Improve commit log and benchmarks

Attempting to reconcile Enrique's change at
https://gerrit.onap.org/r/#/c/82999/ with the current master.

Change-Id: Id669c267e89d185a18d4dfa9a24852ddefcd83eb
Issue-ID: MUSIC-369
Signed-off-by: Arthur Martella <arthur.martella.1@att.com>

21 files changed, 774 insertions, 638 deletions

diff --git a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/MdbcConnection.java b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/MdbcConnection.java
index 7377c4f..72b8899 100755
--- a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/MdbcConnection.java
+++ b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/MdbcConnection.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ import org.onap.music.mdbc.ownership.Dag;
 import org.onap.music.mdbc.ownership.DagNode;
 import org.onap.music.mdbc.ownership.OwnershipAndCheckpoint;
 import org.onap.music.mdbc.query.QueryProcessor;
-import org.onap.music.mdbc.tables.MusicTxDigest;
+import org.onap.music.mdbc.tables.MusicTxDigestDaemon;
 import org.onap.music.mdbc.tables.MusicRangeInformationRow;
 import org.onap.music.mdbc.tables.StagingTable;
 import org.onap.music.mdbc.tables.TxCommitProgress;
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ public class MdbcConnection implements Connection {
         logger.debug("Mdbc connection created with id: "+id);
     }
 
+    public DBInterface getDatabaseInterface(){
+       return this.dbi;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public <T> T unwrap(Class<T> iface) throws SQLException {
         logger.error(EELFLoggerDelegate.errorLogger, "proxyconn unwrap: " + iface.getName());
@@ -263,6 +267,11 @@ public class MdbcConnection implements Connection {
             jdbcConn.close();
             logger.debug("Connection was closed for id:" + id);
         }
+        try {
+            mi.relinquish(partition.getLockId(),partition.getMRIIndex().toString());
+        } catch (MDBCServiceException e) {
+            throw new SQLException("Failure during relinquish of partition",e);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -509,7 +518,7 @@ public class MdbcConnection implements Connection {
             this.partition.updateDatabasePartition(tempPartition);
             statemanager.getOwnAndCheck().reloadAlreadyApplied(this.partition);
         }
-      dbi.preStatementHook(sql);
+        dbi.preStatementHook(sql);
     }
 
 
@@ -603,4 +612,16 @@ public class MdbcConnection implements Connection {
         mi.relinquishIfRequired(partition);
     }
 
+    public Connection getConnection(){
+        return jdbcConn;
+    }
+
+    public DatabasePartition getPartition() {
+       return partition;
+    }
+
+    public StagingTable getTransactionDigest(){
+        return transactionDigest;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/MdbcServer.java b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/MdbcServer.java
index 1712c30..42b9710 100755
--- a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/MdbcServer.java
+++ b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/MdbcServer.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 package org.onap.music.mdbc;
 
 import org.onap.music.mdbc.configurations.NodeConfiguration;
-import org.onap.music.mdbc.tables.MusicTxDigest;
+import org.onap.music.mdbc.tables.MusicTxDigestDaemon;
 import org.apache.calcite.avatica.remote.Driver.Serialization;
 import org.apache.calcite.avatica.remote.LocalService;
 import org.apache.calcite.avatica.server.HttpServer;
diff --git a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/MdbcServerLogic.java b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/MdbcServerLogic.java
index 9fb36ae..8f79840 100755
--- a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/MdbcServerLogic.java
+++ b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/MdbcServerLogic.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.onap.music.exceptions.MDBCServiceException;
 import org.onap.music.mdbc.configurations.NodeConfiguration;
-import org.onap.music.mdbc.tables.MusicTxDigest;
 
 import com.google.common.cache.Cache;
 import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder;
diff --git a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/Range.java b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/Range.java
index c498952..16e7170 100755
--- a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/Range.java
+++ b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/Range.java
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ import java.util.Objects;
  * In the future we may decide to partition ranges differently
  * @author Enrique Saurez 
  */
-public class Range implements Serializable, Cloneable{
-
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1610744496930800088L;
+public class Range implements Cloneable{
 
 	private String table;
 
