diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/impls/BTreeFactory.java b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/impls/BTreeFactory.java
index 35a80f4..4299b15 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/impls/BTreeFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/impls/BTreeFactory.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.impls;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTree;
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/impls/LSMTree.java b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/impls/LSMTree.java
index 4d9236f..7410553 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/impls/LSMTree.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/impls/LSMTree.java
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@
             }
         };
         String[] files = dir.list(filter);
-        Comparator<String> cmp = fileNameManager.getFileNameComparator();
-        Arrays.sort(files, cmp);
+        Comparator<String> fileNameCmp = fileNameManager.getFileNameComparator();
+        Arrays.sort(files, fileNameCmp);
         for (String fileName : files) {
             BTree btree = createDiskBTree(fileName, false);
             onDiskBTrees.add(btree);
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeExamplesTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeExamplesTest.java
index c26b98e..a43a7bd 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeExamplesTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeExamplesTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -47,10 +48,18 @@
 @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
 public class BTreeExamplesTest extends AbstractBTreeTest {
 
-	protected ITreeIndex createTreeIndex(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparator[] cmps) throws TreeIndexException {
-		return BTreeUtils
-                .createBTree(bufferCache, btreeFileId, typeTraits, cmps, BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM);
-	}
+	protected static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(BTreeExamplesTest.class.getName());
+	
+	protected final Random rnd = new Random(50);
+	
+    protected ITreeIndex createTreeIndex(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparator[] cmps) throws TreeIndexException {
+        return BTreeUtils.createBTree(harness.getBufferCache(), harness.getBTreeFileId(), typeTraits, cmps,
+                BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM);
+    }
+
+    protected int getIndexFileId() {
+        return harness.getBTreeFileId();
+    }
 	
     /**
      * Fixed-Length Key,Value Example.
@@ -79,9 +88,10 @@
         IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
         cmps[0] = PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(IntegerPointable.FACTORY).createBinaryComparator();
 
+        int indexFileId = getIndexFileId();
         ITreeIndex treeIndex = createTreeIndex(typeTraits, cmps);
-        treeIndex.create(btreeFileId);
-        treeIndex.open(btreeFileId);
+        treeIndex.create(indexFileId);
+        treeIndex.open(indexFileId);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
@@ -157,9 +167,10 @@
         cmps[0] = PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(IntegerPointable.FACTORY).createBinaryComparator();
         cmps[1] = PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(IntegerPointable.FACTORY).createBinaryComparator();
 
+        int indexFileId = getIndexFileId();
         ITreeIndex treeIndex = createTreeIndex(typeTraits, cmps);
-        treeIndex.create(btreeFileId);
-        treeIndex.open(btreeFileId);
+        treeIndex.create(indexFileId);
+        treeIndex.open(indexFileId);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
@@ -233,9 +244,10 @@
         IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
         cmps[0] = PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY).createBinaryComparator();
 
+        int indexFileId = getIndexFileId();
         ITreeIndex treeIndex = createTreeIndex(typeTraits, cmps);
-        treeIndex.create(btreeFileId);
-        treeIndex.open(btreeFileId);
+        treeIndex.create(indexFileId);
+        treeIndex.open(indexFileId);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
@@ -311,9 +323,10 @@
         IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
         cmps[0] = PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY).createBinaryComparator();
 
+        int indexFileId = getIndexFileId();
         ITreeIndex treeIndex = createTreeIndex(typeTraits, cmps);
-        treeIndex.create(btreeFileId);
-        treeIndex.open(btreeFileId);
+        treeIndex.create(indexFileId);
+        treeIndex.open(indexFileId);
 
         ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(fieldCount);
         ArrayTupleReference tuple = new ArrayTupleReference();
@@ -411,9 +424,10 @@
         IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
         cmps[0] = PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY).createBinaryComparator();
 
