diff --git a/fdbclient/ServerKnobs.cpp b/fdbclient/ServerKnobs.cpp
index ef203eda31a..8d81c0d6c4e 100644
--- a/fdbclient/ServerKnobs.cpp
+++ b/fdbclient/ServerKnobs.cpp
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ void ServerKnobs::initialize(Randomize randomize, ClientKnobs* clientKnobs, IsSi
 	init( ROCKSDB_MEMTABLE_PROTECTION_BYTES_PER_KEY,               0 ); if ( randomize && BUGGIFY ) ROCKSDB_MEMTABLE_PROTECTION_BYTES_PER_KEY = 8; // Default: 0 (disabled). Supported values: 0, 1, 2, 4, 8.
 	// Block cache key-value checksum. Checksum is validated during read, so has non-trivial impact on read performance.
 	init( ROCKSDB_BLOCK_PROTECTION_BYTES_PER_KEY,                  0 ); if ( randomize && BUGGIFY ) ROCKSDB_BLOCK_PROTECTION_BYTES_PER_KEY = 8; // Default: 0 (disabled). Supported values: 0, 1, 2, 4, 8.
-	init( ROCKSDB_ENABLE_NONDETERMINISM,                       false );
+	init( ROCKSDB_ENABLE_NONDETERMINISM,                      false );
 	init( SHARDED_ROCKSDB_ALLOW_WRITE_STALL_ON_FLUSH,          false );	
 	init( SHARDED_ROCKSDB_VALIDATE_MAPPING_RATIO,               0.01 ); if (isSimulated) SHARDED_ROCKSDB_VALIDATE_MAPPING_RATIO = deterministicRandom()->random01();
 	init( SHARD_METADATA_SCAN_BYTES_LIMIT,                  10485760 ); // 10MB
@@ -1410,4 +1410,9 @@ void ServerKnobs::initialize(Randomize randomize, ClientKnobs* clientKnobs, IsSi
 		    (5.0 * VERSIONS_PER_SECOND);
 		clientKnobs->INIT_MID_SHARD_BYTES = MIN_SHARD_BYTES;
 	}
+
+	init(BULK_LOAD_USE_SST_INGEST, true); // Enable SST ingestion by default
+	if (isSimulated) {
+		BULK_LOAD_USE_SST_INGEST = deterministicRandom()->coinflip();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/fdbclient/include/fdbclient/IKeyValueStore.actor.h b/fdbclient/include/fdbclient/IKeyValueStore.actor.h
index e76bc040cee..9ad9a428fce 100644
--- a/fdbclient/include/fdbclient/IKeyValueStore.actor.h
+++ b/fdbclient/include/fdbclient/IKeyValueStore.actor.h
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ class IKeyValueStore : public IClosable {
 	// Returns true if the KV store supports shards, i.e., implements addRange(), removeRange(), and
 	// persistRangeMapping().
 	virtual bool shardAware() const { return false; }
+	// Returns true if the store supports external SST file ingestion.
+	virtual bool supportsSstIngestion() const { return false; }
 	virtual void set(KeyValueRef keyValue, const Arena* arena = nullptr) = 0;
 	virtual void clear(KeyRangeRef range, const Arena* arena = nullptr) = 0;
 	virtual Future<Void> canCommit() { return Void(); }
@@ -157,6 +159,11 @@ class IKeyValueStore : public IClosable {
 	// Obtain the encryption mode of the storage. The encryption mode needs to match the encryption mode of the cluster.
 	virtual Future<EncryptionAtRestMode> encryptionMode() = 0;
 
+	virtual Future<Void> ingestSSTFiles(std::string bulkLoadLocalDir,
+	                                    std::shared_ptr<BulkLoadFileSetKeyMap> localFileSets) {
+		throw not_implemented();
+	}
+
 protected:
 	virtual ~IKeyValueStore() {}
 };
diff --git a/fdbclient/include/fdbclient/ServerKnobs.h b/fdbclient/include/fdbclient/ServerKnobs.h
index 094d0aca73f..1ca6e3457bd 100644
--- a/fdbclient/include/fdbclient/ServerKnobs.h
+++ b/fdbclient/include/fdbclient/ServerKnobs.h
@@ -1456,6 +1456,8 @@ class SWIFT_CXX_IMMORTAL_SINGLETON_TYPE ServerKnobs : public KnobsImpl<ServerKno
 	// Swift: Enable the Swift runtime hooks and use Swift implementations where possible
 	bool FLOW_WITH_SWIFT;
 