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ public class Range implements Serializable, Cloneable{
 	}
 
 	@Override
-    protected Range clone() {
+	public Range clone() {
 	    Range newRange = null;
 	    try{
             newRange = (Range) super.clone();
diff --git a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/StateManager.java b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/StateManager.java
index f0d9832..1105bda 100644
--- a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/StateManager.java
+++ b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/StateManager.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.NotImplementedException;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
 import org.onap.music.exceptions.MDBCServiceException;
 import org.onap.music.logging.EELFLoggerDelegate;
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ import org.onap.music.mdbc.mixins.MusicInterface;
 import org.onap.music.mdbc.mixins.MusicInterface.OwnershipReturn;
 import org.onap.music.mdbc.ownership.OwnershipAndCheckpoint;
 import org.onap.music.mdbc.tables.MriReference;
-import org.onap.music.mdbc.tables.MusicTxDigest;
+import org.onap.music.mdbc.tables.MusicTxDigestDaemon;
 import org.onap.music.mdbc.tables.TxCommitProgress;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
-import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
@@ -95,6 +93,7 @@ public class StateManager {
     /** map of transactions that have already been applied/updated in this sites SQL db */
     private Map<Range, Pair<MriReference, Integer>> alreadyApplied;
     private OwnershipAndCheckpoint ownAndCheck;
+    private Thread txDaemon ;
 
     /**
      * For testing purposes only
@@ -122,19 +121,22 @@ public class StateManager {
         musicmixin = info.getProperty(Configuration.KEY_MUSIC_MIXIN_NAME, Configuration.MUSIC_MIXIN_DEFAULT);
         
         initMusic();
-        initSqlDatabase(); 
-
+        initSqlDatabase();
+        initTxDaemonThread();
         String t = info.getProperty(Configuration.KEY_OWNERSHIP_TIMEOUT);
-        long timeoutMs = (t == null) ? Configuration.DEFAULT_OWNERSHIP_TIMEOUT : Integer.parseInt(t);
+        long timeout = (t == null) ? Configuration.DEFAULT_OWNERSHIP_TIMEOUT : Integer.parseInt(t);
         alreadyApplied = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-        ownAndCheck = new OwnershipAndCheckpoint(alreadyApplied, timeoutMs);
-        
-        rangesToWarmup = initWarmupRanges();
-        logger.info("Warmup ranges for this site is " + rangesToWarmup);
+        ownAndCheck = new OwnershipAndCheckpoint(alreadyApplied, timeout);
+    }
 