+        int indexFileId = getIndexFileId();
         ITreeIndex treeIndex = createTreeIndex(typeTraits, cmps);
-        treeIndex.create(btreeFileId);
-        treeIndex.open(btreeFileId);
+        treeIndex.create(indexFileId);
+        treeIndex.open(indexFileId);
 
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info("Inserting into tree...");
@@ -497,9 +511,10 @@
         cmps[0] = PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(IntegerPointable.FACTORY).createBinaryComparator();
         cmps[1] = PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(IntegerPointable.FACTORY).createBinaryComparator();
 
+        int indexFileId = getIndexFileId();
         ITreeIndex treeIndex = createTreeIndex(typeTraits, cmps);
-        treeIndex.create(btreeFileId);
-        treeIndex.open(btreeFileId);
+        treeIndex.create(indexFileId);
+        treeIndex.open(indexFileId);
 
         // Load sorted records.
         int ins = 100000;
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BulkLoadTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BulkLoadTest.java
index 49d08a3..80c4c60 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BulkLoadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BulkLoadTest.java
@@ -25,16 +25,20 @@
 
 @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
 public class BulkLoadTest extends BTreeTestDriver {
-    
-    @Override
-    protected void runTest(ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes, int numKeys, BTreeLeafFrameType leafType, ITupleReference lowKey, ITupleReference highKey, ITupleReference prefixLowKey, ITupleReference prefixHighKey) throws Exception {
-        BTreeTestContext testCtx = BTreeTestUtils.createBTreeTestContext(bufferCache, btreeFileId, fieldSerdes, numKeys, leafType);
 
-        // We assume all fieldSerdes are of the same type. Check the first one to determine which field types to generate.
+    @Override
+    protected void runTest(ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes, int numKeys, BTreeLeafFrameType leafType,
+            ITupleReference lowKey, ITupleReference highKey, ITupleReference prefixLowKey, ITupleReference prefixHighKey)
+            throws Exception {
+        BTreeTestContext testCtx = BTreeTestUtils.createBTreeTestContext(harness.getBufferCache(),
+                harness.getBTreeFileId(), fieldSerdes, numKeys, leafType);
+
+        // We assume all fieldSerdes are of the same type. Check the first one
+        // to determine which field types to generate.
         if (fieldSerdes[0] instanceof IntegerSerializerDeserializer) {
-            BTreeTestUtils.bulkLoadIntTuples(testCtx, numTuplesToInsert, rnd);
+            BTreeTestUtils.bulkLoadIntTuples(testCtx, numTuplesToInsert, harness.getRandom());
         } else if (fieldSerdes[0] instanceof UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer) {
-            BTreeTestUtils.bulkLoadStringTuples(testCtx, numTuplesToInsert, rnd);
+            BTreeTestUtils.bulkLoadStringTuples(testCtx, numTuplesToInsert, harness.getRandom());
         }
 
         BTreeTestUtils.checkPointSearches(testCtx);
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/DeleteTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/DeleteTest.java
index 2157adb..64e48d6 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/DeleteTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/DeleteTest.java
@@ -25,26 +25,29 @@
 
