diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impls/LSMBTree.java b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impls/LSMBTree.java
index 2a0be2f..fd7e418 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impls/LSMBTree.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impls/LSMBTree.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.tuples.LSMBTreeTupleReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMComponentFinalizer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMFileManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexFileManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMFlushController;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperation;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallback;
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     private final AntimatterAwareTupleAcceptor acceptor = new AntimatterAwareTupleAcceptor();
 
     // On-disk components.    
-    private final ILSMFileManager fileManager;
+    private final ILSMIndexFileManager fileManager;
     // For creating BTree's used in flush and merge.
     private final TreeIndexFactory<BTree> diskBTreeFactory;
     // For creating BTree's used in bulk load. Different from diskBTreeFactory
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
     public LSMBTree(IBufferCache memBufferCache, InMemoryFreePageManager memFreePageManager,
             ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory, ITreeIndexFrameFactory insertLeafFrameFactory,
-            ITreeIndexFrameFactory deleteLeafFrameFactory, ILSMFileManager fileNameManager,
+            ITreeIndexFrameFactory deleteLeafFrameFactory, ILSMIndexFileManager fileNameManager,
             TreeIndexFactory<BTree> diskBTreeFactory, TreeIndexFactory<BTree> bulkLoadBTreeFactory,
             IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider, int fieldCount, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories,
             ILSMFlushController flushController, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker,
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeUtils.java b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeUtils.java
index 97c5d6a..fe9d383 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeUtils.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.impls.LSMBTree;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.tuples.LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.tuples.LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMFileManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexFileManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMFlushController;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.freepage.InMemoryBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.freepage.InMemoryFreePageManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.BTreeFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.LSMTreeFileManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.LSMIndexFileManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.TreeIndexFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
                 typeTraits.length);
         TreeIndexFactory<BTree> bulkLoadBTreeFactory = new BTreeFactory(diskBufferCache, diskFileMapProvider,
                 freePageManagerFactory, interiorFrameFactory, insertLeafFrameFactory, cmpFactories, typeTraits.length);
-        ILSMFileManager fileNameManager = new LSMTreeFileManager(ioManager, diskFileMapProvider, file, diskBTreeFactory);
+        ILSMIndexFileManager fileNameManager = new LSMIndexFileManager(ioManager, diskFileMapProvider, file, diskBTreeFactory);
         LSMBTree lsmTree = new LSMBTree(memBufferCache, memFreePageManager, interiorFrameFactory,
                 insertLeafFrameFactory, deleteLeafFrameFactory, fileNameManager, diskBTreeFactory,
                 bulkLoadBTreeFactory, diskFileMapProvider, typeTraits.length, cmpFactories, flushController,
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMFileManager.java b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMIndexFileManager.java
similarity index 97%
rename from hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMFileManager.java
rename to hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMIndexFileManager.java
index 8311a0f..2dd8146 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMFileManager.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMIndexFileManager.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * components produced by flush are always newer than those produced by a
  * merge).
  */
-public interface ILSMFileManager {
+public interface ILSMIndexFileManager {
     public void createDirs();
 
     public void deleteDirs();
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMTreeFileManager.java b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMIndexFileManager.java
similarity index 97%
rename from hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMTreeFileManager.java
rename to hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMIndexFileManager.java
index ea7483f..470c189 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMTreeFileManager.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMIndexFileManager.java
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.IODeviceHandle;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMComponentFinalizer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMFileManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexFileManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
 
-public class LSMTreeFileManager implements ILSMFileManager {
+public class LSMIndexFileManager implements ILSMIndexFileManager {
 
     protected static final String SPLIT_STRING = "_";
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         }
     };
 
