diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeDataflowHelper.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeDataflowHelper.java
index 3ffd35b..bc5fb81 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeDataflowHelper.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeDataflowHelper.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.dataflow.AbstractLSMIndexDataflowHelper;
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     public LSMBTreeDataflowHelper(IIndexOperatorDescriptor opDesc, IHyracksTaskContext ctx, int partition,
             IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy,
-            ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
             ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) {
         this(opDesc, ctx, partition, virtualBufferCache, DEFAULT_BLOOM_FILTER_FALSE_POSITIVE_RATE, mergePolicy,
                 opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
     public LSMBTreeDataflowHelper(IIndexOperatorDescriptor opDesc, IHyracksTaskContext ctx, int partition,
             IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy,
-            ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
             ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) {
         super(opDesc, ctx, partition, virtualBufferCache, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory,
                 ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
         return LSMBTreeUtils.createLSMTree(virtualBufferCache, ctx.getIOManager(), file, opDesc.getStorageManager()
                 .getBufferCache(ctx), opDesc.getStorageManager().getFileMapProvider(ctx), treeOpDesc
                 .getTreeIndexTypeTraits(), treeOpDesc.getTreeIndexComparatorFactories(), treeOpDesc
-                .getTreeIndexBloomFilterKeyFields(), bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory,
-                ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider, opDesc.getFileSplitProvider().getFileSplits()[partition]
-                        .getIODeviceId());
+                .getTreeIndexBloomFilterKeyFields(), bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory
+                .createOperationTracker(ctx), ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider, opDesc.getFileSplitProvider()
+                .getFileSplits()[partition].getIODeviceId());
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeDataflowHelperFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeDataflowHelperFactory.java
index fd0380c..cc752b9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeDataflowHelperFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeDataflowHelperFactory.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCacheProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.dataflow.AbstractLSMIndexDataflowHelperFactory;
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     public LSMBTreeDataflowHelperFactory(IVirtualBufferCacheProvider virtualBufferCacheProvider,
-            ILSMMergePolicyProvider mergePolicyProvider, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory,
+            ILSMMergePolicyProvider mergePolicyProvider, ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerFactory,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider,
             double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate) {
         super(virtualBufferCacheProvider, mergePolicyProvider, opTrackerFactory, ioSchedulerProvider,
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impls/LSMBTree.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impls/LSMBTree.java
index 1ccb701..8cf2af4 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impls/LSMBTree.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impls/LSMBTree.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexFileManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexOperationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.freepage.VirtualFreePageManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.AbstractLSMIndex;
@@ -93,11 +93,10 @@
             ILSMIndexFileManager fileManager, TreeIndexFactory<BTree> diskBTreeFactory,
             TreeIndexFactory<BTree> bulkLoadBTreeFactory, BloomFilterFactory bloomFilterFactory,
             double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider, int fieldCount,
-            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy,
-            ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
-            ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) {
+            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker,
+            ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) {
         super(virtualBufferCache, diskBTreeFactory.getBufferCache(), fileManager, diskFileMapProvider,
-                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
+                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTracker, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
         mutableComponent = new LSMBTreeMutableComponent(new BTree(virtualBufferCache,
                 virtualBufferCache.getFileMapProvider(), new VirtualFreePageManager(virtualBufferCache.getNumPages()),
                 interiorFrameFactory, insertLeafFrameFactory, cmpFactories, fieldCount, new FileReference(new File(
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeUtils.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeUtils.java
index d9f2838..7707712 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeUtils.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexFileManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.BTreeFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.TreeIndexFactory;
@@ -48,20 +48,18 @@
     public static LSMBTree createLSMTree(IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache, IIOManager ioManager,
             FileReference file, IBufferCache diskBufferCache, IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider,
             ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
-            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy,
-            ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
-            ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) {
+            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker,
+            ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) {
         return createLSMTree(virtualBufferCache, ioManager, file, diskBufferCache, diskFileMapProvider, typeTraits,
-                cmpFactories, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory,
-                ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider, 0);
+                cmpFactories, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTracker, ioScheduler,
+                ioOpCallbackProvider, 0);
     }
 
     public static LSMBTree createLSMTree(IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache, IIOManager ioManager,
             FileReference file, IBufferCache diskBufferCache, IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider,
             ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
-            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy,
-            ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
-            ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider, int ioDeviceId) {
+            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker,
+            ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider, int ioDeviceId) {
         LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
                 cmpFactories.length, false);
         LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory deleteTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
@@ -91,7 +89,7 @@
         LSMBTree lsmTree = new LSMBTree(virtualBufferCache, interiorFrameFactory, insertLeafFrameFactory,
                 deleteLeafFrameFactory, fileNameManager, diskBTreeFactory, bulkLoadBTreeFactory, bloomFilterFactory,
                 bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, diskFileMapProvider, typeTraits.length, cmpFactories, mergePolicy,
-                opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
+                opTracker, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
         return lsmTree;
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMOperationTracker.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMOperationTracker.java
index c3f1f3e..273f589 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMOperationTracker.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMOperationTracker.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
      * then this method does not block and returns false.
      * Otherwise, this method returns true, and the operation is considered 'active' in the index.
      */
-    public void beforeOperation(LSMOperationType opType, ISearchOperationCallback searchCallback,
+    public void beforeOperation(ILSMIndex index, LSMOperationType opType, ISearchOperationCallback searchCallback,
             IModificationOperationCallback modificationCallback) throws HyracksDataException;
 
     /**
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
      * After this method has been called, the operation is still considered 'active',
      * until the issuer of the operation declares it completed by calling completeOperation().
      */
-    public void afterOperation(LSMOperationType opType, ISearchOperationCallback searchCallback,
+    public void afterOperation(ILSMIndex index, LSMOperationType opType, ISearchOperationCallback searchCallback,
             IModificationOperationCallback modificationCallback) throws HyracksDataException;
 
     /**
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@
      * The use of this method indicates that the operation is no longer 'active'
      * for the purpose of coordinating flushes/merges.
      */
-    public void completeOperation(LSMOperationType opType, ISearchOperationCallback searchCallback,
+    public void completeOperation(ILSMIndex index, LSMOperationType opType, ISearchOperationCallback searchCallback,
             IModificationOperationCallback modificationCallback) throws HyracksDataException;
 }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMOperationTrackerFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMOperationTrackerFactory.java
deleted file mode 100644
index db7ff6c..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMOperationTrackerFactory.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api;
-
-import java.io.Serializable;
-
-public interface ILSMOperationTrackerFactory extends Serializable {
-    public ILSMOperationTracker createOperationTracker(ILSMIndex index);
-}
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMOperationTrackerProvider.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMOperationTrackerProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0607624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMOperationTrackerProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+
+public interface ILSMOperationTrackerProvider extends Serializable {
+    public ILSMOperationTracker createOperationTracker(IHyracksTaskContext ctx);
+}
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/AbstractLSMIndexDataflowHelper.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/AbstractLSMIndexDataflowHelper.java
index 9866a78..d7e5a22 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/AbstractLSMIndexDataflowHelper.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/AbstractLSMIndexDataflowHelper.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 
 public abstract class AbstractLSMIndexDataflowHelper extends IndexDataflowHelper {
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@
     protected final IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache;
     protected final ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy;
     protected final ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler;
-    protected final ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory;
+    protected final ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerFactory;
     protected final ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider;
 
     public AbstractLSMIndexDataflowHelper(IIndexOperatorDescriptor opDesc, IHyracksTaskContext ctx, int partition,
             IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy,
-            ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
             ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) {
         this(opDesc, ctx, partition, virtualBufferCache, DEFAULT_BLOOM_FILTER_FALSE_POSITIVE_RATE, mergePolicy,
                 opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
     public AbstractLSMIndexDataflowHelper(IIndexOperatorDescriptor opDesc, IHyracksTaskContext ctx, int partition,
             IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy,
-            ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
             ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) {
         super(opDesc, ctx, partition);
         this.virtualBufferCache = virtualBufferCache;
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/AbstractLSMIndexDataflowHelperFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/AbstractLSMIndexDataflowHelperFactory.java
index 528dfb3..1ff1251 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/AbstractLSMIndexDataflowHelperFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/AbstractLSMIndexDataflowHelperFactory.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCacheProvider;
 
 public abstract class AbstractLSMIndexDataflowHelperFactory implements IIndexDataflowHelperFactory {
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
 
