diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/conf/cluster b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/conf/cluster
deleted file mode 100644
index 6cc8cca..0000000
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/conf/cluster
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-4
-10.0.0.1 asterix-001
-10.0.0.2 asterix-002
-10.0.0.3 asterix-003
-10.0.0.4 asterix-004
-10.0.0.5 asterix-005
-10.0.0.6 asterix-006
-10.0.0.7 asterix-007
-10.0.0.8 asterix-008
-10.0.0.9 asterix-009
-10.0.0.10 asterix-010
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/conf/cluster.properties b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/conf/cluster.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d2401a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/conf/cluster.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#The CC port for Hyracks clients
+CC_CLIENTPORT=3099
+
+#The CC port for Hyracks cluster management
+CC_CLUSTERPORT=1099
+
+#The directory of hyracks binaries
+HYRACKS_HOME=../../../../hyracks
+
+#The tmp directory for cc to install jars
+CCTMP_DIR=/tmp/t1
+
+#The tmp directory for nc to install jars
+NCTMP_DIR=/tmp/t2
+
+#The directory to put cc logs
+CCLOGS_DIR=$CCTMP_DIR/logs
+
+#The directory to put nc logs
+NCLOGS_DIR=$NCTMP_DIR/logs
+
+#Comma separated I/O directories for the spilling of external sort
+IO_DIRS="/tmp/t3,/tmp/t4"
+
+#The JAVA_HOME
+JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME
+
+#The frame size of the internal dataflow engine
+FRAME_SIZE=65536
+
+#CC JAVA_OPTS
+CCJAVA_OPTS="-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=7001,server=y,suspend=n -Xmx1g -Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.properties"
+# Yourkit option: -agentpath:/grid/0/dev/vborkar/tools/yjp-10.0.4/bin/linux-x86-64/libyjpagent.so=port=20001"
+
+#NC JAVA_OPTS
+NCJAVA_OPTS="-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=7002,server=y,suspend=n -Xmx1g -Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.properties"
+
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/conf/debugnc.properties b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/conf/debugnc.properties
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..27afa26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/conf/debugnc.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#The tmp directory for nc to install jars
+NCTMP_DIR2=/tmp/t-1
+
+#The directory to put nc logs
+NCLOGS_DIR2=$NCTMP_DIR/logs
+
+#Comma separated I/O directories for the spilling of external sort
+IO_DIRS2="/tmp/t-2,/tmp/t-3"
+
+#NC JAVA_OPTS
+NCJAVA_OPTS2="-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=7003,server=y,suspend=n -Xmx1g -Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.properties"
+
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/conf/hive-default.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/conf/hive-default.xml
index 034ea61..587eede 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/conf/hive-default.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/conf/hive-default.xml
@@ -23,22 +23,11 @@
 			By setting this property to -1, Hive will automatically figure out what
 			should be the number of reducers.
   </description>
-	</property>
 
-	<property>
-		<name>hive.hyracks.host</name>
-		<value>128.195.14.4</value>
-	</property>
-
-	<property>
-		<name>hive.hyracks.port</name>
-		<value>3099</value>
-	</property>
-
-	<property>
-		<name>hive.hyracks.app</name>
-		<value>hivesterix</value>
-	</property>
+        <property>
+		<name>hive.hyracks.connectorpolicy</name>
+		<value>PIPELINING</value>
+        </property>
 
 	<property>
 		<name>hive.hyracks.parrallelism</name>
@@ -52,12 +41,12 @@
 	
 	<property>
 		<name>hive.algebricks.groupby.external.memory</name>
-		<value>536870912</value>
+		<value>33554432</value>
 	</property>
 	
 	<property>
 		<name>hive.algebricks.sort.memory</name>
-		<value>536870912</value>
+		<value>33554432</value>
 	</property>
 
 	<property>
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/conf/master b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/conf/master
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fbb50c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/conf/master
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+localhost
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/conf/slaves b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/conf/slaves
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fbb50c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/conf/slaves
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+localhost