diff --git a/include/ircd/db/database/rocksdb.h b/include/ircd/db/database/rocksdb.h
index 668b166c1..2a72f1a13 100644
--- a/include/ircd/db/database/rocksdb.h
+++ b/include/ircd/db/database/rocksdb.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ namespace rocksdb
 	struct PerfContext;
 	struct IOStatsContext;
 	struct LiveFileMetaData;
+	struct SstFileWriter;
 }
 
 //
diff --git a/include/ircd/db/database/sst.h b/include/ircd/db/database/sst.h
index dc72b5b0b..289dd0cda 100644
--- a/include/ircd/db/database/sst.h
+++ b/include/ircd/db/database/sst.h
@@ -14,15 +14,9 @@
 struct ircd::db::database::sst
 {
 	struct info;
+	struct dump;
 
-	static void dump(const vector_view<const string_view> &args);
-};
-
-struct ircd::db::database::sst::writer
-{
-	using key_range = std::pair<string_view, string_view>;
-
-	writer(const database &, const column &, const key_range & = {});
+	static void tool(const vector_view<const string_view> &args);
 };
 
 /// Get info about an SST file.
@@ -42,6 +36,8 @@ struct ircd::db::database::sst::info
 	uint64_t num_reads {0};
 	int level {-1};
 	bool compacting {false};
+	int32_t version {-1};
+	uint64_t entries {0};
 
 	info() = default;
 	info(rocksdb::LiveFileMetaData &&);
@@ -54,3 +50,14 @@ struct ircd::db::database::sst::info::vector
 	vector() = default;
 	explicit vector(const database &);
 };
+
+struct ircd::db::database::sst::dump
+{
+	using key_range = std::pair<string_view, string_view>;
+
+	sst::info info;
+
+	dump(db::column, const key_range & = {}, const string_view &path = {});
+	dump(dump &&) = delete;
+	dump(const dump &) = delete;
+};
diff --git a/ircd/db.cc b/ircd/db.cc
index 5e68f1f8b..b54088705 100644
--- a/ircd/db.cc
+++ b/ircd/db.cc
@@ -2490,7 +2490,7 @@ const noexcept
 //
 
 void
-ircd::db::database::sst::dump(const vector_view<const string_view> &args)
+ircd::db::database::sst::tool(const vector_view<const string_view> &args)
 {
 	static const size_t ARG_MAX {16};
 	static const size_t ARG_MAX_LEN {256};
@@ -2523,6 +2523,64 @@ ircd::db::database::sst::dump(const vector_view<const string_view> &args)
 		};
 }
 
+//
+// sst::dump::dump
+//
+
+ircd::db::database::sst::dump::dump(db::column column,
+                                    const key_range &range,
+                                    const string_view &path_)
+{
+	const database &d(column);
+	database::column &c(column);
+	std::string path{path_};
+	if(path.empty())
+	{
+		const string_view path_parts[]
+		{
+			fs::get(fs::DB), db::name(d), db::name(c)
+		};
+
+		path = fs::make_path(path_parts);
+	}
+
+	rocksdb::Options opts(d.d->GetOptions(c));
+	rocksdb::EnvOptions eopts(opts);
+	rocksdb::SstFileWriter writer
+	{
+		eopts, opts, c
+	};
+
+	throw_on_error
+	{
+		writer.Open(path)
+	};
+
+	size_t i(0);
+	for(auto it(column.begin()); it != column.end(); ++it, ++i)
+		throw_on_error
+		{
+			writer.Put(slice(it->first), slice(it->second))
+		};
+
+	rocksdb::ExternalSstFileInfo info;
+	if(i)
+		throw_on_error
+		{
+			writer.Finish(&info)
+		};
+
+	this->info.column = db::name(column);
+	this->info.path = std::move(info.file_path);
+	this->info.min_key = std::move(info.smallest_key);
+	this->info.max_key = std::move(info.largest_key);
+	this->info.min_seq = info.sequence_number;
+	this->info.max_seq = info.sequence_number;
+	this->info.size = info.file_size;
+	this->info.entries = info.num_entries;
+	this->info.version = info.version;
+}
+
 //
 // sst::info::vector
 //
@@ -2541,7 +2599,7 @@ ircd::db::database::sst::info::vector::vector(const database &d)
 }
 
 //
-// fileinfo::fileinfo
+// sst::info::info
 //
 
 ircd::db::database::sst::info::info(const database &d,
diff --git a/modules/console.cc b/modules/console.cc
index d7fa9e0ae..cb7968737 100644
--- a/modules/console.cc
+++ b/modules/console.cc
@@ -1937,7 +1937,7 @@ catch(const std::out_of_range &e)
 }
 
 bool
-console_cmd__db__sstdump(opt &out, const string_view &line)
+console_cmd__db__sst(opt &out, const string_view &line)
 {
 	string_view buf[16];
 	const vector_view<const string_view> args
@@ -1945,7 +1945,54 @@ console_cmd__db__sstdump(opt &out, const string_view &line)
 		buf, tokens(line, " ", buf)
 	};
 
-	db::database::sst::dump(args);
+	db::database::sst::tool(args);
+	return true;
+}
+
+bool
+console_cmd__db__sst__dump(opt &out, const string_view &line)
+{
+	const params param{line, " ",
+	{
+		"dbname", "column", "begin", "end", "path"
+	}};
+
+	const auto dbname
+	{
+		param.at("dbname")
+	};
+
+	const auto colname
+	{
+		param.at("column")
+	};
+
+	const auto begin
+	{
+		param["begin"]
+	};
+
+	const auto end
+	{
+		param["end"]
+	};
+
+	const auto path
+	{
+		param["path"]
+	};
+
+	auto &database
+	{
+		db::database::get(dbname)
+	};
+
+	db::column column
+	{
+		database, colname
+	};
+
+	db::database::sst::dump(column, {begin, end}, path);
 	return true;
 }