 @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
 public class DeleteTest extends BTreeTestDriver {
-    
+
     private static final int numInsertRounds = 3;
     private static final int numDeleteRounds = 3;
-    
+
     @Override
-    protected void runTest(ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes, int numKeys, BTreeLeafFrameType leafType, ITupleReference lowKey, ITupleReference highKey, ITupleReference prefixLowKey, ITupleReference prefixHighKey) throws Exception {
-        BTreeTestContext testCtx = BTreeTestUtils.createBTreeTestContext(bufferCache, btreeFileId, fieldSerdes, numKeys, leafType);
+    protected void runTest(ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes, int numKeys, BTreeLeafFrameType leafType,
+            ITupleReference lowKey, ITupleReference highKey, ITupleReference prefixLowKey, ITupleReference prefixHighKey)
+            throws Exception {
+        BTreeTestContext testCtx = BTreeTestUtils.createBTreeTestContext(harness.getBufferCache(),
+                harness.getBTreeFileId(), fieldSerdes, numKeys, leafType);
         for (int i = 0; i < numInsertRounds; i++) {
-            
-            // We assume all fieldSerdes are of the same type. Check the first one to determine which field types to generate.
+            // We assume all fieldSerdes are of the same type. Check the first
+            // one to determine which field types to generate.
             if (fieldSerdes[0] instanceof IntegerSerializerDeserializer) {
-                BTreeTestUtils.insertIntTuples(testCtx, numTuplesToInsert, rnd);
+                BTreeTestUtils.insertIntTuples(testCtx, numTuplesToInsert, harness.getRandom());
             } else if (fieldSerdes[0] instanceof UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer) {
-                BTreeTestUtils.insertStringTuples(testCtx, numTuplesToInsert, rnd);
+                BTreeTestUtils.insertStringTuples(testCtx, numTuplesToInsert, harness.getRandom());
             }
-            
-            int numTuplesPerDeleteRound = (int)Math.ceil((float)testCtx.checkTuples.size() / (float)numDeleteRounds);
-            for(int j = 0; j < numDeleteRounds; j++) {
-                BTreeTestUtils.deleteTuples(testCtx, numTuplesPerDeleteRound, rnd);
-                
+
+            int numTuplesPerDeleteRound = (int) Math.ceil((float) testCtx.checkTuples.size() / (float) numDeleteRounds);
+            for (int j = 0; j < numDeleteRounds; j++) {
+                BTreeTestUtils.deleteTuples(testCtx, numTuplesPerDeleteRound, harness.getRandom());
+
                 BTreeTestUtils.checkPointSearches(testCtx);
                 BTreeTestUtils.checkOrderedScan(testCtx);
                 BTreeTestUtils.checkDiskOrderScan(testCtx);
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/FieldPrefixNSMTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/FieldPrefixNSMTest.java
index e8aa00a..efa2281 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/FieldPrefixNSMTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/FieldPrefixNSMTest.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriter;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.util.TreeIndexUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.ICachedPage;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.BufferedFileHandle;
 
@@ -55,6 +56,10 @@
     private static final int MAX_OPEN_FILES = 10;
     private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 128;
 
+    public FieldPrefixNSMTest() {        
+        super(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES, HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);
+    }
+    
     private ITupleReference createTuple(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, int f0, int f1, int f2, boolean print)
             throws HyracksDataException {
         if (print) {
@@ -92,8 +97,8 @@
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void test01() throws Exception {
-
+    public void test01() throws Exception {        
+        
         // declare fields
         int fieldCount = 3;
         ITypeTraits[] typeTraits = new ITypeTraits[fieldCount];
@@ -116,6 +121,9 @@
         Random rnd = new Random();
         rnd.setSeed(50);
 
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = harness.getBufferCache();
+        int btreeFileId = harness.getBTreeFileId();
+        IHyracksTaskContext ctx = harness.getHyracksTaskContext();
         ICachedPage page = bufferCache.pin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(btreeFileId, 0), false);
         try {
 
