diff --git a/shoebox/roll_manager.py b/shoebox/roll_manager.py
index fb771a4..aa9a8e9 100644
--- a/shoebox/roll_manager.py
+++ b/shoebox/roll_manager.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import fnmatch
+import gzip
+import hashlib
 import os
 import os.path
 
@@ -31,6 +33,10 @@ class NoValidFile(Exception):
     pass
 
 
+class BadWorkingDirectory(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
 class RollManager(object):
     def __init__(self, filename_template, directory=".",
                  archive_class=None, archive_callback=None):
@@ -131,3 +137,34 @@ class WritingRollManager(RollManager):
 
     def _should_roll_archive(self):
         return self.roll_checker.check(self.active_archive)
+
+
+class WritingJSONRollManager(object):
+    """No archiver. No roll checker. Just write the file locally.
+       Expects an external tool like rsync to move the file.
+       A SHA-256 of the payload may be included in the filename."""
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.filename_template = args[0]
+        self.directory = kwargs.get('directory', '.')
+        if not os.path.isdir(self.directory):
+            raise BadWorkingDirectory("Directory '%s' does not exist" %
+                                      self.directory)
+
+    def _make_filename(self, crc):
+        now = notification_utils.now()
+        dt = str(notification_utils.dt_to_decimal(now))
+        f = now.strftime(self.filename_template)
+        f = f.replace(" ", "_")
+        f = f.replace("/", "_")
+        f = f.replace(":", "_")
+        f = f.replace("[[CRC]]", crc)
+        f = f.replace("[[TIMESTAMP]]", dt)
+        return os.path.join(self.directory, f)
+
+    def write(self, metadata, json_payload):
+        # Metadata is ignored.
+        crc = hashlib.sha256(json_payload).hexdigest()
+        filename = self._make_filename(crc)
+        f = gzip.open(filename, 'wb')
+        f.write(json_payload)
+        f.close()
diff --git a/test/test_roll_manager.py b/test/test_roll_manager.py
index 5c55ff6..784e48d 100644
--- a/test/test_roll_manager.py
+++ b/test/test_roll_manager.py
@@ -92,3 +92,32 @@ class TestWriting(unittest.TestCase):
         arc = x.get_active_archive()
         self.assertEqual(10, len(arc.data))
         self.assertEqual(({"index": "0"}, "payload_0"), arc.data[0])
+
+
+class TestJSONRollManager(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_bad_directory(self):
+        try:
+            roll_manager.WritingJSONRollManager("x", directory="bad_directory")
+            self.fail("Should raise BadWorkingDirectory")
+        except roll_manager.BadWorkingDirectory as e:
+            pass
+
+
+    def test_make_filename(self):
+        now = datetime.datetime(day=1, month=2, year=2014,
+                                hour=10, minute=11, second=12)
+        with mock.patch.object(notification_utils, "now") as dt:
+            with mock.patch.object(notification_utils, "dt_to_decimal") as td:
+                td.return_value = 123.45
+                dt.return_value = now
+                x = roll_manager.WritingJSONRollManager(
+                                        "%Y%m%d [[TIMESTAMP]] [[CRC]].foo")
+                fn = x._make_filename("mycrc")
+                self.assertEqual("./20140201_123.45_mycrc.foo", fn)
+
+    def test_write(self):
+        x = roll_manager.WritingJSONRollManager("template.foo")
+        with mock.patch.object(roll_manager.gzip, "open") as gz:
+            x.write("metadata", "json_payload")
+
+        self.assertTrue(gz.called_once_with("template.foo", "wb"))