-    public LSMTreeFileManager(IIOManager ioManager, IFileMapProvider fileMapProvider, FileReference file,
+    public LSMIndexFileManager(IIOManager ioManager, IFileMapProvider fileMapProvider, FileReference file,
             TreeIndexFactory<? extends ITreeIndex> treeFactory) {
         this.file = file;
         this.baseDir = file.getFile().getPath();
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/TreeIndexComponentFinalizer.java b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/TreeIndexComponentFinalizer.java
index c2453f3..3eac3dd 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/TreeIndexComponentFinalizer.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/TreeIndexComponentFinalizer.java
@@ -59,33 +59,44 @@
     @Override
     public void finalize(Object lsmComponent) throws HyracksDataException {
         ITreeIndex treeIndex = (ITreeIndex) lsmComponent;
+        forceFlushDirtyPages(treeIndex);
+        markAsValid(treeIndex);
+    }
+    
+    protected void forceFlushDirtyPages(ITreeIndex treeIndex) throws HyracksDataException {
         int fileId = treeIndex.getFileId();
         IBufferCache bufferCache = treeIndex.getBufferCache();
-
         // Flush all dirty pages of the tree. 
         // By default, metadata and data are flushed asynchronously in the buffercache.
         // This means that the flush issues writes to the OS, but the data may still lie in filesystem buffers.
         ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame metadataFrame = treeIndex.getFreePageManager().getMetaDataFrameFactory().createFrame();
         int startPage = 0;
         int maxPage = treeIndex.getFreePageManager().getMaxPage(metadataFrame);
-        for (int i = startPage; i <= maxPage; i++) {
-            ICachedPage page = bufferCache.tryPin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, i));
+        forceFlushDirtyPages(bufferCache, fileId, startPage, maxPage);
+    }
 
+    protected void forceFlushDirtyPages(IBufferCache bufferCache, int fileId, int startPageId, int endPageId)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        for (int i = startPageId; i <= endPageId; i++) {
+            ICachedPage page = bufferCache.tryPin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, i));
             // If tryPin returns null, it means the page is not cached, and therefore cannot be dirty.
             if (page == null) {
                 continue;
             }
-
             try {
                 bufferCache.flushDirtyPage(page);
             } finally {
                 bufferCache.unpin(page);
             }
         }
-
         // Forces all pages of given file to disk. This guarantees the data makes it to disk.
         bufferCache.force(fileId, true);
+    }
 
+    protected void markAsValid(ITreeIndex treeIndex) throws HyracksDataException {
+        int fileId = treeIndex.getFileId();
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = treeIndex.getBufferCache();
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame metadataFrame = treeIndex.getFreePageManager().getMetaDataFrameFactory().createFrame();
         // Mark the component as a valid component by flushing the metadata page to disk
         int metadataPageId = treeIndex.getFreePageManager().getFirstMetadataPage();
         ICachedPage metadataPage = bufferCache.pin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, metadataPageId), false);
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/InvertedIndexComponentFinalizer.java b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/InvertedIndexComponentFinalizer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c00d90..0000000
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/InvertedIndexComponentFinalizer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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.invertedindex.impls;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMComponentFinalizer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.ondisk.OnDiskInvertedIndex;
-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;
-
-public class InvertedIndexComponentFinalizer implements ILSMComponentFinalizer {
-    
-    protected final IFileMapProvider fileMapProvider;
-    
-    public InvertedIndexComponentFinalizer(IFileMapProvider fileMapProvider) {
-        this.fileMapProvider = fileMapProvider;
-    }
-    
-    @Override
-    public boolean isValid(Object lsmComponent) throws HyracksDataException {
-        OnDiskInvertedIndex index = (OnDiskInvertedIndex) lsmComponent;
-        ITreeIndex treeIndex = index.getBTree();
-        IBufferCache bufferCache = treeIndex.getBufferCache();