@@ -213,20 +221,4 @@
             bufferCache.unpin(page);
         }
     }
-
-    public int getPageSize() {
-        return PAGE_SIZE;
-    }
-
-    public int getNumPages() {
-        return NUM_PAGES;
-    }
-
-    public int getHyracksFrameSize() {
-        return HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE;
-    }
-
-    public int getMaxOpenFiles() {
-        return MAX_OPEN_FILES;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/InsertTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/InsertTest.java
index fa3f895..25c15e7 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/InsertTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/InsertTest.java
@@ -27,30 +27,32 @@
  * Tests the BTree insert operation with strings and integer fields using
  * various numbers of key and payload fields.
  * 
- * Each tests first fills a BTree with randomly generated tuples.
- * We compare the following operations against expected results:
- * 1. Point searches for all tuples.
- * 2. Ordered scan.
- * 3. Disk-order scan.
- * 4. Range search (and prefix search for composite keys).
+ * Each tests first fills a BTree with randomly generated tuples. We compare the
+ * following operations against expected results: 1. Point searches for all
+ * tuples. 2. Ordered scan. 3. Disk-order scan. 4. Range search (and prefix
+ * search for composite keys).
  * 
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
-public class InsertTest extends BTreeTestDriver {        
+public class InsertTest extends BTreeTestDriver {
     @Override
-    protected void runTest(ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes, int numKeys, BTreeLeafFrameType leafType, ITupleReference lowKey, ITupleReference highKey, ITupleReference prefixLowKey, ITupleReference prefixHighKey) throws Exception {
-        BTreeTestContext testCtx = BTreeTestUtils.createBTreeTestContext(bufferCache, btreeFileId, fieldSerdes, numKeys, leafType);
-        // We assume all fieldSerdes are of the same type. Check the first one to determine which field types to generate.
+    protected void runTest(ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes, int numKeys, BTreeLeafFrameType leafType,
+            ITupleReference lowKey, ITupleReference highKey, ITupleReference prefixLowKey, ITupleReference prefixHighKey)
+            throws Exception {
+        BTreeTestContext testCtx = BTreeTestUtils.createBTreeTestContext(harness.getBufferCache(),
+                harness.getBTreeFileId(), fieldSerdes, numKeys, leafType);
+        // We assume all fieldSerdes are of the same type. Check the first one
+        // to determine which field types to generate.
         if (fieldSerdes[0] instanceof IntegerSerializerDeserializer) {
-            BTreeTestUtils.insertIntTuples(testCtx, numTuplesToInsert, rnd);
+            BTreeTestUtils.insertIntTuples(testCtx, numTuplesToInsert, harness.getRandom());
         } else if (fieldSerdes[0] instanceof UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer) {
-            BTreeTestUtils.insertStringTuples(testCtx, numTuplesToInsert, rnd);
+            BTreeTestUtils.insertStringTuples(testCtx, numTuplesToInsert, harness.getRandom());
         }
-        
+
         BTreeTestUtils.checkPointSearches(testCtx);
         BTreeTestUtils.checkOrderedScan(testCtx);
         BTreeTestUtils.checkDiskOrderScan(testCtx);
-                
+
         BTreeTestUtils.checkRangeSearch(testCtx, lowKey, highKey, true, true);
         if (prefixLowKey != null && prefixHighKey != null) {
             BTreeTestUtils.checkRangeSearch(testCtx, prefixLowKey, prefixHighKey, true, true);
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/RangeSearchCursorTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/RangeSearchCursorTest.java
index 4031e7f..052caaf 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/RangeSearchCursorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/RangeSearchCursorTest.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.util.IndexUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
 
 public class RangeSearchCursorTest extends AbstractBTreeTest {
     // Declare fields
@@ -83,6 +84,9 @@
             LOGGER.info("TESTING RANGE SEARCH CURSOR ON UNIQUE INDEX");
         }
 
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = harness.getBufferCache();
+        int btreeFileId = harness.getBTreeFileId();
+        
         // declare keys
         int keyFieldCount = 1;
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[keyFieldCount];
@@ -160,6 +164,9 @@
             LOGGER.info("TESTING RANGE SEARCH CURSOR ON NONUNIQUE INDEX");
         }
 
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = harness.getBufferCache();
+        int btreeFileId = harness.getBTreeFileId();
+        
         // declare keys
         int keyFieldCount = 2;
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[keyFieldCount];
@@ -235,6 +242,9 @@
             LOGGER.info("TESTING RANGE SEARCH CURSOR ON NONUNIQUE FIELD-PREFIX COMPRESSED INDEX");
         }
 