     protected final IVirtualBufferCacheProvider virtualBufferCacheProvider;
     protected final ILSMMergePolicyProvider mergePolicyProvider;
-    protected final ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory;
+    protected final ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerFactory;
     protected final ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider;
     protected final ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider;
     protected final double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate;
 
     public AbstractLSMIndexDataflowHelperFactory(IVirtualBufferCacheProvider virtualBufferCacheProvider,
-            ILSMMergePolicyProvider mergePolicyProvider, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory,
+            ILSMMergePolicyProvider mergePolicyProvider, ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerFactory,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider,
             double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate) {
         this.virtualBufferCacheProvider = virtualBufferCacheProvider;
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LSMIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorNodePushable.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LSMIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorNodePushable.java
index a3e84ed..fdfcbd4 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LSMIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorNodePushable.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LSMIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorNodePushable.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     public void nextFrame(ByteBuffer buffer) throws HyracksDataException {
         accessor.reset(buffer);
         ILSMIndexAccessor lsmAccessor = (ILSMIndexAccessor) indexAccessor;
-        int lastFlushedTupleIndex = 0;
+        int nextFlushTupleIndex = 0;
         int tupleCount = accessor.getTupleCount();
         for (int i = 0; i < tupleCount; i++) {
             try {
@@ -55,32 +55,32 @@
                 switch (op) {
                     case INSERT: {
                         if (!lsmAccessor.tryInsert(tuple)) {
-                            flushPartialFrame(lastFlushedTupleIndex, i);
-                            lastFlushedTupleIndex = (i == 0) ? 0 : i - 1;
+                            flushPartialFrame(nextFlushTupleIndex, i);
+                            nextFlushTupleIndex = i;
                             lsmAccessor.insert(tuple);
                         }
                         break;
                     }
                     case DELETE: {
                         if (!lsmAccessor.tryDelete(tuple)) {
-                            flushPartialFrame(lastFlushedTupleIndex, i);
-                            lastFlushedTupleIndex = (i == 0) ? 0 : i - 1;
+                            flushPartialFrame(nextFlushTupleIndex, i);
+                            nextFlushTupleIndex = i;
                             lsmAccessor.delete(tuple);
                         }
                         break;
                     }
                     case UPSERT: {
                         if (!lsmAccessor.tryUpsert(tuple)) {
-                            flushPartialFrame(lastFlushedTupleIndex, i);
-                            lastFlushedTupleIndex = (i == 0) ? 0 : i - 1;
+                            flushPartialFrame(nextFlushTupleIndex, i);
+                            nextFlushTupleIndex = i;
                             lsmAccessor.upsert(tuple);
                         }
                         break;
                     }
                     case UPDATE: {
                         if (!lsmAccessor.tryUpdate(tuple)) {
-                            flushPartialFrame(lastFlushedTupleIndex, i);
-                            lastFlushedTupleIndex = (i == 0) ? 0 : i - 1;
+                            flushPartialFrame(nextFlushTupleIndex, i);
+                            nextFlushTupleIndex = i;
                             lsmAccessor.update(tuple);
                         }
                         break;
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@
                 throw new HyracksDataException(e);
             }
         }
-        if (lastFlushedTupleIndex == 0) {
+        if (nextFlushTupleIndex == 0) {
             // No partial flushing was necessary. Forward entire frame.
             System.arraycopy(buffer.array(), 0, writeBuffer.array(), 0, buffer.capacity());
             FrameUtils.flushFrame(writeBuffer, writer);
         } else {
             // Flush remaining partial frame.
-            flushPartialFrame(lastFlushedTupleIndex, tupleCount);
+            flushPartialFrame(nextFlushTupleIndex, tupleCount);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LSMTreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LSMTreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor.java
index 6297576..0dbb6a7 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LSMTreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LSMTreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-    private final int[] fieldPermutation;
-    private final IndexOperation op;
+    protected final int[] fieldPermutation;
+    protected final IndexOperation op;
 
     public LSMTreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, RecordDescriptor recDesc,
             IStorageManagerInterface storageManager, IIndexLifecycleManagerProvider lifecycleManagerProvider,
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractImmutableLSMComponent.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractImmutableLSMComponent.java
index b6fc2f7..053a8a4 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractImmutableLSMComponent.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractImmutableLSMComponent.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
         }
 
         switch (opType) {
+            case FORCE_MODIFICATION:
             case MODIFICATION:
             case SEARCH:
                 readerCount++;
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
                 if (failedOperation) {
                     state = ComponentState.READABLE;
                 }
+            case FORCE_MODIFICATION:
             case MODIFICATION:
             case SEARCH:
                 readerCount--;
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMIndex.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMIndex.java
index feb24be..f081c37 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMIndex.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMIndex.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexInternal;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.ICachedPage;
@@ -60,9 +59,8 @@
 
     public AbstractLSMIndex(IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache, IBufferCache diskBufferCache,
             ILSMIndexFileManager fileManager, IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider,
-            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy,
-            ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
-            ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) {
+            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker,
+            ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) {
         this.virtualBufferCache = virtualBufferCache;
         this.diskBufferCache = diskBufferCache;
         this.diskFileMapProvider = diskFileMapProvider;
@@ -70,7 +68,6 @@
         this.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate;
         this.ioScheduler = ioScheduler;
         this.ioOpCallbackProvider = ioOpCallbackProvider;
-        ILSMOperationTracker opTracker = opTrackerFactory.createOperationTracker(this);
         lsmHarness = new LSMHarness(this, mergePolicy, opTracker);
         isActivated = false;
         componentsRef = new AtomicReference<List<ILSMComponent>>();
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMHarness.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMHarness.java
index 39a15ec..e1db6e7 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMHarness.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMHarness.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         if (!lsmIndex.getFlushStatus() && lsmIndex.isFull()) {
             lsmIndex.setFlushStatus(true);
         }
-        opTracker.afterOperation(opType, opCtx.getSearchOperationCallback(), opCtx.getModificationCallback());
+        opTracker.afterOperation(lsmIndex, opType, opCtx.getSearchOperationCallback(), opCtx.getModificationCallback());
     }
 
     private boolean getAndEnterComponents(ILSMIndexOperationContext ctx, LSMOperationType opType, boolean tryOperation)
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
             }
         }
 
-        opTracker.beforeOperation(opType, ctx.getSearchOperationCallback(), ctx.getModificationCallback());
+        opTracker.beforeOperation(lsmIndex, opType, ctx.getSearchOperationCallback(), ctx.getModificationCallback());
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
     @Override
     public void noOp(ILSMIndexOperationContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
         LSMOperationType opType = LSMOperationType.NOOP;
-        opTracker.beforeOperation(opType, ctx.getSearchOperationCallback(), ctx.getModificationCallback());
+        opTracker.beforeOperation(lsmIndex, opType, ctx.getSearchOperationCallback(), ctx.getModificationCallback());
         threadExit(ctx, opType);
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/NoOpOperationTrackerFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/NoOpOperationTrackerFactory.java
index 97ec50e..6a0d652 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/NoOpOperationTrackerFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/NoOpOperationTrackerFactory.java
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls;
 
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IModificationOperationCallback;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ISearchOperationCallback;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerProvider;
 
 /**
  * Operation tracker that does nothing.
@@ -13,29 +14,32 @@
  * It is assumed than an op tracker cooperates with an lsm index to synchronize flushes with
  * regular operations, and this implementation does no such tracking at all.
  */
-public class NoOpOperationTrackerFactory implements ILSMOperationTrackerFactory {
+public class NoOpOperationTrackerFactory implements ILSMOperationTrackerProvider {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     public static NoOpOperationTrackerFactory INSTANCE = new NoOpOperationTrackerFactory();
 
     @Override
-    public ILSMOperationTracker createOperationTracker(ILSMIndex index) {
+    public ILSMOperationTracker createOperationTracker(IHyracksTaskContext ctx) {
         return new ILSMOperationTracker() {
 
             @Override
-            public void completeOperation(LSMOperationType opType, ISearchOperationCallback searchCallback,
-                    IModificationOperationCallback modificationCallback) throws HyracksDataException {
+            public void completeOperation(ILSMIndex index, LSMOperationType opType,
+                    ISearchOperationCallback searchCallback, IModificationOperationCallback modificationCallback)
+                    throws HyracksDataException {
                 // Do nothing.
             }
 