+	bool BULK_LOAD_USE_SST_INGEST; // Enable direct SST file ingestion for RocksDB storage engines
+
 	ServerKnobs(Randomize, ClientKnobs*, IsSimulated);
 	void initialize(Randomize, ClientKnobs*, IsSimulated);
 };
diff --git a/fdbclient/tests/fdb_cluster_fixture.sh b/fdbclient/tests/fdb_cluster_fixture.sh
index cc2adc3dae2..83cffdf97a6 100644
--- a/fdbclient/tests/fdb_cluster_fixture.sh
+++ b/fdbclient/tests/fdb_cluster_fixture.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ function start_fdb_cluster {
       "${local_build_dir}" \
       --knobs "${knobs}" \
       --stateless_count 1 --replication_count 1 --logs_count 1 \
-      --storage_count "${ss_count}" --storage_type ssd \
+      --storage_count "${ss_count}" --storage_type ssd-rocksdb-v1 \
       --dump_pids on \
       > >(tee "${output}") \
       2> >(tee "${output}" >&2)
diff --git a/fdbserver/KeyValueStoreRocksDB.actor.cpp b/fdbserver/KeyValueStoreRocksDB.actor.cpp
index d901e9c1197..3e05d7affa8 100644
--- a/fdbserver/KeyValueStoreRocksDB.actor.cpp
+++ b/fdbserver/KeyValueStoreRocksDB.actor.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <tuple>
 #include <vector>
+#include <fstream>
 
 #endif // WITH_ROCKSDB
 
@@ -2141,6 +2142,7 @@ struct RocksDBKeyValueStore : IKeyValueStore {
 	void close() override { doClose(this, false); }
 
 	KeyValueStoreType getType() const override { return KeyValueStoreType(KeyValueStoreType::SSD_ROCKSDB_V1); }
+	bool supportsSstIngestion() const override { return true; }
 
 	Future<Void> init() override {
 		if (openFuture.isValid()) {
@@ -2492,6 +2494,37 @@ struct RocksDBKeyValueStore : IKeyValueStore {
 		return EncryptionAtRestMode(EncryptionAtRestMode::DISABLED);
 	}
 
+	Future<Void> ingestSSTFiles(std::string bulkLoadLocalDir,
+	                            std::shared_ptr<BulkLoadFileSetKeyMap> localFileSets) override {
+		// Create a list of SST files to ingest
+		std::vector<std::string> sstFiles;
+		for (const auto& [range, fileSet] : *localFileSets) {
+			if (fileSet.hasDataFile()) {
+				sstFiles.push_back(fileSet.getDataFileFullPath());
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (sstFiles.empty()) {
+			TraceEvent(SevInfo, "RocksDBIngestSSTFilesNoFiles", id);
+			return Void(); // Nothing to ingest
+		}
+
+		// Configure ingestion options
+		rocksdb::IngestExternalFileOptions options;
+		options.move_files = true;
+		options.verify_checksums_before_ingest = true;
+
+		// Ingest the SST files
+		// The default column family parameter is necessary here; w/o it the ingested keyvalues are unreadable
+		rocksdb::Status status = db->IngestExternalFile(defaultFdbCF, sstFiles, options);
+		if (!status.ok()) {
+			TraceEvent(SevError, "RocksDBIngestSSTFilesError", id).detail("Error", status.ToString());
+			throw internal_error();
+		}
+
+		return Void();
+	}
+
 	DB db = nullptr;
 	std::shared_ptr<SharedRocksDBState> sharedState;
 	std::shared_ptr<PerfContextMetrics> perfContextMetrics;
@@ -2963,6 +2996,36 @@ TEST_CASE("noSim/RocksDB/RangeClear") {
 	wait(closed);
 	return Void();
 }
-} // namespace
 
