::getline(ss, token, ',')) {
-      sizes.push_back(std::stoll(token));
-    }
-    return sizes;
-  };
   for (int i = 0; i < file_readers_.size(); ++i) {
-    row_group_sizes_.push_back(
-        parse_size(file_readers_[i]->parquet_reader()->metadata()->key_value_metadata()->value(0)));
+    auto metadata = file_readers_[i]->parquet_reader()->metadata()->key_value_metadata()->Get(ROW_GROUP_SIZE_META_KEY);
+    row_group_sizes_.push_back(PackedMetaSerde::deserialize(metadata.ValueOrDie()));
     LOG_STORAGE_DEBUG_ << " file " << i << " metadata size: " << file_readers_[i]->parquet_reader()->metadata()->size();
   }
   // Initialize table states and chunk manager
diff --git a/cpp/src/packed/splitter/size_based_splitter.cpp b/cpp/src/packed/splitter/size_based_splitter.cpp
index afc0622..263c75e 100644
--- a/cpp/src/packed/splitter/size_based_splitter.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/packed/splitter/size_based_splitter.cpp
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ std::vector<ColumnGroup> SizeBasedSplitter::SplitRecordBatches(
   for (const auto& record : batches) {
     for (int i = 0; i < record->num_columns(); ++i) {
       std::shared_ptr<arrow::Array> column = record->column(i);
-      if (!column) {
-        throw std::runtime_error("Column is null");
-      }
       column_sizes[i] += GetArrowArrayMemorySize(column);
       column_rows[i] += record->num_rows();
     }