             @Override
-            public void beforeOperation(LSMOperationType opType, ISearchOperationCallback searchCallback,
-                    IModificationOperationCallback modificationCallback) throws HyracksDataException {
+            public void beforeOperation(ILSMIndex index, LSMOperationType opType,
+                    ISearchOperationCallback searchCallback, IModificationOperationCallback modificationCallback)
+                    throws HyracksDataException {
             }
 
             @Override
-            public void afterOperation(LSMOperationType opType, ISearchOperationCallback searchCallback,
-                    IModificationOperationCallback modificationCallback) throws HyracksDataException {
+            public void afterOperation(ILSMIndex index, LSMOperationType opType,
+                    ISearchOperationCallback searchCallback, IModificationOperationCallback modificationCallback)
+                    throws HyracksDataException {
                 // Do nothing.                        
             }
         };
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/ThreadCountingOperationTrackerFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/ThreadCountingOperationTrackerFactory.java
index 3b4b00f..13bcd9a 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/ThreadCountingOperationTrackerFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/ThreadCountingOperationTrackerFactory.java
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls;
 
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerProvider;
 
-public class ThreadCountingOperationTrackerFactory implements ILSMOperationTrackerFactory {
+public class ThreadCountingOperationTrackerFactory implements ILSMOperationTrackerProvider {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-    
-    public static ThreadCountingOperationTrackerFactory INSTANCE = new ThreadCountingOperationTrackerFactory(); 
-    
+
+    public static ThreadCountingOperationTrackerFactory INSTANCE = new ThreadCountingOperationTrackerFactory();
+
     @Override
-    public ILSMOperationTracker createOperationTracker(ILSMIndex index) {
-        return new ThreadCountingTracker(index);
+    public ILSMOperationTracker createOperationTracker(IHyracksTaskContext ctx) {
+        return new ThreadCountingTracker();
     }
 
     // Enforce singleton.
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/ThreadCountingTracker.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/ThreadCountingTracker.java
index 5dfa94e..a84ddd1 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/ThreadCountingTracker.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/ThreadCountingTracker.java
@@ -12,15 +12,13 @@
 
 public class ThreadCountingTracker implements ILSMOperationTracker {
     private final AtomicInteger threadRefCount;
-    private final ILSMIndex index;
 
-    public ThreadCountingTracker(ILSMIndex index) {
-        this.index = index;
+    public ThreadCountingTracker() {
         this.threadRefCount = new AtomicInteger();
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void beforeOperation(LSMOperationType opType, ISearchOperationCallback searchCallback,
+    public void beforeOperation(ILSMIndex index, LSMOperationType opType, ISearchOperationCallback searchCallback,
             IModificationOperationCallback modificationCallback) throws HyracksDataException {
         if (opType == LSMOperationType.MODIFICATION) {
             threadRefCount.incrementAndGet();
@@ -28,14 +26,14 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void afterOperation(LSMOperationType opType, ISearchOperationCallback searchCallback,
+    public void afterOperation(ILSMIndex index, LSMOperationType opType, ISearchOperationCallback searchCallback,
             IModificationOperationCallback modificationCallback) throws HyracksDataException {
         // The operation is considered inactive, immediately after leaving the index.
-        completeOperation(opType, searchCallback, modificationCallback);
+        completeOperation(index, opType, searchCallback, modificationCallback);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void completeOperation(LSMOperationType opType, ISearchOperationCallback searchCallback,
+    public void completeOperation(ILSMIndex index, LSMOperationType opType, ISearchOperationCallback searchCallback,
             IModificationOperationCallback modificationCallback) throws HyracksDataException {
         // Flush will only be handled by last exiting thread.
         if (opType == LSMOperationType.MODIFICATION) {
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelper.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelper.java
index cfaae5d..e0dd5b1 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelper.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelper.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.dataflow.AbstractLSMIndexDataflowHelper;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.api.IInvertedIndexOperatorDescriptor;
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
     public LSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelper(IIndexOperatorDescriptor opDesc, IHyracksTaskContext ctx, int partition,
             IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy,
-            ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
             ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) {
         this(opDesc, ctx, partition, virtualBufferCache, DEFAULT_BLOOM_FILTER_FALSE_POSITIVE_RATE, mergePolicy,
                 opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
     public LSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelper(IIndexOperatorDescriptor opDesc, IHyracksTaskContext ctx, int partition,
             IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy,
-            ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
             ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) {
         super(opDesc, ctx, partition, virtualBufferCache, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory,
                 ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@
             IBufferCache diskBufferCache = opDesc.getStorageManager().getBufferCache(ctx);
             IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider = opDesc.getStorageManager().getFileMapProvider(ctx);
             LSMInvertedIndex invIndex = InvertedIndexUtils.createLSMInvertedIndex(virtualBufferCache,
-                    diskFileMapProvider, invIndexOpDesc.getInvListsTypeTraits(), invIndexOpDesc
-                            .getInvListsComparatorFactories(), invIndexOpDesc.getTokenTypeTraits(), invIndexOpDesc
-                            .getTokenComparatorFactories(), invIndexOpDesc.getTokenizerFactory(), diskBufferCache, ctx
-                            .getIOManager(), file.getFile().getPath(), bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy,
-                    opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider,
+                    diskFileMapProvider, invIndexOpDesc.getInvListsTypeTraits(),
+                    invIndexOpDesc.getInvListsComparatorFactories(), invIndexOpDesc.getTokenTypeTraits(),
+                    invIndexOpDesc.getTokenComparatorFactories(), invIndexOpDesc.getTokenizerFactory(),
+                    diskBufferCache, ctx.getIOManager(), file.getFile().getPath(), bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate,
+                    mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory.createOperationTracker(ctx), ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider,
                     opDesc.getFileSplitProvider().getFileSplits()[partition].getIODeviceId());
             return invIndex;
         } catch (IndexException e) {
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelperFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelperFactory.java
index f6f67ca..6a8da23 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelperFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelperFactory.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCacheProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.dataflow.AbstractLSMIndexDataflowHelperFactory;
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     public LSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelperFactory(IVirtualBufferCacheProvider virtualBufferCacheProvider,
-            ILSMMergePolicyProvider mergePolicyProvider, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerProvider,
+            ILSMMergePolicyProvider mergePolicyProvider, ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerProvider,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider,
             double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate) {
         super(virtualBufferCacheProvider, mergePolicyProvider, opTrackerProvider, ioSchedulerProvider,
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperator.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperator.java
index 3122aa0..768d4a8 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperator.java
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-    private final int[] fieldPermutation;
-    private final IndexOperation op;
+    protected final int[] fieldPermutation;
+    protected final IndexOperation op;
 