-        MusicTxDigest txDaemon = new MusicTxDigest(this);
-        txDaemon.startBackgroundDaemon(Integer.parseInt(
-        		info.getProperty(Configuration.TX_DAEMON_SLEEPTIME_S, Configuration.TX_DAEMON_SLEEPTIME_S_DEFAULT))); 
+    protected void initTxDaemonThread(){
+        txDaemon = new Thread(
+            new MusicTxDigestDaemon(Integer.parseInt(
+                info.getProperty(Configuration.TX_DAEMON_SLEEPTIME_S, Configuration.TX_DAEMON_SLEEPTIME_S_DEFAULT)),
+                this));
+        txDaemon.setName("TxDaemon");
+        txDaemon.setDaemon(true);
+        txDaemon.start();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@ public class StateManager {
                     .append(";");
             Statement stmt = sqlConnection.createStatement();
             stmt.execute(sql.toString());
+            sqlConnection.close();
         } catch (SQLException e) {
             logger.error(EELFLoggerDelegate.errorLogger, e.getMessage(),AppMessages.UNKNOWNERROR, ErrorSeverity.CRITICAL,
                     ErrorTypes.GENERALSERVICEERROR);
@@ -243,7 +246,7 @@ public class StateManager {
                 returnArray = new ArrayList<>(eventualRanges);
             }
             else{
-                returnArray= null;
+                returnArray= new ArrayList<>();
             }
         }
         finally{
@@ -291,7 +294,7 @@ public class StateManager {
         }
         if(connectionRanges.containsKey(connectionId)){
             //We relinquish all locks obtained by a given
-            relinquish(connectionRanges.get(connectionId));
+            //relinquish(connectionRanges.get(connectionId));
             connectionRanges.remove(connectionId);
         }
     }
diff --git a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/configurations/ClusterConfiguration.java b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/configurations/ClusterConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..943fd46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/configurations/ClusterConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START====================================================
+ * org.onap.music.mdbc
+ * =============================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * =============================================================================
+ * 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 at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END======================================================
+ */
+package org.onap.music.mdbc.configurations;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import org.onap.music.datastore.PreparedQueryObject;
+import org.onap.music.exceptions.MDBCServiceException;
+import org.onap.music.exceptions.MusicServiceException;
+import org.onap.music.logging.EELFLoggerDelegate;
+import org.onap.music.main.MusicCore;
+import org.onap.music.mdbc.mixins.MusicMixin;
+
+public class ClusterConfiguration {
+    private String internalNamespace;
+    private int internalReplicationFactor;
+    private String musicNamespace;
+    private int musicReplicationFactor;
+    private String mriTableName;
+    private String mtxdTableName;
+    private String eventualMtxdTableName;
+    private String nodeInfoTableName;
+    private String rangeDependencyTableName;
+
+    private transient static EELFLoggerDelegate logger = EELFLoggerDelegate.getLogger(ClusterConfiguration.class);
+
+    public void initNamespaces() throws MDBCServiceException{
+        MusicMixin.createKeyspace(internalNamespace,internalReplicationFactor);
+        MusicMixin.createKeyspace(musicNamespace,musicReplicationFactor);
+    }
+
+    public void initTables() throws MDBCServiceException{
+        MusicMixin.createMusicRangeInformationTable(musicNamespace, mriTableName);
+        MusicMixin.createMusicTxDigest(mtxdTableName,musicNamespace, -1);
+        MusicMixin.createMusicEventualTxDigest(eventualMtxdTableName,musicNamespace, -1);
+        MusicMixin.createMusicNodeInfoTable(nodeInfoTableName,musicNamespace,-1);
+        MusicMixin.createMusicRangeDependencyTable(musicNamespace,rangeDependencyTableName);
+    }
+
+    private void initInternalTable() throws MDBCServiceException {
+        StringBuilder createKeysTableCql = new StringBuilder("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ")
+        .append(internalNamespace)
+        .append(".unsynced_keys (key text PRIMARY KEY);");
+        PreparedQueryObject queryObject = new PreparedQueryObject();
+        queryObject.appendQueryString(createKeysTableCql.toString());
+        try {
+            MusicCore.createTable(internalNamespace,"unsynced_keys", queryObject,"critical");
+        } catch (MusicServiceException e) {
+            logger.error("Error creating unsynced keys table" );
+            throw new MDBCServiceException("Error creating unsynced keys table", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+     public static ClusterConfiguration readJsonFromFile(String filepath) throws FileNotFoundException {
+        BufferedReader br;
+        try {
+            br = new BufferedReader(
+                    new FileReader(filepath));
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            logger.error(EELFLoggerDelegate.errorLogger,"File was not found when reading json"+e);
+            throw e;
+        }
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        ClusterConfiguration config = gson.fromJson(br, ClusterConfiguration.class);
+        return config;
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/configurations/NodeConfiguration.java b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/configurations/NodeConfiguration.java
index 5349219..38309d5 100755
--- a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/configurations/NodeConfiguration.java
+++ b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/configurations/NodeConfiguration.java
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ public class NodeConfiguration {
     }
 