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = harness.getBufferCache();
+        int btreeFileId = harness.getBTreeFileId();
+        
         // declare keys
         int keyFieldCount = 2;
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[keyFieldCount];
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/StatsTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/StatsTest.java
index 1ae80d6..d3aef3f 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/StatsTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/StatsTest.java
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestUtils;
 
 public class StatsTest extends AbstractBTreeTest {
-
-    // private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 256;
-    // private static final int NUM_PAGES = 10;
-    // private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 32768;
     private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 4096;
     private static final int NUM_PAGES = 1000;
     private static final int MAX_OPEN_FILES = 10;
@@ -64,7 +60,7 @@
         TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
         IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(ctx);
         IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
-        FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+        FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(harness.getFileName()));
         bufferCache.createFile(file);
         int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
         bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/StorageManagerTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/StorageManagerTest.java
index ac4133d..9ec64b5 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/StorageManagerTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/StorageManagerTest.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Random;
@@ -24,21 +23,13 @@
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.util.AbstractBTreeTest;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.ICachedPage;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.BufferedFileHandle;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.sync.LatchType;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
 
-public class StorageManagerTest extends AbstractBTreeTest {
-    private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 256;
-    private static final int NUM_PAGES = 10;
-    private static final int MAX_OPEN_FILES = 10;
-    private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 32768;
-
+public class StorageManagerTest extends AbstractBTreeTest {	
     public class PinnedLatchedPage {
         public final ICachedPage page;
         public final LatchType latch;
@@ -258,38 +249,11 @@
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void oneThreadOneFileTest() throws Exception {
-        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
-        IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(ctx);
-        IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
-        FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
-        bufferCache.createFile(file);
-        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
-        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
-
-        Thread worker = new Thread(new FileAccessWorker(0, bufferCache, FileAccessType.FTA_UNLATCHED, fileId, 10, 10,
-                100, 10, 0));
-
+    public void oneThreadOneFileTest() throws Exception { 
+		Thread worker = new Thread(new FileAccessWorker(0,
+				harness.getBufferCache(), FileAccessType.FTA_UNLATCHED,
+				harness.getBTreeFileId(), 10, 10, 100, 10, 0));
         worker.start();
-
         worker.join();
-
-        bufferCache.close();
-    }
-    
-    public int getPageSize() {
-        return PAGE_SIZE;
-    }
-    
-    public int getNumPages() {
-        return NUM_PAGES;
-    }
-    
-    public int getHyracksFrameSize() {
-        return HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE;
-    }
-    
-    public int getMaxOpenFiles() {
-        return MAX_OPEN_FILES;
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/UpdateSearchTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/UpdateSearchTest.java
index 5d43ae1..8c6bd04 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/UpdateSearchTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/UpdateSearchTest.java
@@ -33,12 +33,16 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.util.IndexUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
 
 public class UpdateSearchTest extends AbstractBTreeTest {
 
     // Update scan test on fixed-length tuples.
     @Test
     public void test01() throws Exception {
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = harness.getBufferCache();
+        int btreeFileId = harness.getBTreeFileId();
+        
         // declare fields
         int fieldCount = 2;
         ITypeTraits[] typeTraits = new ITypeTraits[fieldCount];
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@
         ITreeIndexAccessor indexAccessor = btree.createAccessor();
 
         int numInserts = 10000;
-        for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < numInserts; i++) {
             int f0 = rnd.nextInt() % 10000;
             int f1 = 5;
             TupleUtils.createIntegerTuple(tb, insertTuple, f0, f1);
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/UpdateTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/UpdateTest.java
index b40539f..bed97b6 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/UpdateTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/UpdateTest.java
@@ -28,24 +28,28 @@
     private static final int numUpdateRounds = 3;
     