-        FileReference fileRef = new FileReference(file);
-        bufferCache.createFile(fileRef);
-        int fileId = fileMapProvider.lookupFileId(fileRef);
-        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
-        treeIndex.open(fileId);
-        try {
-            int metadataPage = treeIndex.getFreePageManager().getFirstMetadataPage();
-            ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame metadataFrame = treeIndex.getFreePageManager().getMetaDataFrameFactory().createFrame();
-            ICachedPage page = bufferCache.pin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(treeIndex.getFileId(), metadataPage), false);
-            page.acquireReadLatch();
-            try {
-                metadataFrame.setPage(page);
-                return metadataFrame.isValid();
-            } finally {
-                page.releaseReadLatch();
-                bufferCache.unpin(page);
-            }
-        } finally {
-            treeIndex.close();
-            bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
-            bufferCache.deleteFile(fileId, false);
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void finalize(Object lsmComponent) throws HyracksDataException {
-        OnDiskInvertedIndex index = (OnDiskInvertedIndex) lsmComponent;
-        ITreeIndex treeIndex = index.getBTree();
-        int fileId = treeIndex.getFileId();
-        IBufferCache bufferCache = treeIndex.getBufferCache();
-        // Flush all dirty pages of the tree. 
-        // By default, metadata and data are flushed async in the buffercache.
-        // This means that the flush issues writes to the OS, but the data may still lie in filesystem buffers.
-        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame metadataFrame = treeIndex.getFreePageManager().getMetaDataFrameFactory().createFrame();        
-        int startPage = 0;
-        int maxPage = treeIndex.getFreePageManager().getMaxPage(metadataFrame);
-        for (int i = startPage; i <= maxPage; i++) {
-            ICachedPage page = bufferCache.tryPin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, i));
-            // If tryPin returns null, it means the page is not cached, and therefore cannot be dirty.
-            if (page == null) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            try {
-                bufferCache.flushDirtyPage(page);
-            } finally {
-                bufferCache.unpin(page);
-            }
-        }
-        // Forces all pages of given file to disk. This guarantees the data makes it to disk.
-        bufferCache.force(fileId, true);
-        int metadataPageId = treeIndex.getFreePageManager().getFirstMetadataPage();
-        ICachedPage metadataPage = bufferCache.pin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, metadataPageId), false);
-        metadataPage.acquireWriteLatch();
-        try {
-            metadataFrame.setPage(metadataPage);
-            metadataFrame.setValid(true);
-            // Flush the single modified page to disk.
-            bufferCache.flushDirtyPage(metadataPage);
-            // Force modified metadata page to disk.
-            bufferCache.force(fileId, true);
-        } finally {
-            metadataPage.releaseWriteLatch();
-            bufferCache.unpin(metadataPage);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java
index ef73413..01ace03 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.impls.NoOpOperationCallback;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMComponentFinalizer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMFileManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexFileManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMFlushController;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperation;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallback;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.BlockingIOOperationCallback;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.LSMHarness;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.api.IInvertedIndex;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.impls.LSMInvertedIndexFileManager.LSMRInvertedIndexFileNameComponent;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.impls.LSMInvertedIndexFileManager.LSMInvertedIndexFileNameComponent;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.inmemory.InMemoryInvertedIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.ondisk.OnDiskInvertedIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.ondisk.OnDiskInvertedIndexFactory;
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     protected FileReference memDeleteKeysBTreeFile = new FileReference(new File("membtree"));
     