     protected List<Range> toRanges(String tables){
+        if(tables.isEmpty()){
+            return new ArrayList<>();
+        }
         List<Range> newRange = new ArrayList<>();
         String[] tablesArray=tables.split(",");
         for(String table: tablesArray) {
diff --git a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/configurations/TablesConfiguration.java b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/configurations/TablesConfiguration.java
index a9d179f..343a8b8 100755
--- a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/configurations/TablesConfiguration.java
+++ b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/configurations/TablesConfiguration.java
@@ -20,14 +20,12 @@
 package org.onap.music.mdbc.configurations;
 
 import com.datastax.driver.core.ResultSet;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import org.onap.music.exceptions.MDBCServiceException;
 import org.onap.music.logging.EELFLoggerDelegate;
 import org.onap.music.mdbc.MDBCUtils;
 import org.onap.music.mdbc.Range;
-import org.onap.music.mdbc.RedoRow;
 import org.onap.music.mdbc.mixins.MusicMixin;
-import org.onap.music.mdbc.tables.MusicTxDigest;
+import org.onap.music.mdbc.tables.MusicRangeInformationRow;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import org.onap.music.datastore.PreparedQueryObject;
@@ -48,11 +46,8 @@ public class TablesConfiguration {
 
     private transient static EELFLoggerDelegate logger = EELFLoggerDelegate.getLogger(TablesConfiguration.class);
     private List<PartitionInformation> partitions;
-    private String internalNamespace;
-    private int internalReplicationFactor;
+    String tableToPartitionName;
     private String musicNamespace;
-    private int musicReplicationFactor;
-    private String tableToPartitionName;
     private String partitionInformationTableName;
     private String redoHistoryTableName;
     private String sqlDatabaseName;
@@ -67,8 +62,6 @@ public class TablesConfiguration {
      */
     public List<NodeConfiguration> initializeAndCreateNodeConfigurations() throws MDBCServiceException {
         logger.info("initializing the required spaces");
-        createKeyspaces();
-        initInternalNamespace();
 
         List<NodeConfiguration> nodeConfigs = new ArrayList<>();
         if(partitions == null){
@@ -77,10 +70,7 @@ public class TablesConfiguration {
         }
         for(PartitionInformation partitionInfo : partitions){
             String mriTableName = partitionInfo.mriTableName;
-            checkIfMriIsEmpty(mriTableName);
-            //0) Create the corresponding Music Range Information table
-            MusicMixin.createMusicRangeInformationTable(musicNamespace,mriTableName);
-
+            checkIfMriDoesNotExists(mriTableName,partitionInfo);
             String partitionId;
             if(partitionInfo.partitionId==null || partitionInfo.partitionId.isEmpty()){
                 //1) Create a row in the partition info table
@@ -108,24 +98,7 @@ public class TablesConfiguration {
         return nodeConfigs;
     }
 
-    private void createKeyspaces() throws MDBCServiceException {
-        MusicMixin.createKeyspace(internalNamespace,internalReplicationFactor);
-        MusicMixin.createKeyspace(musicNamespace,musicReplicationFactor);
-
-    }
-
-    private void checkIfMriIsEmpty(String mriTableName) throws MDBCServiceException {
-        //First check if table exists
-        StringBuilder checkTableExistsString = new StringBuilder("SELECT table_name FROM system_schema.tables WHERE keyspace_name='")
-            .append(musicNamespace)
-            .append("';");
-        PreparedQueryObject checkTableExists = new PreparedQueryObject();
-        checkTableExists.appendQueryString(checkTableExistsString.toString());
-        final ResultSet resultSet = MusicCore.quorumGet(checkTableExists);
-        if(resultSet.isExhausted()){
-            //Table doesn't exist
-            return;
-        }
+    private void checkIfMriDoesNotExists(String mriTableName, PartitionInformation partition) throws MDBCServiceException {
         //If exists, check if empty
         StringBuilder checkRowsInTableString = new StringBuilder("SELECT * FROM ")
             .append(musicNamespace)
@@ -134,27 +107,19 @@ public class TablesConfiguration {
             .append("';");
         PreparedQueryObject checkRowsInTable = new PreparedQueryObject();
         checkRowsInTable.appendQueryString(checkRowsInTableString.toString());
-        final ResultSet resultSet2 = MusicCore.quorumGet(checkTableExists);
-        if(!resultSet2.isExhausted()) {
-            throw new MDBCServiceException("When initializing the configuration of the system, the MRI should not exits "
-                + "be empty");
+        final ResultSet resultSet = MusicCore.quorumGet(checkRowsInTable);
+        while(resultSet!=null && !resultSet.isExhausted()){
+            final MusicRangeInformationRow mriRowFromCassandraRow = MusicMixin.getMRIRowFromCassandraRow(resultSet.one());
+            List<Range> ranges = mriRowFromCassandraRow.getDBPartition().getSnapshot();
+            for(Range range: partition.getTables()) {
+                if (Range.overlaps(ranges,range.getTable())){
+                    throw new MDBCServiceException("MRI row already exists");
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 
 
