diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/spotify/ffwd/model/v2/BatchMetadata.java b/api/src/main/java/com/spotify/ffwd/model/v2/BatchMetadata.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f12d359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/spotify/ffwd/model/v2/BatchMetadata.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*-
+ * -\-\-
+ * FastForward HTTP Module
+ * --
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 - 2018 Spotify AB
+ * --
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * -/-/-
+ */
+
+package com.spotify.ffwd.model.v2;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+
+@Data
+@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
+@EqualsAndHashCode(of = { "commonTags", "commonResource" })
+public class BatchMetadata {
+
+  private final Map<String, String> commonTags;
+  private final Map<String, String> commonResource;
+
+  /**
+   * JSON creator.
+   */
+  @JsonCreator
+  public static BatchMetadata create(
+      @JsonProperty("commonTags") final Optional<Map<String, String>> commonTags,
+      @JsonProperty("commonResource") final Optional<Map<String, String>> commonResource
+  ) {
+    return new BatchMetadata(commonTags.orElseGet(ImmutableMap::of),
+        commonResource.orElseGet(ImmutableMap::of));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/http/src/main/java/com/spotify/ffwd/http/HttpDecoder.java b/modules/http/src/main/java/com/spotify/ffwd/http/HttpDecoder.java
index b7024521..71b019b4 100644
--- a/modules/http/src/main/java/com/spotify/ffwd/http/HttpDecoder.java
+++ b/modules/http/src/main/java/com/spotify/ffwd/http/HttpDecoder.java
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.spotify.ffwd.model.v2.Batch;
+import com.spotify.ffwd.model.v2.BatchMetadata;
 import com.spotify.ffwd.model.v2.Metric;
 import com.spotify.ffwd.model.v2.Value;
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufInputStream;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelFutureListener;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler.Sharable;
@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpVersion;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Named;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@
 
 @Sharable
 public class HttpDecoder extends MessageToMessageDecoder<FullHttpRequest> {
+  private final int MAX_BATCH_SIZE = 100_000;
+  private final int MAX_INPUT_MB = 800;
 
   private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HttpDecoder.class);
 
@@ -94,23 +98,34 @@ private boolean matchContentType(final FullHttpRequest in, final String expected
   private void postBatch(
       final ChannelHandlerContext ctx, final FullHttpRequest in, final List<Object> out
   ) {
-    final Object batch = convertToBatch(in);
-    out.add(batch);
+    final List<Object> batches = convertToBatches(in);
+    out.addAll(batches);
     ctx
         .channel()
         .writeAndFlush(new DefaultFullHttpResponse(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1, HttpResponseStatus.OK))
         .addListener((ChannelFutureListener) future -> future.channel().close());
   }
 
-  private Object convertToBatch(final FullHttpRequest in) {
+  private List<Object> convertToBatches(final FullHttpRequest in) {
     final String endPoint = in.uri();
     try (final InputStream inputStream = new ByteBufInputStream(in.content())) {
+      int inputSizeMb = inputStream.available() / 1000000;
+      if (inputSizeMb > MAX_INPUT_MB) {
+        BatchMetadata metadata = mapper.readValue(inputStream, BatchMetadata.class);
+        log.error(
+            "Input size is {}mb which is over the limit of {}mb. commonTags: {}, commonResource: {}",
+            inputSizeMb,
+            MAX_BATCH_SIZE,
+            metadata.getCommonTags(),
+            metadata.getCommonResource());
+        throw new HttpException(HttpResponseStatus.REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE);
+      }
       if ("/v2/batch".equals(endPoint)) {
-        return mapper.readValue(inputStream, Batch.class);
+        return splitBatch(mapper.readValue(inputStream, Batch.class));
       } else {
         com.spotify.ffwd.model.Batch batch =
             mapper.readValue(inputStream, com.spotify.ffwd.model.Batch.class);
-        return convert(batch);
+        return splitBatch(convert(batch));
       }
     } catch (final IOException e) {
       log.error(
@@ -119,6 +134,24 @@ private Object convertToBatch(final FullHttpRequest in) {
     }
   }
 
+  private List<Object> splitBatch(Batch batch) {
+    if (batch.getPoints().size() <= MAX_BATCH_SIZE) {
+      return Collections.singletonList(batch);
+    }
+    List<Metric> points = batch.getPoints();
+    int numBatches = points.size() / MAX_BATCH_SIZE + 1;
+    log.info("Splitting input into {} batches.", numBatches);
+    return IntStream.range(0, numBatches).mapToObj(
+        n -> points.subList(n * MAX_BATCH_SIZE, n == numBatches - 1 ? points.size() : (n + 1) * MAX_BATCH_SIZE))
+        .map(
+            batchedPoints ->
+                Batch.create(
+                    Optional.of(batch.getCommonTags()),
+                    Optional.of(batch.getCommonResource()),
+                    batchedPoints))
+        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+  }
+
   private Batch convert(final com.spotify.ffwd.model.Batch batch) {
     List<com.spotify.ffwd.model.Batch.Point> v1Point = batch.getPoints();
     final List<Metric> v2Point = v1Point