     // On-disk components.
-    protected final ILSMFileManager fileManager;
+    protected final ILSMIndexFileManager fileManager;
     // For creating inverted indexes in flush and merge.
     protected final OnDiskInvertedIndexFactory diskInvIndexFactory;
     // For creating deleted-keys BTrees in flush and merge.
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     private boolean isActivated = false;
 
     public LSMInvertedIndex(IBufferCache memBufferCache, InMemoryFreePageManager memFreePageManager,
-            OnDiskInvertedIndexFactory diskInvIndexFactory, BTreeFactory diskBTreeFactory, ILSMFileManager fileManager,
+            OnDiskInvertedIndexFactory diskInvIndexFactory, BTreeFactory diskBTreeFactory, ILSMIndexFileManager fileManager,
             IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider, ITypeTraits[] invListTypeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] invListCmpFactories, ITypeTraits[] tokenTypeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] tokenCmpFactories, IBinaryTokenizerFactory tokenizerFactory,
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
         this.tokenTypeTraits = tokenTypeTraits;
         this.tokenCmpFactories = tokenCmpFactories;
         this.lsmHarness = new LSMHarness(this, flushController, mergePolicy, opTracker, ioScheduler);
-        this.componentFinalizer = new InvertedIndexComponentFinalizer(diskFileMapProvider);
+        this.componentFinalizer = new LSMInvertedIndexComponentFinalizer(diskFileMapProvider);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
         memComponent.getDeletedKeysBTree().create();
         List<Object> validFileNames = fileManager.cleanupAndGetValidFiles(componentFinalizer);
         for (Object o : validFileNames) {
-            LSMRInvertedIndexFileNameComponent component = (LSMRInvertedIndexFileNameComponent) o;
+            LSMInvertedIndexFileNameComponent component = (LSMInvertedIndexFileNameComponent) o;
             FileReference rtreeFile = new FileReference(new File(component.getRTreeFileName()));
             FileReference btreeFile = new FileReference(new File(component.getBTreeFileName()));
             RTree rtree = (RTree) createDiskTree(diskRTreeFactory, rtreeFile, false);
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndexComponentFinalizer.java b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndexComponentFinalizer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40f19e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndexComponentFinalizer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * 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.invertedindex.impls;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.TreeIndexComponentFinalizer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.impls.LSMInvertedIndex.LSMInvertedIndexComponent;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.ondisk.OnDiskInvertedIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
+
+public class LSMInvertedIndexComponentFinalizer extends TreeIndexComponentFinalizer {
+
+    public LSMInvertedIndexComponentFinalizer(IFileMapProvider fileMapProvider) {
+        super(fileMapProvider);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isValid(Object lsmComponent) throws HyracksDataException {
+        LSMInvertedIndexComponent invIndexComponent = (LSMInvertedIndexComponent) lsmComponent;
+        OnDiskInvertedIndex invIndex = (OnDiskInvertedIndex) invIndexComponent.getInvIndex();
+        // Use the dictionary BTree for validation.
+        return super.isValid(invIndex.getBTree());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void finalize(Object lsmComponent) throws HyracksDataException {
+        LSMInvertedIndexComponent invIndexComponent = (LSMInvertedIndexComponent) lsmComponent;
+        OnDiskInvertedIndex invIndex = (OnDiskInvertedIndex) invIndexComponent.getInvIndex();
+        ITreeIndex treeIndex = invIndex.getBTree();
+        // Flush inverted index first.
+        forceFlushDirtyPages(treeIndex);
+        forceFlushInvListsFileDirtyPages(invIndex);
+        // Flush deleted keys BTree.
+        forceFlushDirtyPages(invIndexComponent.getDeletedKeysBTree());
+        // We use the dictionary BTree for marking the inverted index as valid.
+        markAsValid(treeIndex);
+    }
+
+    protected void forceFlushInvListsFileDirtyPages(OnDiskInvertedIndex invIndex) throws HyracksDataException {
+        int fileId = invIndex.getInvListsFileId();
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = invIndex.getBufferCache();
+        int startPageId = 0;
+        int maxPageId = invIndex.getInvListsMaxPageId();
+        forceFlushDirtyPages(bufferCache, fileId, startPageId, maxPageId);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndexFileManager.java b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndexFileManager.java
index 213f87d..26fd72e 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndexFileManager.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndexFileManager.java
@@ -29,27 +29,28 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.IODeviceHandle;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMComponentFinalizer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.LSMTreeFileManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.LSMIndexFileManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.TreeIndexFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
 
 // TODO: Implement this one properly!
-public class LSMInvertedIndexFileManager extends LSMTreeFileManager {
-    private static final String RTREE_STRING = "r";
-    private static final String BTREE_STRING = "b";
+public class LSMInvertedIndexFileManager extends LSMIndexFileManager {
+    private static final String BTREE_SUFFIX = "b";
+    private static final String INVLISTS_SUFFIX = "i";
+    private static final String DELETED_KEYS_BTREE_SUFFIX = "d";
 
     private final TreeIndexFactory<? extends ITreeIndex> rtreeFactory;
     private final TreeIndexFactory<? extends ITreeIndex> btreeFactory;
 
     private static FilenameFilter btreeFilter = new FilenameFilter() {
         public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
-            return !name.startsWith(".") && name.endsWith(BTREE_STRING);
+            return !name.startsWith(".") && name.endsWith(BTREE_SUFFIX);
         }
     };
 
-    private static FilenameFilter rtreeFilter = new FilenameFilter() {
+    private static FilenameFilter deletedKeysBTreeFilter = new FilenameFilter() {
         public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
-            return !name.startsWith(".") && name.endsWith(RTREE_STRING);
+            return !name.startsWith(".") && name.endsWith(DELETED_KEYS_BTREE_SUFFIX);
         }
     };
 
@@ -63,67 +64,76 @@
     @Override
     public Object getRelFlushFileName() {
         String baseName = (String) super.getRelFlushFileName();
-        return new LSMRInvertedIndexFileNameComponent(baseName + SPLIT_STRING + RTREE_STRING, baseName + SPLIT_STRING
-                + BTREE_STRING);
+        return new LSMInvertedIndexFileNameComponent(baseName + SPLIT_STRING + BTREE_SUFFIX, baseName + SPLIT_STRING
+                + INVLISTS_SUFFIX, baseName + DELETED_KEYS_BTREE_SUFFIX);
 
