diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/CMakeLists.txt
index e584e025088151cb9a6a64045387548d30a9eebf..47fbb42fd6a8145b25260dd219edade436fbce6f 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ endif()
 
 
 cc_test(rpc_server_test SRCS rpc_server_test.cc
-    DEPS ${RPC_DEPS} executor scope proto_desc lookup_sparse_table_read_op scale_op)
+    DEPS ${RPC_DEPS} executor scope proto_desc lookup_sparse_table_read_op checkpoint_notify_op scale_op )
 cc_test(varhandle_test SRCS varhandle_test.cc DEPS profiler scope)
 cc_library(parameter_prefetch SRCS parameter_prefetch.cc DEPS sendrecvop_rpc memory)
 cc_library(parameter_send SRCS parameter_send.cc DEPS sendrecvop_rpc memory)
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/brpc/brpc_client.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/brpc/brpc_client.cc
index cb93b8d910a2353b8c9a1e793338fa5d50a93165..b2a26089c868968734df35383f2ddf2ba512b137 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/brpc/brpc_client.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/brpc/brpc_client.cc
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ VarHandlePtr BRPCClient::AsyncSendMessage(const std::string& ep,
 VarHandlePtr BRPCClient::AsyncCheckpointNotify(const std::string& ep,
                                                const std::string& dirname,
                                                const std::string& varname,
+                                               const int mode,
                                                int64_t time_out) {
   sendrecv::VariableMessage req;
   req.set_varname(varname);
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/brpc/brpc_client.h b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/brpc/brpc_client.h
index 2ea90d560f5685e19a8f16d15d07414c927001ba..91f94b4c9d5a3076e17b0b54cf153e2f3b9edc31 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/brpc/brpc_client.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/brpc/brpc_client.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class BRPCClient : public RPCClient {
 
   VarHandlePtr AsyncCheckpointNotify(
       const std::string& ep, const std::string& dirname,
-      const std::string& varname,
+      const std::string& varname, const int mode,
       int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) override;
 
   bool Wait() override;
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/grpc/grpc_client.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/grpc/grpc_client.cc
index 9fd828bfa55c21a165159d9419ab1e80293d0e96..0320ef6595debbbda84651f14749af83f950da8d 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/grpc/grpc_client.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/grpc/grpc_client.cc
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ VarHandlePtr GRPCClient::AsyncSendComplete(const std::string& ep,
 VarHandlePtr GRPCClient::AsyncCheckpointNotify(const std::string& ep,
                                                const std::string& dirname,
                                                const std::string& varname,
+                                               const int mode,
                                                int64_t time_out) {
   const auto ch = GetChannel(ep);
 
@@ -435,6 +436,7 @@ VarHandlePtr GRPCClient::AsyncCheckpointNotify(const std::string& ep,
 
   sendrecv::VariableMessage req;
   req.set_varname(varname);
+  req.set_table_name(std::to_string(mode));
   req.set_out_varname(dirname);
 
   platform::RecordRPCEvent record_event(method);
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/grpc/grpc_client.h b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/grpc/grpc_client.h
index 22ca74a67e72b44216348e8df3914d2d23ae75c3..7b269f4d80c6091d91f790fe64c0d47a97b619c1 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/grpc/grpc_client.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/grpc/grpc_client.h
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class GRPCClient : public RPCClient {
 
   VarHandlePtr AsyncCheckpointNotify(
       const std::string& ep, const std::string& dirname,
-      const std::string& varname,
+      const std::string& varname, const int mode,
       int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) override;
 
   VarHandlePtr AsyncDistributeNotify(
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/grpc/grpc_server.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/grpc/grpc_server.cc
index e4216db186ecf0cf96a55d7b234b4a6acc9e1778..912520d782d7568e5a6da63b7ac8bb35a5b95439 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/grpc/grpc_server.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/grpc/grpc_server.cc
@@ -398,12 +398,13 @@ class RequestCheckpointNotify final : public RequestBase {
     std::string checkpoint_notify = request_->Varname();
     std::string checkpoint_dir = request_->OutVarname();
     int trainer_id = request_->GetTrainerId();
+    std::string table_name = request_->TableName();
 