     @Override
-    protected void runTest(ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes, int numKeys, BTreeLeafFrameType leafType, ITupleReference lowKey, ITupleReference highKey, ITupleReference prefixLowKey, ITupleReference prefixHighKey) throws Exception {
+    protected void runTest(ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes, int numKeys, BTreeLeafFrameType leafType,
+            ITupleReference lowKey, ITupleReference highKey, ITupleReference prefixLowKey, ITupleReference prefixHighKey)
+            throws Exception {
         // This is a noop because we can only update non-key fields.
         if (fieldSerdes.length == numKeys) {
             return;
         }
-        
-        BTreeTestContext testCtx = BTreeTestUtils.createBTreeTestContext(bufferCache, btreeFileId, fieldSerdes, numKeys, leafType);
 
-        // We assume all fieldSerdes are of the same type. Check the first one to determine which field types to generate.
+        BTreeTestContext testCtx = BTreeTestUtils.createBTreeTestContext(harness.getBufferCache(),
+                harness.getBTreeFileId(), fieldSerdes, numKeys, leafType);
+
+        // We assume all fieldSerdes are of the same type. Check the first one
+        // to determine which field types to generate.
         if (fieldSerdes[0] instanceof IntegerSerializerDeserializer) {
-            BTreeTestUtils.insertIntTuples(testCtx, numTuplesToInsert, rnd);
+            BTreeTestUtils.insertIntTuples(testCtx, numTuplesToInsert, harness.getRandom());
         } else if (fieldSerdes[0] instanceof UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer) {
-            BTreeTestUtils.insertStringTuples(testCtx, numTuplesToInsert, rnd);
+            BTreeTestUtils.insertStringTuples(testCtx, numTuplesToInsert, harness.getRandom());
         }
 
-        int numTuplesPerDeleteRound = (int)Math.ceil((float)testCtx.checkTuples.size() / (float)numUpdateRounds);
-        for(int j = 0; j < numUpdateRounds; j++) {
-            BTreeTestUtils.updateTuples(testCtx, numTuplesPerDeleteRound, rnd);
+        int numTuplesPerDeleteRound = (int) Math.ceil((float) testCtx.checkTuples.size() / (float) numUpdateRounds);
+        for (int j = 0; j < numUpdateRounds; j++) {
+            BTreeTestUtils.updateTuples(testCtx, numTuplesPerDeleteRound, harness.getRandom());
 
             BTreeTestUtils.checkPointSearches(testCtx);
             BTreeTestUtils.checkOrderedScan(testCtx);
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/AbstractBTreeTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/AbstractBTreeTest.java
index 9630a1b..f4eca1b 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/AbstractBTreeTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/AbstractBTreeTest.java
@@ -1,76 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.util;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestUtils;
 
 public abstract class AbstractBTreeTest {
-    protected static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(AbstractBTreeTest.class.getName());
-    public static final long RANDOM_SEED = 50;
-    
-    private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 256;
-    private static final int NUM_PAGES = 10;
-    private static final int MAX_OPEN_FILES = 10;
-    private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 128;
-        
-    protected IHyracksTaskContext ctx; 
-    protected IBufferCache bufferCache;
-    protected int btreeFileId;
-    
-    protected final Random rnd = new Random();
-    protected final static SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyy-hhmmssSS");
-    protected final static String tmpDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
-    protected final static String sep = System.getProperty("file.separator");
-    protected String fileName;   
-    
-    @Before
-    public void setUp() throws HyracksDataException {
-        fileName = tmpDir + sep + simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());
-        ctx = TestUtils.create(getHyracksFrameSize());
-        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(getPageSize(), getNumPages(), getMaxOpenFiles());
-        bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(ctx);
-        IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
-        FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
-        bufferCache.createFile(file);
-        btreeFileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
-        bufferCache.openFile(btreeFileId);
-        rnd.setSeed(RANDOM_SEED);
+	protected final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(BTreeTestHarness.class.getName());
+	protected final BTreeTestHarness harness;
+	
+	public AbstractBTreeTest() {
+		harness = new BTreeTestHarness();
     }
     