+TEST_CASE("noSim/fdbserver/KeyValueStoreRocksDB/IngestSSTFileVisibility") {
+	state std::string testDir = "test_ingest_sst_visibility";
+	state UID testStoreID = deterministicRandom()->randomUniqueID();
+	state RocksDBKeyValueStore* kvStore = new RocksDBKeyValueStore(testDir, testStoreID);
+
+	// Initialize the store
+	wait(kvStore->init());
+
+	// Create and ingest an SST file
+	state std::string sstFile = testDir + "/test.sst";
+	rocksdb::SstFileWriter sstWriter(rocksdb::EnvOptions(), kvStore->sharedState->getOptions());
+	ASSERT(sstWriter.Open(sstFile).ok());
+	ASSERT(sstWriter.Put("test_key", "test_value").ok());
+	ASSERT(sstWriter.Finish().ok());
+
+	// Ingest the SST file
+	wait(kvStore->ingestSSTFiles(testDir, std::make_shared<BulkLoadFileSetKeyMap>()));
+
+	// Verify the key is visible
+	Optional<Value> value = wait(kvStore->readValue("test_key"_sr, Optional<ReadOptions>()));
+	ASSERT(value.present());
+	ASSERT(value.get() == "test_value"_sr);
+
+	// Clean up
+	kvStore->dispose();
+	platform::eraseDirectoryRecursive(testDir);
+
+	return Void();
+}
+
+} // namespace
 #endif // WITH_ROCKSDB
diff --git a/fdbserver/storageserver.actor.cpp b/fdbserver/storageserver.actor.cpp
index a709b012f73..895039a945f 100644
--- a/fdbserver/storageserver.actor.cpp
+++ b/fdbserver/storageserver.actor.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <cinttypes>
 #include <functional>
+#include <fstream>
 #include <iterator>
 #include <limits>
 #include <memory>
@@ -8892,6 +8893,85 @@ ACTOR Future<Void> tryGetRangeForBulkLoad(PromiseStream<RangeResult> results,
 	}
 }
 