     VLOG(4) << "RequestCheckpointNotify notify: " << checkpoint_notify
             << ", dir: " << checkpoint_dir;
 
     request_handler_->Handle(checkpoint_notify, scope, nullptr, nullptr,
-                             trainer_id, checkpoint_dir);
+                             trainer_id, checkpoint_dir, table_name);
     Finish(reply_, &responder_);
   }
 
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/large_scale_kv.h b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/large_scale_kv.h
index b4388c0002a78b3ad66efeeb9fee2ad3c7f65c1e..52b76b7bfe7d67fc61c52c26bf0763092bfc2e24 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/large_scale_kv.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/large_scale_kv.h
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ struct VALUE {
 
   std::vector<std::string> names_;
   int count_;
+  bool seen_after_last_save_;
   int unseen_days_;
   bool is_entry_;
   std::vector<std::vector<float>> values_;
@@ -321,6 +322,7 @@ class ValueBlock {
 
     auto value = new VALUE(value_names_);
     value->set(values);
+    value->seen_after_last_save_ = true;
     value->count_ = count;
     values_[id] = value;
   }
@@ -589,9 +591,9 @@ class SparseVariable {
     }
   }
 
-  void Save(const std::string &dirname) {
+  void Save(const std::string &dirname, const int mode = 0) {
     rwlock_->WRLock();
-    VLOG(1) << "save " << meta_.name << " in dir: " << dirname << " begin";
+    VLOG(3) << "save " << meta_.name << " in dir: " << dirname << " begin";
 
     MkDirRecursively(dirname.c_str());
 
@@ -600,22 +602,15 @@ class SparseVariable {
       auto filename = string::Sprintf("%s/%s", dirname, value_name);
       filenames.push_back(filename);
     }
-    SaveToSelectedRows(filenames, meta_.value_names);
 
-    //    // save sparse to text
-    //    std::vector<std::string> txt_filenames;
-    //    for (auto &value_name : meta_.value_names) {
-    //      auto filename = string::Sprintf("%s/%s.txt", dirname, value_name);
-    //      txt_filenames.push_back(filename);
-    //    }
-    //    SaveToText(txt_filenames, meta_.value_names);
-
-    VLOG(1) << "save " << meta_.name << " in dir: " << dirname << " done";
+    SaveToSelectedRows(filenames, meta_.value_names, mode);
+    VLOG(3) << "save " << meta_.name << " in dir: " << dirname << " done";
     rwlock_->UNLock();
   }
 
   void SaveToSelectedRows(const std::vector<std::string> &filenames,
-                          const std::vector<std::string> &valuenames) {
+                          const std::vector<std::string> &valuenames,
+                          const int mode) {
     for (auto &value_name : valuenames) {
       auto it = std::find(meta_.value_names.begin(), meta_.value_names.end(),
                           value_name);
@@ -629,14 +624,34 @@ class SparseVariable {
     platform::DeviceContextPool &pool = platform::DeviceContextPool::Instance();
     auto &dev_ctx = *pool.Get(place);
 
-    int64_t ids_num = 0;
+    std::vector<int64_t> ids;
+
     for (auto &block : shard_blocks_) {
-      ids_num += block->values_.size();
+      for (auto value : block->values_) {
+        if (mode == 0) {
+          ids.push_back(value.first);
+        } else {
+          bool id_need_save = false;
+          // save all params
+          if (mode == 1) {
+            id_need_save = true;
+          } else {
+            id_need_save = value.second->seen_after_last_save_;
+          }
+
+          if (id_need_save) {
+            ids.push_back(value.first);
+          }
+          value.second->seen_after_last_save_ = false;
+        }
+      }
     }
 
+    VLOG(3) << "save " << ids.size() << " feasigns for " << meta_.name
+            << " with mode: " << mode;
+
     std::vector<std::shared_ptr<framework::Variable>> variables;
     std::vector<float *> tensors;
-    std::vector<int64_t> ids;
     std::vector<int64_t> dims;
 
     for (int i = 0; i < static_cast<int>(filenames.size()); i++) {
@@ -645,7 +660,7 @@ class SparseVariable {
       auto *slr = var->GetMutable<framework::SelectedRows>();
       auto *src_t = slr->mutable_value();
 
-      src_t->Resize({ids_num, dim});
+      src_t->Resize({static_cast<int64_t>(ids.size()), dim});
       auto *value = src_t->mutable_data<float>(place);
 
       dims.push_back(dim);
@@ -653,20 +668,17 @@ class SparseVariable {
       tensors.push_back(value);
     }
 