     public LSMInvertedIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperator(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, RecordDescriptor recDesc,
             IStorageManagerInterface storageManager, IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider,
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/PartitionedLSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelper.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/PartitionedLSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelper.java
index 8b3de17..f2c2aff 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/PartitionedLSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelper.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/PartitionedLSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelper.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.dataflow.AbstractLSMIndexDataflowHelper;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.api.IInvertedIndexOperatorDescriptor;
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
     public PartitionedLSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelper(IIndexOperatorDescriptor opDesc, IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
             int partition, IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy,
-            ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
             ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) {
         this(opDesc, ctx, partition, virtualBufferCache, DEFAULT_BLOOM_FILTER_FALSE_POSITIVE_RATE, mergePolicy,
                 opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
     public PartitionedLSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelper(IIndexOperatorDescriptor opDesc, IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
             int partition, IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate,
-            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory,
+            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerFactory,
             ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) {
         super(opDesc, ctx, partition, virtualBufferCache, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory,
                 ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@
             IBufferCache diskBufferCache = opDesc.getStorageManager().getBufferCache(ctx);
             IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider = opDesc.getStorageManager().getFileMapProvider(ctx);
             PartitionedLSMInvertedIndex invIndex = InvertedIndexUtils.createPartitionedLSMInvertedIndex(
-                    virtualBufferCache, diskFileMapProvider, invIndexOpDesc.getInvListsTypeTraits(), invIndexOpDesc
-                            .getInvListsComparatorFactories(), invIndexOpDesc.getTokenTypeTraits(), invIndexOpDesc
-                            .getTokenComparatorFactories(), invIndexOpDesc.getTokenizerFactory(), diskBufferCache, ctx
-                            .getIOManager(), file.getFile().getPath(), bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy,
-                    opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider,
+                    virtualBufferCache, diskFileMapProvider, invIndexOpDesc.getInvListsTypeTraits(),
+                    invIndexOpDesc.getInvListsComparatorFactories(), invIndexOpDesc.getTokenTypeTraits(),
+                    invIndexOpDesc.getTokenComparatorFactories(), invIndexOpDesc.getTokenizerFactory(),
+                    diskBufferCache, ctx.getIOManager(), file.getFile().getPath(), bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate,
+                    mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory.createOperationTracker(ctx), ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider,
                     opDesc.getFileSplitProvider().getFileSplits()[partition].getIODeviceId());
             return invIndex;
         } catch (IndexException e) {
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/PartitionedLSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelperFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/PartitionedLSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelperFactory.java
index ae108fb..c1b55d0 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/PartitionedLSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelperFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/PartitionedLSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelperFactory.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCacheProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.dataflow.AbstractLSMIndexDataflowHelperFactory;
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     public PartitionedLSMInvertedIndexDataflowHelperFactory(IVirtualBufferCacheProvider virtualBufferCacheProvider,
-            ILSMMergePolicyProvider mergePolicyProvider, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerProvider,
+            ILSMMergePolicyProvider mergePolicyProvider, ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerProvider,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider,
             double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate) {
         super(virtualBufferCacheProvider, mergePolicyProvider, opTrackerProvider, ioSchedulerProvider,
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java
index 5a0d011..e9da22f 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexFileManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexOperationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.freepage.VirtualFreePageManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.AbstractLSMIndex;
@@ -101,11 +101,10 @@
             IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider, ITypeTraits[] invListTypeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] invListCmpFactories, ITypeTraits[] tokenTypeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] tokenCmpFactories, IBinaryTokenizerFactory tokenizerFactory,
-            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory,
-            ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider)
-            throws IndexException {
+            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) throws IndexException {
         super(virtualBufferCache, diskInvIndexFactory.getBufferCache(), fileManager, diskFileMapProvider,
-                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
+                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTracker, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
         this.virtualFreePageManager = new VirtualFreePageManager(virtualBufferCache.getNumPages());
         this.tokenizerFactory = tokenizerFactory;
         this.invListTypeTraits = invListTypeTraits;
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/PartitionedLSMInvertedIndex.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/PartitionedLSMInvertedIndex.java
index 8a702b4..2c579ab 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/PartitionedLSMInvertedIndex.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/PartitionedLSMInvertedIndex.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexFileManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.BTreeFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.inmemory.InMemoryInvertedIndex;
@@ -43,12 +43,11 @@
             ILSMIndexFileManager fileManager, IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider, ITypeTraits[] invListTypeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] invListCmpFactories, ITypeTraits[] tokenTypeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] tokenCmpFactories, IBinaryTokenizerFactory tokenizerFactory,
-            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory,
-            ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider)
-            throws IndexException {
+            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) throws IndexException {
         super(virtualBufferCache, diskInvIndexFactory, deletedKeysBTreeFactory, bloomFilterFactory,
                 bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, fileManager, diskFileMapProvider, invListTypeTraits, invListCmpFactories,
-                tokenTypeTraits, tokenCmpFactories, tokenizerFactory, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler,
+                tokenTypeTraits, tokenCmpFactories, tokenizerFactory, mergePolicy, opTracker, ioScheduler,
                 ioOpCallbackProvider);
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexUtils.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexUtils.java
index 58a87b1..63d44ac 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexUtils.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.BTreeFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.api.IInvertedListBuilder;
@@ -121,12 +121,11 @@
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] invListCmpFactories, ITypeTraits[] tokenTypeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] tokenCmpFactories, IBinaryTokenizerFactory tokenizerFactory,
             IBufferCache diskBufferCache, IIOManager ioManager, String onDiskDir, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate,
-            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory,
-            ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider)
-            throws IndexException {
+            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) throws IndexException {
         return createLSMInvertedIndex(virtualBufferCache, diskFileMapProvider, invListTypeTraits, invListCmpFactories,
                 tokenTypeTraits, tokenCmpFactories, tokenizerFactory, diskBufferCache, ioManager, onDiskDir,
-                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider, 0);
+                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTracker, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider, 0);
     }
 
     public static LSMInvertedIndex createLSMInvertedIndex(IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache,
@@ -134,9 +133,8 @@
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] invListCmpFactories, ITypeTraits[] tokenTypeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] tokenCmpFactories, IBinaryTokenizerFactory tokenizerFactory,
             IBufferCache diskBufferCache, IIOManager ioManager, String onDiskDir, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate,
-            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory,
-            ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider, int ioDeviceId)
-            throws IndexException {
+            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider, int ioDeviceId) throws IndexException {
 
         BTreeFactory deletedKeysBTreeFactory = createDeletedKeysBTreeFactory(diskFileMapProvider, invListTypeTraits,
                 invListCmpFactories, diskBufferCache);
@@ -160,8 +158,8 @@
 
         LSMInvertedIndex invIndex = new LSMInvertedIndex(virtualBufferCache, invIndexFactory, deletedKeysBTreeFactory,
                 bloomFilterFactory, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, fileManager, diskFileMapProvider, invListTypeTraits,
-                invListCmpFactories, tokenTypeTraits, tokenCmpFactories, tokenizerFactory, mergePolicy,
-                opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
+                invListCmpFactories, tokenTypeTraits, tokenCmpFactories, tokenizerFactory, mergePolicy, opTracker,
+                ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
         return invIndex;
     }
 
@@ -170,13 +168,11 @@
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] invListCmpFactories, ITypeTraits[] tokenTypeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] tokenCmpFactories, IBinaryTokenizerFactory tokenizerFactory,
             IBufferCache diskBufferCache, IIOManager ioManager, String onDiskDir, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate,
-            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory,
-            ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider)
-            throws IndexException {
+            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) throws IndexException {
         return createPartitionedLSMInvertedIndex(virtualBufferCache, diskFileMapProvider, invListTypeTraits,
                 invListCmpFactories, tokenTypeTraits, tokenCmpFactories, tokenizerFactory, diskBufferCache, ioManager,
-                onDiskDir, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler,
-                ioOpCallbackProvider, 0);
+                onDiskDir, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTracker, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider, 0);
     }
 
     public static PartitionedLSMInvertedIndex createPartitionedLSMInvertedIndex(IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache,
@@ -184,9 +180,8 @@
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] invListCmpFactories, ITypeTraits[] tokenTypeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] tokenCmpFactories, IBinaryTokenizerFactory tokenizerFactory,
             IBufferCache diskBufferCache, IIOManager ioManager, String onDiskDir, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate,
-            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory,
-            ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider, int ioDeviceId)
-            throws IndexException {
+            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider, int ioDeviceId) throws IndexException {
 
         BTreeFactory deletedKeysBTreeFactory = createDeletedKeysBTreeFactory(diskFileMapProvider, invListTypeTraits,
                 invListCmpFactories, diskBufferCache);
@@ -211,7 +206,7 @@
         PartitionedLSMInvertedIndex invIndex = new PartitionedLSMInvertedIndex(virtualBufferCache, invIndexFactory,
                 deletedKeysBTreeFactory, bloomFilterFactory, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, fileManager,
                 diskFileMapProvider, invListTypeTraits, invListCmpFactories, tokenTypeTraits, tokenCmpFactories,
-                tokenizerFactory, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
+                tokenizerFactory, mergePolicy, opTracker, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
         return invIndex;
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/AbstractLSMRTreeDataflowHelper.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/AbstractLSMRTreeDataflowHelper.java
index 5dd445c..3e8dba5 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/AbstractLSMRTreeDataflowHelper.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/AbstractLSMRTreeDataflowHelper.java
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.dataflow.AbstractLSMIndexDataflowHelper;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.frames.RTreePolicyType;
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@
     public AbstractLSMRTreeDataflowHelper(IIndexOperatorDescriptor opDesc, IHyracksTaskContext ctx, int partition,
             IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeComparatorFactories,
             IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories, RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType,
-            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory,
+            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerFactory,
             ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider,
             ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory) {
         this(opDesc, ctx, partition, virtualBufferCache, DEFAULT_BLOOM_FILTER_FALSE_POSITIVE_RATE,
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@
             IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeComparatorFactories,
             IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories, RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType,
-            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory,
+            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerFactory,
             ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider,
             ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory) {
         super(opDesc, ctx, partition, virtualBufferCache, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory,
@@ -75,14 +76,15 @@
         return createLSMTree(virtualBufferCache, ctx.getIOManager(), file,
                 opDesc.getStorageManager().getBufferCache(ctx), opDesc.getStorageManager().getFileMapProvider(ctx),
                 treeOpDesc.getTreeIndexTypeTraits(), treeOpDesc.getTreeIndexComparatorFactories(),
-                btreeComparatorFactories, valueProviderFactories, rtreePolicyType, linearizeCmpFactory, partition);
+                btreeComparatorFactories, opTrackerFactory.createOperationTracker(ctx), valueProviderFactories,
+                rtreePolicyType, linearizeCmpFactory, partition);
 