+// Utility function to process sample files during bulk load
+ACTOR static Future<Void> processSampleFiles(StorageServer* data,
+                                             std::string bulkLoadLocalDir,
+                                             std::shared_ptr<BulkLoadFileSetKeyMap> localFileSets) {
+	state BulkLoadFileSetKeyMap::const_iterator iter = localFileSets->begin();
+	state BulkLoadFileSetKeyMap::const_iterator end = localFileSets->end();
+	state std::vector<KeyValue> rawSamples;
+	state std::unique_ptr<IRocksDBSstFileReader> reader;
+
+	while (iter != end) {
+		const auto& [range, fileSet] = *iter;
+		if (fileSet.hasByteSampleFile()) {
+			state std::string sampleFilePath = fileSet.getBytesSampleFileFullPath();
+			state int retryCount = 0;
+			state int maxRetries = 10; // Consider making this a KNOB
+			state Error lastError;
+
+			// This outer loop retries reading the entire file if errors occur during opening/reading
+			while (retryCount < maxRetries) {
+				try {
+					// Read all samples from the SST file into memory first
+					// Store as KeyValueRef to keep the original encoded size value
+					rawSamples.clear();
+					reader = newRocksDBSstFileReader();
+					reader->open(abspath(sampleFilePath));
+
+					TraceEvent(SevInfo, "StorageServerProcessingSampleFile", data->thisServerID)
+					    .detail("File", sampleFilePath);
+
+					// Read all samples
+					while (reader->hasNext()) {
+						KeyValue kv = reader->next();
+						// Store the raw KeyValueRef
+						rawSamples.push_back(KeyValueRef(kv.key, kv.value));
+					}
+
+					// Now apply all read samples to the in-memory set and update metrics
+					for (const auto& kv : rawSamples) {
+						const KeyRef& key = kv.key;
+						int64_t size = BinaryReader::fromStringRef<int64_t>(kv.value, Unversioned());
+						data->metrics.byteSample.sample.insert(key, size);
+						data->metrics.notifyBytes(key, size);
+						data->addMutationToMutationLogOrStorage(
+						    invalidVersion,
+						    MutationRef(MutationRef::SetValue, key.withPrefix(persistByteSampleKeys.begin), kv.value));
+					}
+
+					// If we get here, processing was successful for this file
+					break; // Exit the retry loop
+
+				} catch (Error& e) {
+					lastError = e;
+					retryCount++;
+					TraceEvent(retryCount < maxRetries ? SevWarn : SevError,
+					           "StorageServerSampleFileProcessingError",
+					           data->thisServerID)
+					    .error(e) // Log the actual error 'e'
+					    .detail("File", sampleFilePath)
+					    // REMOVED: .detail("Key", kv.key).detail("Value", kv.value) as 'kv' is out of scope
+					    .detail("RetryCount", retryCount)
+					    .detail("MaxRetries", maxRetries);
+
+					// No need to check/close reader here, unique_ptr handles it.
+
+					if (retryCount < maxRetries) {
+						// Wait before retrying, with exponential backoff
+						wait(delay(0.1 * pow(2, retryCount))); // Consider adding jitter
+						continue; // Retry reading the file
+					}
+					// On final retry failure, throw the last error encountered
+					throw lastError;
+				}
+			} // end retry loop
+		}
+		++iter;
+	} // end file iteration loop
+	return Void();
+}
+
 ACTOR Future<Void> fetchKeys(StorageServer* data, AddingShard* shard) {
 	state const UID fetchKeysID = deterministicRandom()->randomUniqueID();
 	state TraceInterval interval("FetchKeys");
@@ -9135,9 +9215,36 @@ ACTOR Future<Void> fetchKeys(StorageServer* data, AddingShard* shard) {
 				TraceEvent(bulkLoadVerboseEventSev(), "SSBulkLoadTaskFetchKey", data->thisServerID)
 				    .detail("DataMoveId", dataMoveId.toString())
 				    .detail("Range", keys)
+				    .detail("Knobs", SERVER_KNOBS->BULK_LOAD_USE_SST_INGEST)
+				    .detail("SupportsSstIngestion", data->storage.getKeyValueStore()->supportsSstIngestion())
 				    .detail("Phase", "File download");
-				hold = tryGetRangeForBulkLoad(results, keys, localBulkLoadFileSets);
-				rangeEnd = keys.end;
+				// Attempt SST ingestion...
+				if (SERVER_KNOBS->BULK_LOAD_USE_SST_INGEST &&
+				    data->storage.getKeyValueStore()->supportsSstIngestion()) {
+					TraceEvent(bulkLoadVerboseEventSev(), "SSBulkLoadTaskFetchKey", data->thisServerID)
+					    .detail("DataMoveId", dataMoveId.toString())
+					    .detail("Range", keys)
+					    .detail("Phase", "SST ingestion");
+					// Verify ranges...
+					for (const auto& [range, fileSet] : *localBulkLoadFileSets) {
+						ASSERT(keys.contains(range));
+					}
+					// Clear the key range before ingestion. This mirrors the replaceRange done in the case were we do
+					// not ingest SST files.
+					// data->storage.getKeyValueStore()->clear(keys);
+					// TODO: this is a blocking call. We should make this as async call.
+					wait(data->storage.getKeyValueStore()->ingestSSTFiles(bulkLoadLocalDir, localBulkLoadFileSets));
+
+					// Process sample files after SST ingestion
+					wait(processSampleFiles(data, bulkLoadLocalDir, localBulkLoadFileSets));
+
+					// NOTICE: We break the 'fetchKeys' loop here if we successfully ingest the SST files.
+					// EARLY EXIT FROM 'fetchKeys' LOOP!!!
+					break;
+				} else {
+					hold = tryGetRangeForBulkLoad(results, keys, localBulkLoadFileSets);
+					rangeEnd = keys.end;
+				}
 			} else {
 				hold = tryGetRange(results, &tr, keys);
 				rangeEnd = keys.end;
@@ -9219,6 +9326,7 @@ ACTOR Future<Void> fetchKeys(StorageServer* data, AddingShard* shard) {
 					for (; kvItr != this_block.end(); ++kvItr) {
 						data->byteSampleApplySet(*kvItr, invalidVersion);
 					}
+
 					if (this_block.more) {
 						blockBegin = this_block.getReadThrough();
 					} else {
@@ -9307,7 +9415,7 @@ ACTOR Future<Void> fetchKeys(StorageServer* data, AddingShard* shard) {
 				}
 				break;
 			}
-		}
+		} // fetchKeys loop.
 
 		// We have completed the fetch and write of the data, now we wait for MVCC window to pass.
 		//  As we have finished this work, we will allow more work to start...