-    int64_t offset = 0;
-    for (auto &block : shard_blocks_) {
-      for (auto value : block->values_) {
-        ids.push_back(value.first);
-        std::vector<std::vector<float> *> vss = value.second->get(valuenames);
-
-        for (int i = 0; i < static_cast<int>(vss.size()); i++) {
-          auto &vs = vss[i];
-          std::memcpy(tensors[i] + offset * dims[i], vs->data(),
-                      sizeof(float) * dims[i]);
-        }
+    std::vector<std::vector<std::vector<float> *>> values;
+    Get(ids, valuenames, &values);
 
-        offset += 1;
+    int64_t offset = 0;
+    for (auto &vss : values) {
+      for (int i = 0; i < static_cast<int>(vss.size()); i++) {
+        auto &vs = vss[i];
+        std::memcpy(tensors[i] + offset * dims[i], vs->data(),
+                    sizeof(float) * dims[i]);
       }
+      offset += 1;
     }
 
     for (auto &var : variables) {
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/request_handler_impl.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/request_handler_impl.cc
index 0d67fc0021a53368d0e52fc5ddc9c8d2b55914d5..8c4f2ef57a32c852f2759e0fc0dcfc63f6d38578 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/request_handler_impl.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/request_handler_impl.cc
@@ -274,13 +274,13 @@ bool RequestCheckpointHandler::Handle(const std::string &varname,
                                       const int trainer_id,
                                       const std::string &out_var_name,
                                       const std::string &table_name) {
-  VLOG(4) << "receive save var " << varname << " with path " << out_var_name;
+  VLOG(4) << "receive save var " << varname << " with path " << out_var_name
+          << " mode " << table_name;
+
+  int mode = std::stoi(table_name);
 
   auto *ins = distributed::LargeScaleKV::GetInstance();
-  ins->Get(varname)->Save(out_var_name);
-  //  auto checkpoint_op = BuildCheckpointOp(varname, out_var_name);
-  //  paddle::platform::CPUPlace cpu_place;
-  //  checkpoint_op->Run(*scope_, cpu_place);
+  ins->Get(varname)->Save(out_var_name, mode);
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/rpc_client.h b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/rpc_client.h
index 6a6a795a46b52c6b0ea289ee3e15c827af8688cf..2c756a6f71ff94e11be634f69d4a2f8e9174d716 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/rpc_client.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/rpc_client.h
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ class RPCClient {
 
   virtual VarHandlePtr AsyncCheckpointNotify(
       const std::string& ep, const std::string& dirname,
-      const std::string& varname, int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) = 0;
+      const std::string& varname, const int mode,
+      int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) = 0;
 
   virtual VarHandlePtr AsyncDistributeNotify(
       const std::string& ep, const platform::DeviceContext& ctx,
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/rpc_server_test.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/rpc_server_test.cc
index b6d4d594855204ba1c193e6a93eb81ae99133af9..f59285400033df2726fe519fe76dd63bd8c504d5 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/rpc_server_test.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/rpc_server_test.cc
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ limitations under the License. */
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <chrono>  // NOLINT
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
 #include <thread>  // NOLINT
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ limitations under the License. */
 
 #include "paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/distributed.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/heart_beat_monitor.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/large_scale_kv.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/request_handler_impl.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/rpc_client.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/rpc_server.h"
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ namespace platform = paddle::platform;
 namespace distributed = paddle::operators::distributed;
 
 USE_NO_KERNEL_OP(lookup_sparse_table_read);
+USE_NO_KERNEL_OP(checkpoint_notify);
 USE_OP(scale);
 
 std::unique_ptr<distributed::RPCServer> g_rpc_service;
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ void StartServer(const std::string& rpc_name) {
 
   g_rpc_service->RegisterRPC(rpc_name, g_req_handler.get());
 
-  distributed::HeartBeatMonitor::Init(2, true, "w@grad");
+  //  distributed::HeartBeatMonitor::Init(1, true, "w@grad");
 
   g_req_handler->SetRPCServer(g_rpc_service.get());
 