     }
 
     @Override
     public Object getRelMergeFileName(String firstFileName, String lastFileName) throws HyracksDataException {
         String baseName = (String) super.getRelMergeFileName(firstFileName, lastFileName);
-        return new LSMRInvertedIndexFileNameComponent(baseName + SPLIT_STRING + RTREE_STRING, baseName + SPLIT_STRING
-                + BTREE_STRING);
+        return new LSMInvertedIndexFileNameComponent(baseName + SPLIT_STRING + BTREE_SUFFIX, baseName + SPLIT_STRING
+                + INVLISTS_SUFFIX, baseName + DELETED_KEYS_BTREE_SUFFIX);
     }
 
     @Override
     public List<Object> cleanupAndGetValidFiles(ILSMComponentFinalizer componentFinalizer) throws HyracksDataException {
         List<Object> validFiles = new ArrayList<Object>();
-        ArrayList<ComparableFileName> allRTreeFiles = new ArrayList<ComparableFileName>();
         ArrayList<ComparableFileName> allBTreeFiles = new ArrayList<ComparableFileName>();
+        ArrayList<ComparableFileName> allInvListsFiles = new ArrayList<ComparableFileName>();
+        ArrayList<ComparableFileName> allDeletedKeysBTreeFiles = new ArrayList<ComparableFileName>();
 
         // Gather files from all IODeviceHandles.
         for (IODeviceHandle dev : ioManager.getIODevices()) {
-            cleanupAndGetValidFilesInternal(dev, btreeFilter, btreeFactory, componentFinalizer, allBTreeFiles);
-            HashSet<String> btreeFilesSet = new HashSet<String>();
+            cleanupAndGetValidFilesInternal(dev, deletedKeysBTreeFilter, btreeFactory, componentFinalizer,
+                    allDeletedKeysBTreeFiles);
+            HashSet<String> deletedKeysBTreeFilesSet = new HashSet<String>();
             for (ComparableFileName cmpFileName : allBTreeFiles) {
                 int index = cmpFileName.fileName.lastIndexOf(SPLIT_STRING);
-                btreeFilesSet.add(cmpFileName.fileName.substring(0, index));
+                deletedKeysBTreeFilesSet.add(cmpFileName.fileName.substring(0, index));
             }
-            // List of valid RTree files that may or may not have a BTree buddy. Will check for buddies below.
-            ArrayList<ComparableFileName> tmpAllRTreeFiles = new ArrayList<ComparableFileName>();
-            cleanupAndGetValidFilesInternal(dev, rtreeFilter, rtreeFactory, componentFinalizer, tmpAllRTreeFiles);
-            // Look for buddy BTrees for all valid RTrees. 
-            // If no buddy is found, delete the file, otherwise add the RTree to allRTreeFiles. 
-            for (ComparableFileName cmpFileName : tmpAllRTreeFiles) {
+            // We use the dictionary BTree of the inverted index for validation.
+            // List of valid dictionary BTree files that may or may not have a deleted-keys BTree buddy. Will check for buddies below.
+            ArrayList<ComparableFileName> tmpAllBTreeFiles = new ArrayList<ComparableFileName>();
+            // TODO: Fix factory.
+            cleanupAndGetValidFilesInternal(dev, btreeFilter, rtreeFactory, componentFinalizer, tmpAllBTreeFiles);
+            // Look for buddy deleted-keys BTrees for all valid dictionary BTrees. 
+            // If no buddy is found, delete the file, otherwise add the dictionary BTree to allBTreeFiles. 
+            for (ComparableFileName cmpFileName : tmpAllBTreeFiles) {
                 int index = cmpFileName.fileName.lastIndexOf(SPLIT_STRING);
                 String file = cmpFileName.fileName.substring(0, index);
-                if (btreeFilesSet.contains(file)) {
-                    allRTreeFiles.add(cmpFileName);
+                if (deletedKeysBTreeFilesSet.contains(file)) {
+                    allBTreeFiles.add(cmpFileName);
                 } else {
                     // Couldn't find the corresponding BTree file; thus, delete
-                    // the RTree file.
-                    File invalidRTreeFile = new File(cmpFileName.fullPath);
-                    invalidRTreeFile.delete();
+                    // the deleted-keys BTree file.
+                    // There is no need to delete the inverted-lists file corresponding to the non-existent
+                    // dictionary BTree, because we flush the dictionary BTree first. So if it a dictionary BTree 
+                    // file does not exists, then neither can its inverted-list file.
+                    File invalidDeletedKeysBTreeFile = new File(cmpFileName.fullPath);
+                    invalidDeletedKeysBTreeFile.delete();
                 }
             }
         }
         // Sanity check.
-        if (allRTreeFiles.size() != allBTreeFiles.size()) {
+        if (allBTreeFiles.size() != allDeletedKeysBTreeFiles.size()) {
             throw new HyracksDataException("Unequal number of valid RTree and BTree files found. Aborting cleanup.");
         }
 