     }
 
     protected abstract ITreeIndex createLSMTree(IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache, IIOManager ioManager,
             FileReference file, IBufferCache diskBufferCache, IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider,
             ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] rtreeCmpFactories,
-            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories, IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories,
-            RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType, ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory, int startIODeviceIndex)
-            throws HyracksDataException;
+            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker,
+            IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories, RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType,
+            ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory, int startIODeviceIndex) throws HyracksDataException;
 }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeDataflowHelper.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeDataflowHelper.java
index 23c1ed4..80a56c6 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeDataflowHelper.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeDataflowHelper.java
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.rtree.utils.LSMRTreeUtils;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.frames.RTreePolicyType;
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@
     public LSMRTreeDataflowHelper(IIndexOperatorDescriptor opDesc, IHyracksTaskContext ctx, int partition,
             IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeComparatorFactories,
             IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories, RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType,
-            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory,
+            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerFactory,
             ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider,
             ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory) {
         super(opDesc, ctx, partition, virtualBufferCache, btreeComparatorFactories, valueProviderFactories,
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@
             IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeComparatorFactories,
             IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories, RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType,
-            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory,
+            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerFactory,
             ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider,
             ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory) {
         super(opDesc, ctx, partition, virtualBufferCache, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, btreeComparatorFactories,
@@ -64,13 +65,13 @@
     protected ITreeIndex createLSMTree(IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache, IIOManager ioManager,
             FileReference file, IBufferCache diskBufferCache, IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider,
             ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] rtreeCmpFactories,
-            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories, IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories,
-            RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType, ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory, int startIODeviceIndex)
-            throws HyracksDataException {
+            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker,
+            IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories, RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType,
+            ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory, int startIODeviceIndex) throws HyracksDataException {
         try {
             return LSMRTreeUtils.createLSMTree(virtualBufferCache, ioManager, file, diskBufferCache,
                     diskFileMapProvider, typeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories, btreeCmpFactories, valueProviderFactories,
-                    rtreePolicyType, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler,
+                    rtreePolicyType, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTracker, ioScheduler,
                     ioOpCallbackProvider, linearizeCmpFactory,
                     opDesc.getFileSplitProvider().getFileSplits()[partition].getIODeviceId());
         } catch (TreeIndexException e) {
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeDataflowHelperFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeDataflowHelperFactory.java
index b68c5df..befbc3c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeDataflowHelperFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeDataflowHelperFactory.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCacheProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.dataflow.AbstractLSMIndexDataflowHelperFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.frames.RTreePolicyType;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     public LSMRTreeDataflowHelperFactory(IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories,
             RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeComparatorFactories,
             IVirtualBufferCacheProvider virtualBufferCacheProvider, ILSMMergePolicyProvider mergePolicyProvider,
-            ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider,
+            ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider,
             ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider, ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory,
             double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate) {
         super(virtualBufferCacheProvider, mergePolicyProvider, opTrackerFactory, ioSchedulerProvider,
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesDataflowHelper.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesDataflowHelper.java
index 8ebf3b8..0a309ff 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesDataflowHelper.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesDataflowHelper.java
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.rtree.utils.LSMRTreeUtils;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.frames.RTreePolicyType;
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
     public LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesDataflowHelper(IIndexOperatorDescriptor opDesc, IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
             int partition, IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeComparatorFactories,
             IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories, RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType,
-            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory,
+            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerFactory,
             ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider,
             ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory) {
         super(opDesc, ctx, partition, virtualBufferCache, btreeComparatorFactories, valueProviderFactories,
@@ -51,14 +52,14 @@
     protected ITreeIndex createLSMTree(IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache, IIOManager ioManager,
             FileReference file, IBufferCache diskBufferCache, IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider,
             ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] rtreeCmpFactories,
-            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories, IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories,
-            RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType, ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory, int startIODeviceIndex)
-            throws HyracksDataException {
+            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker,
+            IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories, RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType,
+            ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory, int startIODeviceIndex) throws HyracksDataException {
         try {
             return LSMRTreeUtils.createLSMTreeWithAntiMatterTuples(virtualBufferCache, ioManager, file,
                     diskBufferCache, diskFileMapProvider, typeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories, btreeCmpFactories,
-                    valueProviderFactories, rtreePolicyType, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler,
-                    ioOpCallbackProvider, linearizeCmpFactory, startIODeviceIndex);
+                    valueProviderFactories, rtreePolicyType, mergePolicy, opTracker, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider,
+                    linearizeCmpFactory, startIODeviceIndex);
         } catch (TreeIndexException e) {
             throw new HyracksDataException(e);
         }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesDataflowHelperFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesDataflowHelperFactory.java
index 2960eed..7456c8c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesDataflowHelperFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesDataflowHelperFactory.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCacheProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.frames.RTreePolicyType;
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     private final IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories;
     private final RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType;
     private final ILSMMergePolicyProvider mergePolicyProvider;
-    private final ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerProvider;
+    private final ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerProvider;
     private final ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider;
     private final ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider;
     private final ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     public LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesDataflowHelperFactory(IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories,
             RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeComparatorFactories,
             IVirtualBufferCacheProvider virtualBufferCacheProvider, ILSMMergePolicyProvider mergePolicyProvider,
-            ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerProvider, ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider,
+            ILSMOperationTrackerProvider opTrackerProvider, ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider,
             ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider, ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory) {
         this.virtualBufferCacheProvider = virtualBufferCacheProvider;
         this.btreeComparatorFactories = btreeComparatorFactories;
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/AbstractLSMRTree.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/AbstractLSMRTree.java
index 0d01360..c8c1c77 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/AbstractLSMRTree.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/AbstractLSMRTree.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexFileManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexOperationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.freepage.VirtualFreePageManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.AbstractLSMIndex;
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@
             IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider, int fieldCount, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] rtreeCmpFactories,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories, ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizer,
             int[] comparatorFields, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] linearizerArray, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate,
-            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory,
-            ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) {
+            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) {
         super(virtualBufferCache, diskRTreeFactory.getBufferCache(), fileManager, diskFileMapProvider,
-                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
+                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTracker, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
         virtualFreePageManager = new VirtualFreePageManager(virtualBufferCache.getNumPages());
         RTree memRTree = new RTree(virtualBufferCache, ((IVirtualBufferCache) virtualBufferCache).getFileMapProvider(),
                 virtualFreePageManager, rtreeInteriorFrameFactory, rtreeLeafFrameFactory, rtreeCmpFactories,
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTree.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTree.java
index 8f7294b..bdec9ce 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTree.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTree.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexFileManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexOperationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.LSMComponentFileReferences;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.LSMTreeIndexAccessor;
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@
             IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider, int fieldCount, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] rtreeCmpFactories,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories, ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizer,
             int[] comparatorFields, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] linearizerArray, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy,
-            ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMOperationTracker opTracker, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
             ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) {
         super(virtualBufferCache, rtreeInteriorFrameFactory, rtreeLeafFrameFactory, btreeInteriorFrameFactory,
                 btreeLeafFrameFactory, fileNameManager, diskRTreeFactory, new LSMRTreeComponentFactory(
                         diskRTreeFactory, diskBTreeFactory, bloomFilterFactory), diskFileMapProvider, fieldCount,
                 rtreeCmpFactories, btreeCmpFactories, linearizer, comparatorFields, linearizerArray,
-                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
+                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTracker, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuples.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuples.java
index b9fcd2b..37c7a11 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuples.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuples.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexFileManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexOperationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.LSMComponentFileReferences;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.LSMTreeIndexAccessor;
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@
             TreeIndexFactory<RTree> bulkLoadRTreeFactory, IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider, int fieldCount,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] rtreeCmpFactories, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories,
             ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizer, int[] comparatorFields, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] linearizerArray,
-            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory,
-            ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) {
+            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider) {
         super(virtualBufferCache, rtreeInteriorFrameFactory, rtreeLeafFrameFactory, btreeInteriorFrameFactory,
                 btreeLeafFrameFactory, fileManager, diskRTreeFactory, new LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesComponentFactory(
                         diskRTreeFactory), diskFileMapProvider, fieldCount, rtreeCmpFactories, btreeCmpFactories,
-                linearizer, comparatorFields, linearizerArray, 0, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler,
+                linearizer, comparatorFields, linearizerArray, 0, mergePolicy, opTracker, ioScheduler,
                 ioOpCallbackProvider);
         bulkLoaComponentFactory = new LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesComponentFactory(bulkLoadRTreeFactory);
         this.bTreeTupleSorter = null;
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java
index 6ecd44f..b80026e 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexFileManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.BTreeFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.TreeIndexFactory;
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@
             ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] rtreeCmpFactories,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories, IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories,
             RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy,
-            ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMOperationTracker opTracker, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
             ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider, ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory)
             throws TreeIndexException {
         return createLSMTree(virtualBufferCache, ioManager, file, diskBufferCache, diskFileMapProvider, typeTraits,
                 rtreeCmpFactories, btreeCmpFactories, valueProviderFactories, rtreePolicyType,
-                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider,
+                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTracker, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider,
                 linearizeCmpFactory, 0);
     }
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
             ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] rtreeCmpFactories,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories, IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories,
             RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy,
-            ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMOperationTracker opTracker, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
             ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider, ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory,
             int ioDeviceId) throws TreeIndexException {
         LSMTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory rtreeTupleWriterFactory = new LSMTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, false);
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
                 btreeInteriorFrameFactory, btreeLeafFrameFactory, fileNameManager, diskRTreeFactory, diskBTreeFactory,
                 bloomFilterFactory, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, diskFileMapProvider, typeTraits.length,
                 rtreeCmpFactories, btreeCmpFactories, linearizeCmpFactory, comparatorFields, linearizerArray,
-                mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
+                mergePolicy, opTracker, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
         return lsmTree;
     }
 