@@ -232,3 +235,110 @@ TEST(SENDANDRECV, CPU) {
   g_rpc_service.reset(nullptr);
   g_req_handler.reset(nullptr);
 }
+
+void StartCheckpointServer(const std::string& rpc_name) {
+  framework::ProgramDesc program;
+  framework::Scope scope;
+  platform::CPUPlace place;
+  framework::Executor exe(place);
+  platform::CPUDeviceContext ctx(place);
+
+  std::vector<distributed::SparseMeta> metas;
+
+  auto meta = distributed::SparseMeta();
+  meta.name = "embedding.block0";
+  meta.value_names = {"Param"};
+  meta.value_dims = {64};
+  meta.mode = distributed::Mode::training;
+  meta.grad_name = "embedding@Grad";
+  meta.cached_varnames = {"kSparseIds"};
+  meta.initializer_attrs = {"fill_constant&1.0"};
+  meta.entry = "none";
+
+  metas.push_back(meta);
+  distributed::LargeScaleKV::Init(metas);
+
+  auto* ins = distributed::LargeScaleKV::GetInstance();
+  ins->Get("embedding.block0")->Init({0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9});
+
+  std::unordered_map<std::string,
+                     std::shared_ptr<framework::ExecutorPrepareContext>>
+      prefetch_var_name_to_prepared;
+
+  g_req_handler->SetProgram(&program);
+  g_req_handler->SetPrefetchPreparedCtx(&prefetch_var_name_to_prepared);
+  g_req_handler->SetDevCtx(&ctx);
+  g_req_handler->SetScope(&scope);
+  g_req_handler->SetExecutor(&exe);
+
+  g_rpc_service->RegisterRPC(rpc_name, g_req_handler.get());
+
+  g_req_handler->SetRPCServer(g_rpc_service.get());
+
+  std::thread server_thread(
+      std::bind(&distributed::RPCServer::StartServer, g_rpc_service.get()));
+
+  server_thread.join();
+}
+
+TEST(LARGE_SCALE_CHECKPOINT, CPU) {
+  setenv("http_proxy", "", 1);
+  setenv("https_proxy", "", 1);
+
+  paddle::framework::Scope scope;
+  paddle::platform::CPUPlace place;
+
+  g_req_handler.reset(new distributed::RequestCheckpointHandler(
+      distributed::DistributedMode::kAsync));
+  g_rpc_service.reset(new RPCSERVER_T("127.0.0.1:0", 1));
+
+  distributed::RPCClient* client =
+      distributed::RPCClient::GetInstance<RPCCLIENT_T>(0);
+
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE_NE(client, nullptr,
+                    platform::errors::InvalidArgument(
+                        "Client Start Fail, Check Your Code & Env"));
+
+  std::thread server_thread(StartCheckpointServer,
+                            distributed::kRequestCheckpoint);
+  g_rpc_service->WaitServerReady();
+
+  int port = g_rpc_service->GetSelectedPort();
+  std::string ep = paddle::string::Sprintf("127.0.0.1:%d", port);
+
+  auto save_path =
+      paddle::string::Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", "/tmp/large_scale_table/base",
+                              "embedding", "embedding.block0");
+  int mode = 0;
+  client->AsyncCheckpointNotify(ep, save_path, "embedding.block0", mode);
+  client->Wait();
+
+  save_path =
+      paddle::string::Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", "/tmp/large_scale_table/delta",
+                              "embedding", "embedding.block0");
+  mode = 1;
+  client->AsyncCheckpointNotify(ep, save_path, "embedding.block0", mode);
+  client->Wait();
+
+  paddle::framework::AttributeMap attrs;
+
+  std::vector<std::string> eps = {ep};
+  attrs["endpoints"] = eps;
+  attrs["dirname"] = std::string("/tmp/large_scale_table/delta1");
+  attrs["varname"] = std::string("embedding");
+  attrs["mode"] = 2;
+  std::vector<std::string> slices = {"embedding.block0"};
+  attrs["slice_varnames"] = slices;
+  std::vector<std::string> remotes = {"embedding.block0"};
+  attrs["remote_varnames"] = remotes;
+
+  auto ops =
+      framework::OpRegistry::CreateOp("checkpoint_notify", {}, {}, attrs, true);
+  ops->Run(scope, place);
+
+  g_rpc_service->ShutDown();
+  server_thread.join();
+  LOG(INFO) << "begin reset";
+  g_rpc_service.reset(nullptr);
+  g_req_handler.reset(nullptr);
+}
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed_ops/checkpoint_notify_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed_ops/checkpoint_notify_op.cc
index abc8d912840dba6f3da8acd3a911769c8748b2a8..051d9d65c7714ac13afa1d49f5584fad7bcaa789 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed_ops/checkpoint_notify_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed_ops/checkpoint_notify_op.cc
@@ -42,8 +42,12 @@ class CheckpointNotifyOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
         Attr<std::vector<std::string>>("endpoints");
     std::string dirname = Attr<std::string>("dirname");
     std::string varname = Attr<std::string>("varname");
-    auto is_slice = Attr<bool>("is_slice");
-    VLOG(1) << "is_slice: " << is_slice;
+    auto mode = Attr<int>("mode");
+
+    if (mode != 0 && mode != 1 && mode != 2) {
+      PADDLE_THROW(platform::errors::InvalidArgument(
+          "mode expected in [0/1/2], but got %d", mode));
+    }
 
