diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/runtime/SqlppExecutionWithCompressionTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/runtime/SqlppExecutionWithCompressionTest.java
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--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/runtime/SqlppExecutionWithCompressionTest.java
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-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you 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 org.apache.asterix.test.runtime;
-
-import java.util.Collection;
-
-import org.apache.asterix.test.common.TestExecutor;
-import org.apache.asterix.testframework.context.TestCaseContext;
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
-import org.junit.BeforeClass;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
-import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
-
-/**
- * Runs the SQL++ storage runtime tests with the Snappy compression.
- */
-@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
-public class SqlppExecutionWithCompressionTest {
-    protected static final String TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME = "src/test/resources/cc-compression.conf";
-
-    @BeforeClass
-    public static void setUp() throws Exception {
-        LangExecutionUtil.setUp(TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME, new TestExecutor());
-    }
-
-    @AfterClass
-    public static void tearDown() throws Exception {
-        LangExecutionUtil.tearDown();
-    }
-
-    @Parameters(name = "SqlppExecutionWithCompressionTest {index}: {0}")
-    public static Collection<Object[]> tests() throws Exception {
-        return LangExecutionUtil.tests("only_sqlpp.xml", "testsuite_sqlpp.xml");
-    }
-
-    protected TestCaseContext tcCtx;
-
-    public SqlppExecutionWithCompressionTest(TestCaseContext tcCtx) {
-        this.tcCtx = tcCtx;
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void test() throws Exception {
-        LangExecutionUtil.test(tcCtx);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-compression.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-compression.conf
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-; Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-; or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-; distributed with this work for additional information
-; regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-; to you 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.
-
-[nc/asterix_nc1]
-txn.log.dir=target/tmp/asterix_nc1/txnlog
-core.dump.dir=target/tmp/asterix_nc1/coredump
-iodevices=target/tmp/asterix_nc1/iodevice1,../asterix-server/target/tmp/asterix_nc1/iodevice2
-nc.api.port=19004
-#jvm.args=-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=5006
-
-[nc/asterix_nc2]
-ncservice.port=9091
-txn.log.dir=target/tmp/asterix_nc2/txnlog
-core.dump.dir=target/tmp/asterix_nc2/coredump
-iodevices=target/tmp/asterix_nc2/iodevice1,../asterix-server/target/tmp/asterix_nc2/iodevice2
-nc.api.port=19005
-#jvm.args=-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=5007
-
-[nc]
-address=127.0.0.1
-command=asterixnc
-app.class=org.apache.asterix.hyracks.bootstrap.NCApplication
-jvm.args=-Xmx4096m -Dnode.Resolver="org.apache.asterix.external.util.IdentitiyResolverFactory"
-storage.buffercache.pagesize=32KB
-storage.buffercache.size=128MB
-storage.memorycomponent.globalbudget=512MB
-
-[cc]
-address = 127.0.0.1
-app.class=org.apache.asterix.hyracks.bootstrap.CCApplication
-heartbeat.period=2000
-heartbeat.max.misses=25
-
-[common]
-log.level = INFO
-compiler.cbo=false
-compiler.cbotest=true
-compiler.framesize=32KB
-compiler.sortmemory=320KB
-compiler.groupmemory=160KB
-compiler.joinmemory=256KB
-compiler.textsearchmemory=160KB
-compiler.windowmemory=192KB
-messaging.frame.size=4096
-messaging.frame.count=512
-storage.compression.block=snappy