@@ -128,13 +128,12 @@
             IBufferCache diskBufferCache, IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] rtreeCmpFactories, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories,
             IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories, RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType,
-            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory,
-            ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider,
-            ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizerCmpFactory) throws TreeIndexException {
+            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider, ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizerCmpFactory)
+            throws TreeIndexException {
         return createLSMTreeWithAntiMatterTuples(virtualBufferCache, ioManager, file, diskBufferCache,
                 diskFileMapProvider, typeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories, btreeCmpFactories, valueProviderFactories,
-                rtreePolicyType, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider,
-                linearizerCmpFactory, 0);
+                rtreePolicyType, mergePolicy, opTracker, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider, linearizerCmpFactory, 0);
     }
 
     public static LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuples createLSMTreeWithAntiMatterTuples(
@@ -142,9 +141,9 @@
             IBufferCache diskBufferCache, IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] rtreeCmpFactories, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories,
             IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories, RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType,
-            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory,
-            ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider,
-            ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizerCmpFactory, int ioDeviceId) throws TreeIndexException {
+            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider, ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizerCmpFactory,
+            int ioDeviceId) throws TreeIndexException {
         LSMRTreeTupleWriterFactory rtreeTupleWriterFactory = new LSMRTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, false);
         LSMRTreeTupleWriterFactory btreeTupleWriterFactory = new LSMRTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, true);
 
@@ -185,7 +184,7 @@
                 rtreeInteriorFrameFactory, rtreeLeafFrameFactory, btreeInteriorFrameFactory, btreeLeafFrameFactory,
                 fileNameManager, diskRTreeFactory, bulkLoadRTreeFactory, diskFileMapProvider, typeTraits.length,
                 rtreeCmpFactories, btreeCmpFactories, linearizerCmpFactory, comparatorFields, linearizerArray,
-                mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
+                mergePolicy, opTracker, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider);
         return lsmTree;
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeBulkLoadTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeBulkLoadTest.java
index dc8d6a1..56c7ecd 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeBulkLoadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeBulkLoadTest.java
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
         return LSMBTreeTestContext.create(harness.getVirtualBufferCache(), harness.getIOManager(),
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(),
                 fieldSerdes, numKeys, harness.getBoomFilterFalsePositiveRate(), harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
-                harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(), harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(),
+                harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeDeleteTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeDeleteTest.java
index 880ed5a..a168114 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeDeleteTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeDeleteTest.java
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
         return LSMBTreeTestContext.create(harness.getVirtualBufferCache(), harness.getIOManager(),
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(),
                 fieldSerdes, numKeys, harness.getBoomFilterFalsePositiveRate(), harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
-                harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(), harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(),
+                harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeExamplesTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeExamplesTest.java
index 72add94..081354e 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeExamplesTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeExamplesTest.java
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
         return LSMBTreeUtils.createLSMTree(harness.getVirtualBufferCache(), harness.getIOManager(),
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(), typeTraits,
                 cmpFactories, bloomFilterKeyFields, harness.getBoomFilterFalsePositiveRate(), harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
-                harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(), harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(),
+                harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
 
     @Before
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeInsertTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeInsertTest.java
index 7dc4492..56fc863 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeInsertTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeInsertTest.java
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
         return LSMBTreeTestContext.create(harness.getVirtualBufferCache(), harness.getIOManager(),
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(),
                 fieldSerdes, numKeys, harness.getBoomFilterFalsePositiveRate(), harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
-                harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(), harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(),
+                harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeLifecycleTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeLifecycleTest.java
index e5cfef5..eb92db1 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeLifecycleTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeLifecycleTest.java
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
         testCtx = LSMBTreeTestContext.create(harness.getVirtualBufferCache(), harness.getIOManager(),
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(),
                 fieldSerdes, fieldSerdes.length, harness.getBoomFilterFalsePositiveRate(), harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
-                harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(), harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(),
+                harness.getIODeviceId());
         index = testCtx.getIndex();
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeMergeTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeMergeTest.java
index 7fcf416..85c2fa4 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeMergeTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeMergeTest.java
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
         return LSMBTreeTestContext.create(harness.getVirtualBufferCache(), harness.getIOManager(),
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(),
                 fieldSerdes, numKeys, harness.getBoomFilterFalsePositiveRate(), harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
-                harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(), harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(),
+                harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
index 1c4542f..3e1278c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
                 SerdeUtils.serdesToTypeTraits(keySerdes),
                 SerdeUtils.serdesToComparatorFactories(keySerdes, keySerdes.length), bloomFilterKeyFields,
                 harness.getBoomFilterFalsePositiveRate(), harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                NoOpOperationTrackerFactory.INSTANCE, harness.getIOScheduler(),
+                NoOpOperationTrackerFactory.INSTANCE.createOperationTracker(null), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeMultiBulkLoadTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeMultiBulkLoadTest.java
index e645f85..1cad578 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeMultiBulkLoadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeMultiBulkLoadTest.java
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@
         return LSMBTreeTestContext.create(harness.getVirtualBufferCache(), harness.getIOManager(),
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(),
                 fieldSerdes, numKeys, harness.getBoomFilterFalsePositiveRate(), harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
-                harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(), harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(),
+                harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
index 4f4ac87..b4027b6 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
                 SerdeUtils.serdesToTypeTraits(keySerdes),
                 SerdeUtils.serdesToComparatorFactories(keySerdes, keySerdes.length), bloomFilterKeyFields,
                 harness.getBoomFilterFalsePositiveRate(), harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                NoOpOperationTrackerFactory.INSTANCE, harness.getIOScheduler(),
+                NoOpOperationTrackerFactory.INSTANCE.createOperationTracker(null), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeUpdateTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeUpdateTest.java
index 73bce86..2f03f78 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeUpdateTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeUpdateTest.java
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
         return LSMBTreeTestContext.create(harness.getVirtualBufferCache(), harness.getIOManager(),
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(),
                 fieldSerdes, numKeys, harness.getBoomFilterFalsePositiveRate(), harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
-                harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(), harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(),
+                harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java
index 103059f..fdcb6f7 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
         return LSMBTreeUtils.createLSMTree(harness.getVirtualBufferCache(), harness.getIOManager(),
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(), typeTraits,
                 cmpFactories, bloomFilterKeyFields, harness.getBoomFilterFalsePositiveRate(), harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
-                harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(), harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(),
+                harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/LSMTreeRunner.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/LSMTreeRunner.java
index 1cd427f..5c1ca0f 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/LSMTreeRunner.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/LSMTreeRunner.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.NoMergePolicy;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.NoOpIOOperationCallback;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.SynchronousScheduler;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.ThreadCountingOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.ThreadCountingTracker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.VirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.HeapBufferAllocator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@
         this.ioScheduler = SynchronousScheduler.INSTANCE;
         lsmtree = LSMBTreeUtils.createLSMTree(virtualBufferCache, ioManager, file, bufferCache, fmp, typeTraits,
                 cmpFactories, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, NoMergePolicy.INSTANCE,
-                ThreadCountingOperationTrackerFactory.INSTANCE, ioScheduler, NoOpIOOperationCallback.INSTANCE,
-                ioDeviceId);
+                new ThreadCountingTracker(), ioScheduler, NoOpIOOperationCallback.INSTANCE, ioDeviceId);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestContext.java
index 0cbef61..5195074 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestContext.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestContext.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
@@ -65,9 +65,8 @@
     public static LSMBTreeTestContext create(IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache, IOManager ioManager,
             FileReference file, IBufferCache diskBufferCache, IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider,
             ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes, int numKeyFields, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate,
-            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory,
-            ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider, int ioDeviceId)
-            throws Exception {
+            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider, int ioDeviceId) throws Exception {
         ITypeTraits[] typeTraits = SerdeUtils.serdesToTypeTraits(fieldSerdes);
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories = SerdeUtils.serdesToComparatorFactories(fieldSerdes, numKeyFields);
         int[] bloomFilterKeyFields = new int[numKeyFields];
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@
         }
         LSMBTree lsmTree = LSMBTreeUtils.createLSMTree(virtualBufferCache, ioManager, file, diskBufferCache,
                 diskFileMapProvider, typeTraits, cmpFactories, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate,
-                mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider, ioDeviceId);
+                mergePolicy, opTracker, ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackProvider, ioDeviceId);
         LSMBTreeTestContext testCtx = new LSMBTreeTestContext(fieldSerdes, lsmTree);
         return testCtx;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestHarness.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestHarness.java
index 08a8ebd..e84bced 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestHarness.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestHarness.java
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.NoMergePolicy;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.NoOpIOOperationCallback;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.SynchronousScheduler;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.ThreadCountingOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.ThreadCountingTracker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.VirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.HeapBufferAllocator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     protected IHyracksTaskContext ctx;
     protected ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler;
     protected ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy;
-    protected ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory;
+    protected ILSMOperationTracker opTracker;
     protected ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider;
 