-    private void initInternalNamespace() throws MDBCServiceException {
-        StringBuilder createKeysTableCql = new StringBuilder("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ")
-        .append(internalNamespace)
-        .append(".unsynced_keys (key text PRIMARY KEY);");
-        PreparedQueryObject queryObject = new PreparedQueryObject();
-        queryObject.appendQueryString(createKeysTableCql.toString());
-        try {
-            MusicCore.createTable(internalNamespace,"unsynced_keys", queryObject,"critical");
-        } catch (MusicServiceException e) {
-            logger.error("Error creating unsynced keys table" );
-            throw new MDBCServiceException("Error creating unsynced keys table", e);
-        }
-    }
 
     public static TablesConfiguration readJsonFromFile(String filepath) throws FileNotFoundException {
         BufferedReader br;
@@ -174,7 +139,6 @@ public class TablesConfiguration {
         private List<Range> tables;
         private String owner;
         private String mriTableName;
-        private String mtxdTableName;
         private String partitionId;
 
         public List<Range> getTables() {
@@ -209,12 +173,5 @@ public class TablesConfiguration {
             this.partitionId = partitionId;
         }
 
-        public String getMtxdTableName(){
-           return mtxdTableName;
-        }
-
-        public void setMtxdTableName(String mtxdTableName) {
-            this.mtxdTableName = mtxdTableName;
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/examples/MdbcTestClient.java b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/examples/MdbcTestClient.java
index fd8651a..60c97d1 100644
--- a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/examples/MdbcTestClient.java
+++ b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/examples/MdbcTestClient.java
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ public class MdbcTestClient {
         }

         Connection connection;

         try { 

-            String metricURL = "http://localhost:300000/test"; 

-            if(args[0] != null) { 

+            String metricURL = "http://localhost:30000/test"; 

+            if (args.length>0 && args[0] != null) { 

                 metricURL = args[0]; 

             } 

             connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:avatica:remote:url=" + metricURL+ ";serialization=protobuf"); 

@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ public class MdbcTestClient {
             e.printStackTrace(); 

             return; 

         }

-

         try {

         connection.setAutoCommit(false);

         } catch (SQLException e) {

@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ public class MdbcTestClient {
             return;

         }

 

-

         final String sql = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS Persons (\n" +

                 "    PersonID int,\n" +

                 "    LastName varchar(255),\n" +

@@ -84,7 +82,6 @@ public class MdbcTestClient {
             e.printStackTrace();

             return;

         }

-

         boolean execute = true;

 //        try {

 //            execute = stmt.execute(sql);

@@ -123,9 +120,9 @@ public class MdbcTestClient {
         }

 

         try {

-            //execute = insertStmt.execute(insertSQL);

+            execute = insertStmt.execute(insertSQL);

             execute = insertStmt.execute(insertSQL1);

-            //execute = insertStmt.execute(insertSQL2);

+            execute = insertStmt.execute(insertSQL2);

             //execute = insertStmt.execute(insertSQL3);

             //execute = insertStmt.execute(insertSQL4);