         // Trivial cases.
-        if (allRTreeFiles.isEmpty() || allBTreeFiles.isEmpty()) {
+        if (allBTreeFiles.isEmpty() || allDeletedKeysBTreeFiles.isEmpty()) {
             return validFiles;
         }
 
-        if (allRTreeFiles.size() == 1 && allBTreeFiles.size() == 1) {
-            validFiles.add(new LSMRInvertedIndexFileNameComponent(allRTreeFiles.get(0).fullPath, allBTreeFiles.get(0).fullPath));
+        // TODO: Continue from here.
+        if (allBTreeFiles.size() == 1 && allDeletedKeysBTreeFiles.size() == 1) {
+            validFiles.add(new LSMInvertedIndexFileNameComponent(allRTreeFiles.get(0).fullPath,
+                    allBTreeFiles.get(0).fullPath));
             return validFiles;
         }
 
         // Sorts files names from earliest to latest timestamp.
-        Collections.sort(allRTreeFiles);
+        Collections.sort(allDeletedKeysBTreeFiles);
         Collections.sort(allBTreeFiles);
 
         List<ComparableFileName> validComparableRTreeFiles = new ArrayList<ComparableFileName>();
@@ -169,27 +179,33 @@
         while (rtreeFileIter.hasNext() && btreeFileIter.hasNext()) {
             ComparableFileName cmpRTreeFileName = rtreeFileIter.next();
             ComparableFileName cmpBTreeFileName = btreeFileIter.next();
-            validFiles.add(new LSMRInvertedIndexFileNameComponent(cmpRTreeFileName.fullPath, cmpBTreeFileName.fullPath));
+            validFiles.add(new LSMInvertedIndexFileNameComponent(cmpRTreeFileName.fullPath, cmpBTreeFileName.fullPath));
         }
 
         return validFiles;
     }
 
-    public class LSMRInvertedIndexFileNameComponent {
-        private final String rtreeFileName;
+    public class LSMInvertedIndexFileNameComponent {
         private final String btreeFileName;
+        private final String invListsFileName;
+        private final String deletedKeysBTreeFileName;
 
-        LSMRInvertedIndexFileNameComponent(String rtreeFileName, String btreeFileName) {
-            this.rtreeFileName = rtreeFileName;
+        LSMInvertedIndexFileNameComponent(String btreeFileName, String invListsFileName, String deletedKeysBTreeFileName) {
             this.btreeFileName = btreeFileName;
-        }
-
-        public String getRTreeFileName() {
-            return rtreeFileName;
+            this.invListsFileName = invListsFileName;
+            this.deletedKeysBTreeFileName = deletedKeysBTreeFileName;
         }
 
         public String getBTreeFileName() {
             return btreeFileName;
         }
+
+        public String getInvListsFileName() {
+            return invListsFileName;
+        }
+
+        public String getDeletedKeysBTreeFileName() {
+            return deletedKeysBTreeFileName;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndex.java b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndex.java
index e64df14..91018bf 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndex.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndex.java
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@
     private final int numTokenFields;
     private final int numInvListKeys;
     private final FileReference invListsFile;
-
+    // Last page id of inverted-lists file (inclusive). Set during bulk load.
+    private int invListsMaxPageId = -1;
+    
     private boolean isOpen = false;
 
     public OnDiskInvertedIndex(IBufferCache bufferCache, IFileMapProvider fileMapProvider,
@@ -396,6 +398,7 @@
                 currentPage.releaseWriteLatch();
                 bufferCache.unpin(currentPage);
             }
+            invListsMaxPageId = currentPageId;
         }
     }
 