     protected final Random rnd = new Random();
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         this.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = AccessMethodTestsConfig.LSM_BTREE_BLOOMFILTER_FALSE_POSITIVE_RATE;
         this.ioScheduler = SynchronousScheduler.INSTANCE;
         this.mergePolicy = NoMergePolicy.INSTANCE;
-        this.opTrackerFactory = ThreadCountingOperationTrackerFactory.INSTANCE;
+        this.opTracker = new ThreadCountingTracker();
         this.ioOpCallbackProvider = NoOpIOOperationCallback.INSTANCE;
     }
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         this.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate;
         this.ioScheduler = SynchronousScheduler.INSTANCE;
         this.mergePolicy = NoMergePolicy.INSTANCE;
-        this.opTrackerFactory = ThreadCountingOperationTrackerFactory.INSTANCE;
+        this.opTracker = new ThreadCountingTracker();
     }
 
     public void setUp() throws HyracksException {
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@
         return ioScheduler;
     }
 
-    public ILSMOperationTrackerFactory getOperationTrackerFactory() {
-        return opTrackerFactory;
+    public ILSMOperationTracker getOperationTracker() {
+        return opTracker;
     }
 
     public ILSMMergePolicy getMergePolicy() {
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/LSMInvertedIndexTestHarness.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/LSMInvertedIndexTestHarness.java
index d5f735c..96c15a3 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/LSMInvertedIndexTestHarness.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/LSMInvertedIndexTestHarness.java
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.freepage.VirtualFreePageManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.NoMergePolicy;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.NoOpIOOperationCallback;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.SynchronousScheduler;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.ThreadCountingOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.ThreadCountingTracker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.VirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.HeapBufferAllocator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     protected IHyracksTaskContext ctx;
     protected ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler;
     protected ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy;
-    protected ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory;
+    protected ILSMOperationTracker opTracker;
     protected ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider;
 
     protected final Random rnd = new Random();
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         this.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = AccessMethodTestsConfig.LSM_INVINDEX_BLOOMFILTER_FALSE_POSITIVE_RATE;
         this.ioScheduler = SynchronousScheduler.INSTANCE;
         this.mergePolicy = NoMergePolicy.INSTANCE;
-        this.opTrackerFactory = ThreadCountingOperationTrackerFactory.INSTANCE;
+        this.opTracker = new ThreadCountingTracker();
         this.ioOpCallbackProvider = NoOpIOOperationCallback.INSTANCE;
     }
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         this.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate;
         this.ioScheduler = SynchronousScheduler.INSTANCE;
         this.mergePolicy = NoMergePolicy.INSTANCE;
-        this.opTrackerFactory = ThreadCountingOperationTrackerFactory.INSTANCE;
+        this.opTracker = new ThreadCountingTracker();
     }
 
     public void setUp() throws HyracksException {
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@
         return ioScheduler;
     }
 
-    public ILSMOperationTrackerFactory getOperationTrackerFactory() {
-        return opTrackerFactory;
+    public ILSMOperationTracker getOperationTracker() {
+        return opTracker;
     }
 