 

diff --git a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/mixins/DBInterface.java b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/mixins/DBInterface.java
index a514dc6..a594918 100755
--- a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/mixins/DBInterface.java
+++ b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/mixins/DBInterface.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  */
 package org.onap.music.mdbc.mixins;
 
+import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -130,4 +131,6 @@ public interface DBInterface {
 	void enableForeignKeyChecks() throws SQLException;
 
 	void applyTxDigest(StagingTable txDigest, List<Range> ranges) throws SQLException, MDBCServiceException;
+
+	Connection getSQLConnection();
 }
diff --git a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/mixins/MusicInterface.java b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/mixins/MusicInterface.java
index 00f6d00..8b91b28 100755
--- a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/mixins/MusicInterface.java
+++ b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/mixins/MusicInterface.java
@@ -21,11 +21,8 @@ package org.onap.music.mdbc.mixins;
 
 import com.datastax.driver.core.ResultSet;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.*;
+
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.onap.music.exceptions.MDBCServiceException;
 import org.onap.music.exceptions.MusicLockingException;
@@ -230,12 +227,12 @@ public interface MusicInterface {
 
 	/**
      * This function is used to append an index to the redo log in a MRI row
-     * @param partition information related to ownership of partitions, used to verify ownership
+     * @param MRIIndex index of the row to which the record is going to be added (obtained from the Partition)
+	 * @param lockId reference to lock associated to the row in the MRI table MRIIndex.
      * @param newRecord index of the new record to be appended to the redo log
      * @throws MDBCServiceException
      */
-	void appendToRedoLog( DatabasePartition partition, MusicTxDigestId newRecord) throws MDBCServiceException;
-
+	void appendToRedoLog(UUID MRIIndex,  String lockId, MusicTxDigestId newRecord)throws MDBCServiceException;
     /**
      * This functions adds the tx digest to
      * @param newId id used as index in the MTD table
@@ -261,7 +258,7 @@ public interface MusicInterface {
      * @throws MDBCServiceException
      */
 	
-	public LinkedHashMap<UUID, StagingTable> getEveTxDigest(String nodeName) throws MDBCServiceException;
+	LinkedHashMap<UUID, StagingTable> getEveTxDigest(String nodeName) throws MDBCServiceException;
     /**
      * Function used to retrieve a given transaction digest and deserialize it
      * @param id of the transaction digest to be retrieved
@@ -277,17 +274,6 @@ public interface MusicInterface {
      */
 	void relinquishIfRequired(DatabasePartition partition) throws MDBCServiceException;
 
-    /**
-	 * This function is in charge of owning all the ranges requested and creating a new row that show the ownership of all
-	 * those ranges.
-	 * @param rangeId new id to be used in the new row
-	 * @param ranges ranges to be owned by the end of the function called
-	 * @param partition current ownership status
-	 * @return
-	 * @throws MDBCServiceException
-	 */
-	//OwnershipReturn appendRange(String rangeId, List<Range> ranges, DatabasePartition partition) throws MDBCServiceException;
-
 	/**
      * This functions relinquishes a range
      * @param ownerId id of the current ownerh
@@ -318,10 +304,17 @@ public interface MusicInterface {
 
     List<MusicRangeInformationRow> getAllMriRows() throws MDBCServiceException;
     
-    public void updateNodeInfoTableWithTxTimeIDKey(UUID txTimeID, String nodeName) throws MDBCServiceException;
-    public LockResult requestLock(LockRequest request) throws MDBCServiceException;
-    public void releaseLocks(Map<UUID, LockResult> newLocks) throws MDBCServiceException;
-    public OwnershipReturn mergeLatestRows(Dag extendedDag, List<MusicRangeInformationRow> latestRows, List<Range> ranges,
+
+    void deleteMriRow(MusicRangeInformationRow row) throws MDBCServiceException;
+
+    void updateNodeInfoTableWithTxTimeIDKey(UUID txTimeID, String nodeName) throws MDBCServiceException;
+
+    LockResult requestLock(LockRequest request) throws MDBCServiceException;
+
+    void releaseLocks(Map<UUID, LockResult> newLocks) throws MDBCServiceException;
+
+    OwnershipReturn mergeLatestRows(Dag extendedDag, List<MusicRangeInformationRow> latestRows, List<Range> ranges,
             Map<UUID, LockResult> locks, UUID ownershipId) throws MDBCServiceException;
+
 }
 
