diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/doc.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/doc.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2014 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+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 stats handles exporting Kubelet and container stats.
+// NOTE: We intend to move this functionality into a standalone pod, so this package should be very
+// loosely coupled to the rest of the Kubelet.
+package stats
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/types.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/types.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2015 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+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 stats
+
+import (
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/resource"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
+)
+
+// Summary is a top-level container for holding NodeStats and PodStats.
+type Summary struct {
+	// The time the most recent data included in this summary was collect at, rounded to the nearest
+	// second.
+	Time unversioned.Time `json:"time"`
+	// Overall node stats.
+	Node NodeStats `json:"node"`
+	// Per-pod stats.
+	Pods []PodStats `json:"pods"`
+}
+
+// NodeStats holds node-level unprocessed sample stats.
+type NodeStats struct {
+	// Reference to the measured Node.
+	NodeName string `json:"nodeName"`
+	// Stats of system daemons tracked as raw containers.
+	// The system containers are named according to the SystemContainer* constants.
+	SystemContainers []ContainerStats `json:"systemContainers,omitempty" patchStrategy:"merge" patchMergeKey:"name"`
+	// Stats pertaining to CPU resources.
+	CPU *CPUStats `json:"cpu,omitempty"`
+	// Stats pertaining to memory (RAM) resources.
+	Memory *MemoryStats `json:"memory,omitempty"`
+	// Stats pertaining to network resources.
+	Network *NetworkStats `json:"network,omitempty"`
+}
+
+const (
+	// Container name for the system container tracking Kubelet usage.
+	SystemContainerKubelet = "kubelet"
+	// Container name for the system container tracking the runtime (e.g. docker or rkt) usage.
+	SystemContainerRuntime = "runtime"
+	// Container name for the system container tracking non-kubernetes processes.
+	SystemContainerMisc = "misc"
+)
+
+// PodStats holds pod-level unprocessed sample stats.
+type PodStats struct {
+	// Reference to the measured Pod.
+	PodRef NonLocalObjectReference `json:"podRef"`
+	// Stats of containers in the measured pod.
+	Containers []ContainerStats `json:"containers" patchStrategy:"merge" patchMergeKey:"name"`
+	// Stats pertaining to network resources.
+	Network *NetworkStats `json:"network,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// ContainerStats holds container-level unprocessed sample stats.
+type ContainerStats struct {
+	// Reference to the measured container.
+	Name string `json:"name"`
+	// Stats pertaining to CPU resources.
+	CPU *CPUStats `json:"cpu,omitempty"`
+	// Stats pertaining to memory (RAM) resources.
+	Memory *MemoryStats `json:"memory,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// NonLocalObjectReference contains enough information to locate the referenced object.
+type NonLocalObjectReference struct {
+	Name      string `json:"name"`
+	Namespace string `json:"namespace"`
+}
+
+// NetworkStats contains data about network resources.
+type NetworkStats struct {
+	// Cumulative count of bytes received.
+	RxBytes *resource.Quantity `json:"rxBytes,omitempty"`
+	// Cumulative count of receive errors encountered.
+	RxErrors *int64 `json:"rxErrors,omitempty"`
+	// Cumulative count of bytes transmitted.
+	TxBytes *resource.Quantity `json:"txBytes,omitempty"`
+	// Cumulative count of transmit errors encountered.
+	TxErrors *int64 `json:"txErrors,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// CPUStats contains data about CPU usage.
+type CPUStats struct {
+	// Total CPU usage (sum of all cores) averaged over the sample window.
+	// The "core" unit can be interpreted as CPU core-seconds per second.
+	UsageCores *resource.Quantity `json:"usageCores,omitempty"`
+	// Cumulative CPU usage (sum of all cores) since object creation.
+	UsageCoreSeconds *resource.Quantity `json:"usageCoreSeconds,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// MemoryStats contains data about memory usage.
+type MemoryStats struct {
+	// Total memory in use. This includes all memory regardless of when it was accessed.
+	UsageBytes *resource.Quantity `json:"usageBytes,omitempty"`
+	// The amount of working set memory. This includes recently accessed memory,
+	// dirty memory, and kernel memory. UsageBytes is <= TotalBytes.
+	WorkingSetBytes *resource.Quantity `json:"workingSetBytes,omitempty"`
+	// Cumulative number of minor page faults.
+	PageFaults *int64 `json:"pageFaults,omitempty"`
+	// Cumulative number of major page faults.
+	MajorPageFaults *int64 `json:"majorPageFaults,omitempty"`
+}