@@ -408,6 +411,10 @@
         return fileId;
     }
 
+    public int getInvListsMaxPageId() {
+        return invListsMaxPageId;
+    }
+    
     public IBinaryComparatorFactory[] getInvListCmpFactories() {
         return invListCmpFactories;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/AbstractLSMRTree.java b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/AbstractLSMRTree.java
index a3a7eca..95abab4 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/AbstractLSMRTree.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/AbstractLSMRTree.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.impls.NoOpOperationCallback;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.IndexOp;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMComponentFinalizer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMFileManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexFileManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMFlushController;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndex;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     protected TreeTupleSorter rTreeTupleSorter = null;
 
     // On-disk components.
-    protected final ILSMFileManager fileManager;
+    protected final ILSMIndexFileManager fileManager;
     protected final IBufferCache diskBufferCache;
     protected final IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider;
     // For creating RTree's used in flush and merge.
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
     public AbstractLSMRTree(IBufferCache memBufferCache, InMemoryFreePageManager memFreePageManager,
             ITreeIndexFrameFactory rtreeInteriorFrameFactory, ITreeIndexFrameFactory rtreeLeafFrameFactory,
             ITreeIndexFrameFactory btreeInteriorFrameFactory, ITreeIndexFrameFactory btreeLeafFrameFactory,
-            ILSMFileManager fileManager, TreeIndexFactory<RTree> diskRTreeFactory, IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider,
+            ILSMIndexFileManager fileManager, TreeIndexFactory<RTree> diskRTreeFactory, IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider,
             ILSMComponentFinalizer componentFinalizer, int fieldCount, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] rtreeCmpFactories,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories, ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizer,
             int[] comparatorFields, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] linearizerArray, ILSMFlushController flushController,
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTree.java b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTree.java
index 8627d32..1b0bf50 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTree.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTree.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.TreeIndexException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.impls.NoOpOperationCallback;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMFileManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexFileManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMFlushController;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperation;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallback;
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     public LSMRTree(IBufferCache memBufferCache, InMemoryFreePageManager memFreePageManager,
             ITreeIndexFrameFactory rtreeInteriorFrameFactory, ITreeIndexFrameFactory rtreeLeafFrameFactory,
             ITreeIndexFrameFactory btreeInteriorFrameFactory, ITreeIndexFrameFactory btreeLeafFrameFactory,
-            ILSMFileManager fileManager, TreeIndexFactory<RTree> diskRTreeFactory, TreeIndexFactory<BTree> diskBTreeFactory,
+            ILSMIndexFileManager fileManager, TreeIndexFactory<RTree> diskRTreeFactory, TreeIndexFactory<BTree> diskBTreeFactory,
             IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider, int fieldCount, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] rtreeCmpFactories,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories, ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizer,
             int[] comparatorFields, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] linearizerArray, ILSMFlushController flushController,
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTreeFileManager.java b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTreeFileManager.java
index 03a8d97..84ee50f 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTreeFileManager.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTreeFileManager.java
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.IODeviceHandle;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMComponentFinalizer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.LSMTreeFileManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.LSMIndexFileManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.TreeIndexFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
 
-public class LSMRTreeFileManager extends LSMTreeFileManager {
+public class LSMRTreeFileManager extends LSMIndexFileManager {
     private static final String RTREE_STRING = "r";
     private static final String BTREE_STRING = "b";
 
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuples.java b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuples.java
index d5855b5..cd0a764 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuples.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuples.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.TreeIndexException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.impls.NoOpOperationCallback;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMFileManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexFileManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMFlushController;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperation;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallback;
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     public LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuples(IBufferCache memBufferCache, InMemoryFreePageManager memFreePageManager,
             ITreeIndexFrameFactory rtreeInteriorFrameFactory, ITreeIndexFrameFactory rtreeLeafFrameFactory,
             ITreeIndexFrameFactory btreeInteriorFrameFactory, ITreeIndexFrameFactory btreeLeafFrameFactory,
-            ILSMFileManager fileManager, TreeIndexFactory<RTree> diskRTreeFactory, TreeIndexFactory<RTree> bulkLoadRTreeFactory,
+            ILSMIndexFileManager fileManager, TreeIndexFactory<RTree> diskRTreeFactory, TreeIndexFactory<RTree> bulkLoadRTreeFactory,
             IFileMapProvider diskFileMapProvider, int fieldCount, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] rtreeCmpFactories,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories, ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizer,
             int[] comparatorFields, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] linearizerArray, ILSMFlushController flushController,
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java
index 0902f4d..926c4ea 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.TreeIndexException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.frames.LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.freepage.LinkedListFreePageManagerFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMFileManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexFileManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMFlushController;
 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.ILSMOperationTracker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.freepage.InMemoryFreePageManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.BTreeFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.LSMTreeFileManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.LSMIndexFileManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.TreeIndexFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.rtree.impls.LSMRTree;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.rtree.impls.LSMRTreeFileManager;
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
         int[] comparatorFields = { 0 };
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] linearizerArray = { linearizer };
 