diff --git a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/mixins/MusicMixin.java b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/mixins/MusicMixin.java
index c6cc512..e548f1a 100644
--- a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/mixins/MusicMixin.java
+++ b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/mixins/MusicMixin.java
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
 import java.util.UUID;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.function.BiFunction;
+import java.util.concurrent.*;
+
+import com.datastax.driver.core.*;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.onap.music.datastore.Condition;
@@ -67,14 +68,6 @@ import org.onap.music.mdbc.tables.MusicTxDigestId;
 import org.onap.music.mdbc.tables.RangeDependency;
 import org.onap.music.mdbc.tables.StagingTable;
 import org.onap.music.mdbc.tables.TxCommitProgress;
-import com.datastax.driver.core.BoundStatement;
-import com.datastax.driver.core.ColumnDefinitions;
-import com.datastax.driver.core.DataType;
-import com.datastax.driver.core.PreparedStatement;
-import com.datastax.driver.core.ResultSet;
-import com.datastax.driver.core.Row;
-import com.datastax.driver.core.Session;
-import com.datastax.driver.core.TupleValue;
 
 /**
  * This class provides the methods that MDBC needs to access Cassandra directly in order to provide persistence
@@ -106,16 +99,19 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
     public static final String KEY_MUSIC_RFACTOR      = "music_rfactor";
     /** The property name to use to provide the replication factor for Cassandra. */
     public static final String KEY_MUSIC_NAMESPACE = "music_namespace";
+    /**  The property name to use to provide a flag indicating if compression is required */
+    public static final String KEY_COMPRESSION = "mdbc_compression";
     /** Namespace for the tables in MUSIC (Cassandra) */
     public static final String DEFAULT_MUSIC_NAMESPACE = "namespace";
     /** The default property value to use for the Cassandra IP address. */
     public static final String DEFAULT_MUSIC_ADDRESS  = "localhost";
     /** The default property value to use for the Cassandra replication factor. */
-    public static final int    DEFAULT_MUSIC_RFACTOR  = 1;
+    public static final int    DEFAULT_MUSIC_RFACTOR  = 3;
     /** The default primary string column, if none is provided. */
     public static final String MDBC_PRIMARYKEY_NAME = "mdbc_cuid";
     /** Type of the primary key, if none is defined by the user */
     public static final String MDBC_PRIMARYKEY_TYPE = "uuid";
+    public static final boolean DEFAULT_COMPRESSION = true;
 
 
     //\TODO Add logic to change the names when required and create the tables when necessary
@@ -178,9 +174,12 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
         //typemap.put(Types.DATE,   	 "TIMESTAMP");
     }
 
+
     protected final String music_ns;
     protected final String myId;
     protected final String[] allReplicaIds;
+    protected ExecutorService commitExecutorThreads;
+
     private final String musicAddress;
     private final int    music_rfactor;
     private MusicConnector mCon        = null;
@@ -189,7 +188,7 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
     private Map<String, PreparedStatement> ps_cache = new HashMap<>();
     private Set<String> in_progress    = Collections.synchronizedSet(new HashSet<String>());
     private StateManager stateManager;
-    
+    private boolean useCompression;
 
     public MusicMixin() {
 
@@ -206,14 +205,16 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
         // Default to using the host_ids of the various peers as the replica IDs (this is probably preferred)
         this.musicAddress   = info.getProperty(KEY_MUSIC_ADDRESS, DEFAULT_MUSIC_ADDRESS);
         logger.info(EELFLoggerDelegate.applicationLogger,"MusicSqlManager: musicAddress="+musicAddress);
-
-        String s            = info.getProperty(KEY_MUSIC_RFACTOR);
-        this.music_rfactor  = (s == null) ? DEFAULT_MUSIC_RFACTOR : Integer.parseInt(s);
+        MusicDataStore dsHandle = null;
+        try {
+            dsHandle = MusicDataStoreHandle.getDSHandle();
+        } catch (MusicServiceException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
 
         this.myId           = info.getProperty(KEY_MY_ID,    getMyHostId());
         logger.info(EELFLoggerDelegate.applicationLogger,"MusicSqlManager: myId="+myId);
 