     public ILSMMergePolicy getMergePolicy() {
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.java
index cf3dd6d..f28d3b6 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.java
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
                         harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(), invListTypeTraits, invListCmpFactories, tokenTypeTraits,
                         tokenCmpFactories, tokenizerFactory, harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getIOManager(),
                         harness.getOnDiskDir(), harness.getBoomFilterFalsePositiveRate(), harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                        harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
+                        harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                         harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
                 break;
             }
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
                         harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(), invListTypeTraits, invListCmpFactories, tokenTypeTraits,
                         tokenCmpFactories, tokenizerFactory, harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getIOManager(),
                         harness.getOnDiskDir(), harness.getBoomFilterFalsePositiveRate(), harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                        harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
+                        harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                         harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
                 break;
             }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeBulkLoadTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeBulkLoadTest.java
index 0cb6dbe..f579738 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeBulkLoadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeBulkLoadTest.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(),
                 fieldSerdes, valueProviderFactories, numKeys, rtreePolicyType,
                 harness.getBoomFilterFalsePositiveRate(), harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeDeleteTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeDeleteTest.java
index 62acff6..315b0ea 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeDeleteTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeDeleteTest.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(),
                 fieldSerdes, valueProviderFactories, numKeys, rtreePolicyType,
                 harness.getBoomFilterFalsePositiveRate(), harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeExamplesTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeExamplesTest.java
index 135ec77..ecd7e02 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeExamplesTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeExamplesTest.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(), typeTraits,
                 rtreeCmpFactories, btreeCmpFactories, valueProviderFactories, rtreePolicyType,
                 harness.getBoomFilterFalsePositiveRate(), harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(),
                 LSMRTreeUtils.proposeBestLinearizer(typeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories.length), harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeInsertTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeInsertTest.java
index a90edd5..e790cb2 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeInsertTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeInsertTest.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(),
                 fieldSerdes, valueProviderFactories, numKeys, rtreePolicyType,
                 harness.getBoomFilterFalsePositiveRate(), harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeLifecycleTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeLifecycleTest.java
index 40dd41f..ff14ab6 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeLifecycleTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeLifecycleTest.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(),
                 fieldSerdes, valueProviderFactories, numKeys, RTreePolicyType.RTREE,
                 harness.getBoomFilterFalsePositiveRate(), harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
         index = testCtx.getIndex();
     }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeMergeTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeMergeTest.java
index 87d50d0..1702e99 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeMergeTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeMergeTest.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(),
                 fieldSerdes, valueProviderFactories, numKeys, rtreePolicyType,
                 harness.getBoomFilterFalsePositiveRate(), harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeMultiBulkLoadTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeMultiBulkLoadTest.java
index e2c6b68..81db7bc 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeMultiBulkLoadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeMultiBulkLoadTest.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(),
                 fieldSerdes, valueProviderFactories, numKeys, rtreePolicyType,
                 harness.getBoomFilterFalsePositiveRate(), harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesBulkLoadTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesBulkLoadTest.java
index d994b7d..efff30c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesBulkLoadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesBulkLoadTest.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         return LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestContext.create(harness.getVirtualBufferCache(), harness.getIOManager(),
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(),
                 fieldSerdes, valueProviderFactories, numKeys, rtreePolicyType, harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesDeleteTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesDeleteTest.java
index 0d209cd..485b958 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesDeleteTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesDeleteTest.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         return LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestContext.create(harness.getVirtualBufferCache(), harness.getIOManager(),
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(),
                 fieldSerdes, valueProviderFactories, numKeys, rtreePolicyType, harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesExamplesTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesExamplesTest.java
index 976463b..b6b5195 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesExamplesTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesExamplesTest.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         return LSMRTreeUtils.createLSMTreeWithAntiMatterTuples(harness.getVirtualBufferCache(), harness.getIOManager(),
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(), typeTraits,
                 rtreeCmpFactories, btreeCmpFactories, valueProviderFactories, rtreePolicyType,
-                harness.getMergePolicy(), harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
+                harness.getMergePolicy(), harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(),
                 LSMRTreeUtils.proposeBestLinearizer(typeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories.length), harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesInsertTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesInsertTest.java
index 36afe51..fecb1c6 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesInsertTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesInsertTest.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         return LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestContext.create(harness.getVirtualBufferCache(), harness.getIOManager(),
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(),
                 fieldSerdes, valueProviderFactories, numKeys, rtreePolicyType, harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesLifecycleTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesLifecycleTest.java
index 70d53b9..9ce0d25 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesLifecycleTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesLifecycleTest.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         testCtx = LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestContext.create(harness.getVirtualBufferCache(),
                 harness.getIOManager(), harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(),
                 harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(), fieldSerdes, valueProviderFactories, numKeys, RTreePolicyType.RTREE,
-                harness.getMergePolicy(), harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
+                harness.getMergePolicy(), harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
         index = testCtx.getIndex();
     }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesMergeTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesMergeTest.java
index e9e08a0..bb15e6d 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesMergeTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesMergeTest.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         return LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestContext.create(harness.getVirtualBufferCache(), harness.getIOManager(),
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(),
                 fieldSerdes, valueProviderFactories, numKeys, rtreePolicyType, harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesMultiBulkLoadTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesMultiBulkLoadTest.java
index 8b3a6cd..d93129d 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesMultiBulkLoadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesMultiBulkLoadTest.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         return LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestContext.create(harness.getVirtualBufferCache(), harness.getIOManager(),
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(),
                 fieldSerdes, valueProviderFactories, numKeys, rtreePolicyType, harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(), harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeMultiThreadTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeMultiThreadTest.java
index 4af953b..11071ea 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeMultiThreadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeMultiThreadTest.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(), typeTraits,
                 rtreeCmpFactories, btreeCmpFactories, valueProviderFactories, rtreePolicyType,
                 harness.getBoomFilterFalsePositiveRate(), harness.getMergePolicy(),
-                harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
+                harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(),
                 LSMRTreeUtils.proposeBestLinearizer(typeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories.length), harness.getIODeviceId());
     }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesMultiThreadTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesMultiThreadTest.java
index 7380118..4fffdfd 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesMultiThreadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesMultiThreadTest.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         return LSMRTreeUtils.createLSMTreeWithAntiMatterTuples(harness.getVirtualBufferCache(), harness.getIOManager(),
                 harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(), harness.getDiskFileMapProvider(), typeTraits,
                 rtreeCmpFactories, btreeCmpFactories, valueProviderFactories, rtreePolicyType,
-                harness.getMergePolicy(), harness.getOperationTrackerFactory(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
+                harness.getMergePolicy(), harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackProvider(),
                 LSMRTreeUtils.proposeBestLinearizer(typeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories.length), harness.getIODeviceId());
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/util/LSMRTreeTestContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/util/LSMRTreeTestContext.java
index cda3d6e..df95773 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/util/LSMRTreeTestContext.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/util/LSMRTreeTestContext.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.rtree.impls.LSMRTree;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.rtree.utils.LSMRTreeUtils;
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@
             FileReference file, IBufferCache diskBufferCache, IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider,
             ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes, IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories,
             int numKeyFields, RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate,
-            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory,
-            ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider, int ioDeviceId)
-            throws Exception {
+            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider, int ioDeviceId) throws Exception {
         ITypeTraits[] typeTraits = SerdeUtils.serdesToTypeTraits(fieldSerdes);
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] rtreeCmpFactories = SerdeUtils
                 .serdesToComparatorFactories(fieldSerdes, numKeyFields);
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@
                 fieldSerdes.length);
         LSMRTree lsmTree = LSMRTreeUtils.createLSMTree(virtualBufferCache, ioManager, file, diskBufferCache,
                 diskFileMapProvider, typeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories, btreeCmpFactories, valueProviderFactories,
-                rtreePolicyType, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler,
+                rtreePolicyType, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTracker, ioScheduler,
                 ioOpCallbackProvider, LSMRTreeUtils.proposeBestLinearizer(typeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories.length),
                 ioDeviceId);
         LSMRTreeTestContext testCtx = new LSMRTreeTestContext(fieldSerdes, lsmTree);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/util/LSMRTreeTestHarness.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/util/LSMRTreeTestHarness.java
index aea8bbf..5f0072e 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/util/LSMRTreeTestHarness.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/util/LSMRTreeTestHarness.java
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.NoMergePolicy;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.NoOpIOOperationCallback;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.SynchronousScheduler;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.ThreadCountingOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.ThreadCountingTracker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.VirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.HeapBufferAllocator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     protected ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler;
     protected ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider;
     protected ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy;
-    protected ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory;
+    protected ILSMOperationTracker opTracker;
 
     protected final Random rnd = new Random();
     protected final static SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyy-hhmmssSS");
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         this.hyracksFrameSize = AccessMethodTestsConfig.LSM_RTREE_HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE;
         this.ioScheduler = SynchronousScheduler.INSTANCE;
         this.mergePolicy = NoMergePolicy.INSTANCE;
-        this.opTrackerFactory = ThreadCountingOperationTrackerFactory.INSTANCE;
+        this.opTracker = new ThreadCountingTracker();
         this.ioOpCallbackProvider = NoOpIOOperationCallback.INSTANCE;
     }
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         this.hyracksFrameSize = hyracksFrameSize;
         this.ioScheduler = SynchronousScheduler.INSTANCE;
         this.mergePolicy = NoMergePolicy.INSTANCE;
-        this.opTrackerFactory = ThreadCountingOperationTrackerFactory.INSTANCE;
+        this.opTracker = new ThreadCountingTracker();
     }
 
     public void setUp() throws HyracksException {
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@
         return ioScheduler;
     }
 
-    public ILSMOperationTrackerFactory getOperationTrackerFactory() {
-        return opTrackerFactory;
+    public ILSMOperationTracker getOperationTracker() {
+        return opTracker;
     }
 
     public ILSMMergePolicy getMergePolicy() {
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/util/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/util/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestContext.java
index b688b09..dbb4e28 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/util/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestContext.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/util/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestContext.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.rtree.impls.LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuples;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.rtree.utils.LSMRTreeUtils;
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@
             IOManager ioManager, FileReference file, IBufferCache diskBufferCache,
             IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider, ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes,
             IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories, int numKeyFields, RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType,
-            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerFactory,
-            ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider, int ioDeviceId)
-            throws Exception {
+            ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
+            ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider ioOpCallbackProvider, int ioDeviceId) throws Exception {
         ITypeTraits[] typeTraits = SerdeUtils.serdesToTypeTraits(fieldSerdes);
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] rtreeCmpFactories = SerdeUtils
                 .serdesToComparatorFactories(fieldSerdes, numKeyFields);
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@
                 fieldSerdes.length);
         LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuples lsmTree = LSMRTreeUtils.createLSMTreeWithAntiMatterTuples(virtualBufferCache,
                 ioManager, file, diskBufferCache, diskFileMapProvider, typeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories,
-                btreeCmpFactories, valueProviderFactories, rtreePolicyType, mergePolicy, opTrackerFactory, ioScheduler,
+                btreeCmpFactories, valueProviderFactories, rtreePolicyType, mergePolicy, opTracker, ioScheduler,
                 ioOpCallbackProvider, LSMRTreeUtils.proposeBestLinearizer(typeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories.length),
                 ioDeviceId);
         LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestContext testCtx = new LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestContext(fieldSerdes,