-        ILSMFileManager fileNameManager = new LSMRTreeFileManager(ioManager, diskFileMapProvider, file,
+        ILSMIndexFileManager fileNameManager = new LSMRTreeFileManager(ioManager, diskFileMapProvider, file,
                 diskRTreeFactory, diskBTreeFactory);
         LSMRTree lsmTree = new LSMRTree(memBufferCache, memFreePageManager, rtreeInteriorFrameFactory,
                 rtreeLeafFrameFactory, btreeInteriorFrameFactory, btreeLeafFrameFactory, fileNameManager,
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
         int[] comparatorFields = { 0, btreeCmpFactories.length - 1 };
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] linearizerArray = { linearizer, btreeCmpFactories[btreeCmpFactories.length - 1] };
 
-        ILSMFileManager fileNameManager = new LSMTreeFileManager(ioManager, diskFileMapProvider, file, diskRTreeFactory);
+        ILSMIndexFileManager fileNameManager = new LSMIndexFileManager(ioManager, diskFileMapProvider, file, diskRTreeFactory);
         LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuples lsmTree = new LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuples(memBufferCache, memFreePageManager,
                 rtreeInteriorFrameFactory, rtreeLeafFrameFactory, btreeInteriorFrameFactory, btreeLeafFrameFactory,
                 fileNameManager, diskRTreeFactory, bulkLoadRTreeFactory, diskFileMapProvider, typeTraits.length,
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/LSMTreeFileManagerTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/LSMTreeFileManagerTest.java
index feb9822..26a0037 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/LSMTreeFileManagerTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/LSMTreeFileManagerTest.java
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.IODeviceHandle;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.io.IOManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMComponentFinalizer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMFileManager;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.LSMTreeFileManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexFileManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.LSMIndexFileManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     }
 
     public void sortOrderTest(boolean testFlushFileName) throws InterruptedException, HyracksDataException {
-        ILSMFileManager fileManager = new LSMTreeFileManager(ioManager, fileMapProvider, file, new DummyTreeFactory());
+        ILSMIndexFileManager fileManager = new LSMIndexFileManager(ioManager, fileMapProvider, file, new DummyTreeFactory());
         LinkedList<String> fileNames = new LinkedList<String>();
 
         int numFileNames = 100;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     }
 
     public void cleanInvalidFilesTest(IOManager ioManager) throws InterruptedException, IOException {
-        ILSMFileManager fileManager = new LSMTreeFileManager(ioManager, fileMapProvider, file, new DummyTreeFactory());
+        ILSMIndexFileManager fileManager = new LSMIndexFileManager(ioManager, fileMapProvider, file, new DummyTreeFactory());
         fileManager.createDirs();
 
         List<FileReference> flushFiles = new ArrayList<FileReference>();
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
         return new IOManager(devices, Executors.newCachedThreadPool());
     }
 
-    private FileReference simulateMerge(ILSMFileManager fileManager, FileReference a, FileReference b)
+    private FileReference simulateMerge(ILSMIndexFileManager fileManager, FileReference a, FileReference b)
             throws HyracksDataException {
         String relMergeFileName = (String) fileManager
                 .getRelMergeFileName(a.getFile().getName(), b.getFile().getName());
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
         return mergeFile;
     }
 
-    private String getMergeFileName(ILSMFileManager fileNameManager, String firstFile, String lastFile)
+    private String getMergeFileName(ILSMIndexFileManager fileNameManager, String firstFile, String lastFile)
             throws HyracksDataException {
         File f1 = new File(firstFile);
         File f2 = new File(lastFile);