     std::vector<std::string> slice_varnames =
         Attr<std::vector<std::string>>("slice_varnames");
@@ -58,11 +62,12 @@ class CheckpointNotifyOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
       auto save_path =
           string::Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", dirname, varname, slice_varnames[i]);
 
-      rpc_client->AsyncCheckpointNotify(epmap[i], save_path,
-                                        remote_varnames[i]);
+      rpc_client->AsyncCheckpointNotify(epmap[i], save_path, remote_varnames[i],
+                                        mode);
 
       VLOG(3) << "checkpoint notify sending with path: " << save_path
-              << " and var:" << slice_varnames[i] << " to " << epmap[i];
+              << " and var:" << slice_varnames[i] << " to " << epmap[i]
+              << " with mode " << mode;
     }
     PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(
         rpc_client->Wait(), true,
@@ -85,9 +90,8 @@ class CheckpointNotifyOpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
         "slice_varnames", "(string vector) the slice vars need to be saved");
     AddAttr<std::vector<std::string>>(
         "remote_varnames", "(string vector) the slice vars need to be saved");
-    AddAttr<bool>(
-        "is_slice",
-        "is_slice=True means the var has been slice by parameter server");
+    AddAttr<int>("mode", "mode=0/1/2 means nothing/save base/save delta")
+        .SetDefault(0);
     AddComment(R"DOC(
 CheckpointNotify operator
 This operator will send lookup table and it's checkpoint direcoty to listen_and_serve op at
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/pybind/communicator_py.cc b/paddle/fluid/pybind/communicator_py.cc
index 6ac37a85c282280701f0aa232e94180eddaa7219..07ba7061678d97f11fa6541e7cb7c304d64eb945 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/pybind/communicator_py.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/pybind/communicator_py.cc
@@ -109,10 +109,15 @@ void BindLargeScaleKV(py::module* m) {
              auto* sparse_variable = self.Get(table_name);
              sparse_variable->Load(dir);
            })
-      .def("save", [](LargeScaleKV& self, const std::string& table_name,
-                      const std::string& dir) {
+      .def("save",
+           [](LargeScaleKV& self, const std::string& table_name,
+              const std::string& dir) {
+             auto* sparse_variable = self.Get(table_name);
+             sparse_variable->Save(dir);
+           })
+      .def("size", [](LargeScaleKV& self, const std::string& table_name) {
         auto* sparse_variable = self.Get(table_name);
-        sparse_variable->Save(dir);
+        return sparse_variable->Size();
       });
 }
 }  // namespace pybind
diff --git a/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/base/fleet_base.py b/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/base/fleet_base.py
index 03bf1e1a58276b40c7b8f680074566df65d075b4..4f86a4a25b67926e7383ed2b32ba163f95141b57 100644
--- a/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/base/fleet_base.py
+++ b/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/base/fleet_base.py
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ class Fleet(object):
             executor, dirname, feeded_var_names, target_vars, main_program,
             export_for_deployment)
 
-    def save_persistables(self, executor, dirname, main_program=None):
+    def save_persistables(self, executor, dirname, main_program=None, mode=1):
         """
 
         saves all persistable variables from :code:`main_program` to
@@ -539,7 +539,8 @@ class Fleet(object):
 
         """
 