-    @After
+    public AbstractBTreeTest(int pageSize, int numPages, int maxOpenFiles, int hyracksFrameSize) {
+    	harness = new BTreeTestHarness(pageSize, numPages, maxOpenFiles, hyracksFrameSize);
+    }
+	
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() throws HyracksDataException {
+		harness.setUp();
+    }
+	
+	@After
     public void tearDown() throws HyracksDataException {
-        bufferCache.closeFile(btreeFileId);
-        bufferCache.close();
-        File f = new File(fileName);
-        f.deleteOnExit();
-    }
-    
-    public int getPageSize() {
-        return PAGE_SIZE;
-    }
-    
-    public int getNumPages() {
-        return NUM_PAGES;
-    }
-    
-    public int getHyracksFrameSize() {
-        return HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE;
-    }
-    
-    public int getMaxOpenFiles() {
-        return MAX_OPEN_FILES;
+		harness.tearDown();
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeTestHarness.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeTestHarness.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ed307c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeTestHarness.java
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.util;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestUtils;
+
+public class BTreeTestHarness {    
+    public final long RANDOM_SEED = 50;
+    
+    private final int DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE = 256;
+    private final int DEFAULT_NUM_PAGES = 10;
+    private final int DEFAULT_MAX_OPEN_FILES = 10;
+    private final int DEFAULT_HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 128;
+    
+    protected final int pageSize;
+    protected final int numPages;
+    protected final int maxOpenFiles;
+    protected final int hyracksFrameSize;
+        
+    protected IHyracksTaskContext ctx; 
+    protected IBufferCache bufferCache;
+    protected int btreeFileId;
+    
+    protected final Random rnd = new Random();
+    protected final SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyy-hhmmssSS");
+    protected final String tmpDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
+    protected final String sep = System.getProperty("file.separator");
+    protected String fileName;
+    
+    public BTreeTestHarness() {
+    	this.pageSize = DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE;
+    	this.numPages = DEFAULT_NUM_PAGES;
+    	this.maxOpenFiles = DEFAULT_MAX_OPEN_FILES;
+    	this.hyracksFrameSize = DEFAULT_HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE;
+    }
+    
+    public BTreeTestHarness(int pageSize, int numPages, int maxOpenFiles, int hyracksFrameSize) {
+    	this.pageSize = pageSize;
+    	this.numPages = numPages;
+    	this.maxOpenFiles = maxOpenFiles;
+    	this.hyracksFrameSize = hyracksFrameSize;
+    }
+    
+    public void setUp() throws HyracksDataException {
+        fileName = tmpDir + sep + simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());
+        ctx = TestUtils.create(getHyracksFrameSize());
+        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(pageSize, numPages, maxOpenFiles);
+        bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(ctx);
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
+        FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+        bufferCache.createFile(file);
+        btreeFileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
+        bufferCache.openFile(btreeFileId);
+        rnd.setSeed(RANDOM_SEED);
+    }
+    
+    public void tearDown() throws HyracksDataException {
+        bufferCache.closeFile(btreeFileId);
+        bufferCache.close();
+        File f = new File(fileName);
+        f.deleteOnExit();
+    }
+    
+    public IHyracksTaskContext getHyracksTaskContext() {
+    	return ctx;
+    }
+    
+    public IBufferCache getBufferCache() {
+    	return bufferCache;
+    }
+    
+    public int getBTreeFileId() {
+    	return btreeFileId;
+    }
+    
+    public String getFileName() {
+        return fileName;
+    }
+    
+    public Random getRandom() {
+    	return rnd;
+    }
+    
+    public int getPageSize() {
+        return pageSize;
+    }
+    
+    public int getNumPages() {
+        return numPages;
+    }
+    
+    public int getHyracksFrameSize() {
+        return hyracksFrameSize;
+    }
+    
+    public int getMaxOpenFiles() {
+        return maxOpenFiles;
+    }
+}