diff --git a/storage/memory/memory.go b/storage/memory/memory.go
index d30a3df62c..a8577bdbf3 100644
--- a/storage/memory/memory.go
+++ b/storage/memory/memory.go
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ type InMemoryStorage struct {
 	containerStorageMap map[string]*containerStorage
 	maxNumSamples       int
 	maxNumStats         int
+	backend             storage.StorageDriver
 }
 
 func (self *InMemoryStorage) AddStats(ref info.ContainerReference, stats *info.ContainerStats) error {
@@ -165,6 +166,13 @@ func (self *InMemoryStorage) AddStats(ref info.ContainerReference, stats *info.C
 			self.containerStorageMap[ref.Name] = cstore
 		}
 	}()
+
+	if self.backend != nil {
+		// TODO(monnand): To deal with long delay write operations, we
+		// may want to start a pool of goroutines to do write
+		// operations.
+		self.backend.AddStats(ref, stats)
+	}
 	return cstore.AddStats(stats)
 }
 
@@ -231,11 +239,16 @@ func (self *InMemoryStorage) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func New(maxNumSamples, maxNumStats int) storage.StorageDriver {
+func New(
+	maxNumSamples,
+	maxNumStats int,
+	backend storage.StorageDriver,
+) *InMemoryStorage {
 	ret := &InMemoryStorage{
 		containerStorageMap: make(map[string]*containerStorage, 32),
 		maxNumSamples:       maxNumSamples,
 		maxNumStats:         maxNumStats,
+		backend:             backend,
 	}
 	return ret
 }
diff --git a/storage/memory/memory_test.go b/storage/memory/memory_test.go
index e29759abac..52f0941704 100644
--- a/storage/memory/memory_test.go
+++ b/storage/memory/memory_test.go
@@ -23,39 +23,19 @@ import (
 )
 
 type memoryTestStorageDriver struct {
-	base storage.StorageDriver
+	storage.StorageDriver
 }
 
 func (self *memoryTestStorageDriver) StatsEq(a, b *info.ContainerStats) bool {
 	return test.DefaultStatsEq(a, b)
 }
 
-func (self *memoryTestStorageDriver) AddStats(ref info.ContainerReference, stats *info.ContainerStats) error {
-	return self.base.AddStats(ref, stats)
-}
-
-func (self *memoryTestStorageDriver) RecentStats(containerName string, numStats int) ([]*info.ContainerStats, error) {
-	return self.base.RecentStats(containerName, numStats)
-}
-
-func (self *memoryTestStorageDriver) Percentiles(containerName string, cpuUsagePercentiles []int, memUsagePercentiles []int) (*info.ContainerStatsPercentiles, error) {
-	return self.base.Percentiles(containerName, cpuUsagePercentiles, memUsagePercentiles)
-}
-
-func (self *memoryTestStorageDriver) Samples(containerName string, numSamples int) ([]*info.ContainerStatsSample, error) {
-	return self.base.Samples(containerName, numSamples)
-}
-
-func (self *memoryTestStorageDriver) Close() error {
-	return self.base.Close()
-}
-
 func runStorageTest(f func(test.TestStorageDriver, *testing.T), t *testing.T) {
 	maxSize := 200
 
 	for N := 10; N < maxSize; N += 10 {
 		testDriver := &memoryTestStorageDriver{}
-		testDriver.base = New(N, N)
+		testDriver.StorageDriver = New(N, N, nil)
 		f(testDriver, t)
 	}
 }
@@ -79,7 +59,7 @@ func TestPercentilesWithoutSample(t *testing.T) {
 func TestPercentiles(t *testing.T) {
 	N := 100
 	testDriver := &memoryTestStorageDriver{}
-	testDriver.base = New(N, N)
+	testDriver.StorageDriver = New(N, N, nil)
 	test.StorageDriverTestPercentiles(testDriver, t)
 }
 
diff --git a/storagedriver.go b/storagedriver.go
index ab6e09e203..9b1fbd83e9 100644
--- a/storagedriver.go
+++ b/storagedriver.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/cadvisor/manager"
 	"github.com/google/cadvisor/storage"
 	"github.com/google/cadvisor/storage/bigquery"
-	"github.com/google/cadvisor/storage/cache"
 	"github.com/google/cadvisor/storage/influxdb"
 	"github.com/google/cadvisor/storage/memory"
 )
@@ -39,8 +38,9 @@ var argDbBufferDuration = flag.Duration("storage_driver_buffer_duration", 60*tim
 
 const statsRequestedByUI = 60
 
-func NewStorageDriver(driverName string) (storage.StorageDriver, error) {
-	var storageDriver storage.StorageDriver
+func NewStorageDriver(driverName string) (*memory.InMemoryStorage, error) {
+	var storageDriver *memory.InMemoryStorage
+	var backendStorage storage.StorageDriver
 	var err error
 	// TODO(vmarmol): We shouldn't need the housekeeping interval here and it shouldn't be public.
 	samplesToCache := int(*argDbBufferDuration / *manager.HousekeepingInterval)
@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@ func NewStorageDriver(driverName string) (storage.StorageDriver, error) {
 		samplesToCache = statsRequestedByUI
 	}
 	switch driverName {
-	case "":
-		// empty string by default is the in memory store
-		fallthrough
-	case "memory":
-		storageDriver = memory.New(*argSampleSize, int(*argDbBufferDuration))
-		return storageDriver, nil
 	case "influxdb":
 		var hostname string
 		hostname, err = os.Hostname()
@@ -62,7 +56,7 @@ func NewStorageDriver(driverName string) (storage.StorageDriver, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		storageDriver, err = influxdb.New(
+		backendStorage, err = influxdb.New(
 			hostname,
 			"stats",
 			*argDbName,
@@ -74,22 +68,18 @@ func NewStorageDriver(driverName string) (storage.StorageDriver, error) {
 			// TODO(monnand): One hour? Or user-defined?
 			1*time.Hour,
 		)
-		glog.V(2).Infof("Caching %d recent stats in memory\n", samplesToCache)
-		storageDriver = cache.MemoryCache(samplesToCache, samplesToCache, storageDriver)
 	case "bigquery":
 		var hostname string
 		hostname, err = os.Hostname()
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		storageDriver, err = bigquery.New(
+		backendStorage, err = bigquery.New(
 			hostname,
 			"cadvisor",
 			*argDbName,
 			1*time.Hour,
 		)
-		glog.V(2).Infof("Caching %d recent stats in memory\n", samplesToCache)
-		storageDriver = cache.MemoryCache(samplesToCache, samplesToCache, storageDriver)
 
 	default:
 		err = fmt.Errorf("Unknown database driver: %v", *argDbDriver)
@@ -97,5 +87,7 @@ func NewStorageDriver(driverName string) (storage.StorageDriver, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	glog.V(2).Infof("Caching %d recent stats in memory; using %v storage driver\n", samplesToCache, driverName)
+	storageDriver = memory.New(samplesToCache, samplesToCache, backendStorage)
 	return storageDriver, nil
 }