-        self._runtime_handle._save_persistables(executor, dirname, main_program)
+        self._runtime_handle._save_persistables(executor, dirname, main_program,
+                                                mode)
 
     def distributed_optimizer(self, optimizer, strategy=None):
         """
diff --git a/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/runtime/parameter_server_runtime.py b/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/runtime/parameter_server_runtime.py
index 415e09168088fa4e71467279329c91c2ef207bf6..887209d9de2f47cb379e966b5880b5428c52e6a6 100644
--- a/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/runtime/parameter_server_runtime.py
+++ b/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/runtime/parameter_server_runtime.py
@@ -521,8 +521,7 @@ class ParameterServerRuntime(RuntimeBase):
         executor.run(prog)
         return context.keys()
 
-    def _save_distributed_params(self, executor, dirname, context,
-                                 main_program):
+    def _save_distributed_params(self, executor, dirname, context, mode):
         prog = Program()
         block = prog.global_block()
 
@@ -531,7 +530,7 @@ class ParameterServerRuntime(RuntimeBase):
                 type='checkpoint_notify',
                 attrs={
                     "varname": name,
-                    "is_slice": True,
+                    "mode": mode,
                     "slice_varnames": var_ctx.split_varnames(),
                     "remote_varnames": var_ctx.split_varnames(),
                     "endpoints": var_ctx.split_endpoints(),
@@ -541,7 +540,8 @@ class ParameterServerRuntime(RuntimeBase):
         executor.run(prog)
         return context.keys()
 
-    def _save_distributed_persistables(self, executor, dirname, main_program):
+    def _save_distributed_persistables(self, executor, dirname, main_program,
+                                       mode):
         dense_ctx = self.compiled_strategy.get_communicator_recv_context(
             recv_type=1, use_origin_program=True)
 
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ class ParameterServerRuntime(RuntimeBase):
             executor, dirname, sparse_ctx, main_program)
 
         recv_distributed_varnames = self._save_distributed_params(
-            executor, dirname, distributed_ctx, main_program)
+            executor, dirname, distributed_ctx, mode)
 
         saved_varnames = recv_dense_varnames + list(
             recv_sparse_varnames) + list(recv_distributed_varnames)
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@ class ParameterServerRuntime(RuntimeBase):
                                         executor,
                                         dirname,
                                         main_program=None,
+                                        mode=0,
                                         **kwargs):
         """
         This function filters out all variables with `persistable==True` from the
@@ -608,7 +609,8 @@ class ParameterServerRuntime(RuntimeBase):
                 "in fleet.save_persistables() function, main_program must be as Program type, CompiledProgram is not allowed"
             )
 
-        self._save_distributed_persistables(executor, dirname, main_program)
+        self._save_distributed_persistables(executor, dirname, main_program,
+                                            mode)
 
     def _ps_inference_save_inference_model(self,
                                            executor,
@@ -654,7 +656,8 @@ class ParameterServerRuntime(RuntimeBase):
 
             program = Program.parse_from_string(program_desc_str)
             program._copy_dist_param_info_from(fluid.default_main_program())
-            self._ps_inference_save_persistables(executor, dirname, program)
+            self._ps_inference_save_persistables(
+                executor, dirname, program, mode=0)
 
     def _save_inference_model(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self._ps_inference_save_inference_model(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/communicator.py b/python/paddle/fluid/communicator.py
index 814a70a10e06cf5867a9ed9b736a895f50f24a49..b203e2a80bda49d54e3ed9a4a7cd616cf4fc7b3e 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/communicator.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/communicator.py
@@ -162,3 +162,6 @@ class LargeScaleKV(object):
 
     def load(self, varname, dirname):
         self.scale_kv.load(varname, dirname)
+
+    def size(self, varname):
+        return self.scale_kv.size(varname)
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_dist_fleet_ps2.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_dist_fleet_ps2.py
index 218eb77d0b5653fb80bceae6714f85f2674df6cb..d9ef1cf50c9eeb87b3bc1e0129edcaa5a392e70f 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_dist_fleet_ps2.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_dist_fleet_ps2.py
@@ -183,8 +183,12 @@ class TestPSPassWithBow(unittest.TestCase):
 
         from paddle.fluid.communicator import LargeScaleKV
         kv = LargeScaleKV()
+
         kv.save("__emb__.block0",
                 os.path.join(model_dir, "__emb__", "__emb__.block0"))
+
+        kv.size("__emb__.block0")
+
         fluid.framework.switch_main_program(fluid.Program())
         fleet.init_server(model_dir)
         shutil.rmtree(model_dir)