-
         this.allReplicaIds  = info.getProperty(KEY_REPLICAS, getAllHostIds()).split(",");
         logger.info(EELFLoggerDelegate.applicationLogger,"MusicSqlManager: allReplicaIds="+info.getProperty(KEY_REPLICAS, this.myId));
 
@@ -222,7 +223,14 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
 
         this.stateManager = stateManager;
         
+        String c = info.getProperty(KEY_COMPRESSION);
+        this.useCompression = (c == null) ? DEFAULT_COMPRESSION: Boolean.parseBoolean(c);
+
+        String s            = info.getProperty(KEY_MUSIC_RFACTOR);
+        this.music_rfactor  = (s == null) ? DEFAULT_MUSIC_RFACTOR : Integer.parseInt(s);
+
         initializeMetricTables();
+        commitExecutorThreads = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(4);
     }
 
     public String getMusicTxDigestTableName(){
@@ -244,8 +252,16 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
 
     public static void createKeyspace(String keyspace, int replicationFactor) throws MDBCServiceException {
         Map<String,Object> replicationInfo = new HashMap<>();
-        replicationInfo.put("'class'", "'SimpleStrategy'");
-        replicationInfo.put("'replication_factor'", replicationFactor);
+        replicationInfo.put("'class'", "'NetworkTopologyStrategy'");
+        if(replicationFactor==3){
+            replicationInfo.put("'dc1'", 1);
+            replicationInfo.put("'dc2'", 1);
+            replicationInfo.put("'dc3'", 1);
+        }
+        else {
+            replicationInfo.put("'class'", "'SimpleStrategy'");
+            replicationInfo.put("'replication_factor'", replicationFactor);
+        }
 
         PreparedQueryObject queryObject = new PreparedQueryObject();
         queryObject.appendQueryString(
@@ -317,7 +333,7 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
             createMusicEventualTxDigest();
             createMusicNodeInfoTable();
             createMusicRangeInformationTable(this.music_ns,this.musicRangeInformationTableName);
-            createMusicRangeDependencyTable();
+            createMusicRangeDependencyTable(this.music_ns,this.musicRangeDependencyTableName);
         }
         catch(MDBCServiceException e){
             logger.error(EELFLoggerDelegate.errorLogger,"Error creating tables in MUSIC");
@@ -1207,67 +1223,6 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
         return previous.keySet().equals(current.keySet());
     }
 
-    protected List<Range> waitForLock(LockRequest request, DatabasePartition partition,
-                                           Map<UUID, LockResult> rowLock) throws MDBCServiceException {
-        List<Range> newRanges = new ArrayList<>();
-        if(partition.getMRIIndex()!=request.getId()){
-            throw new MDBCServiceException("Invalid argument for wait for lock, range id in request and partition should match");
-        }
-        String fullyQualifiedKey= music_ns+"."+ request.getTable()+"."+request.getId();
-        String lockId = MusicCore.createLockReference(fullyQualifiedKey);
-        ReturnType lockReturn = acquireLock(fullyQualifiedKey,lockId);
-        if(lockReturn.getResult().compareTo(ResultType.SUCCESS) != 0 ) {
-            //\TODO Improve the exponential backoff
-            List<Range> pendingToLock = request.getToLockRanges();
-            Map<UUID, String> currentLockRef = new HashMap<>();
-            int n = 1;
-            int low = 1;
-            int high = 1000;
-            Random r = new Random();
-            Map<Range, RangeMriRow> rangeRows = findRangeRows(pendingToLock);
-            NavigableMap<UUID, List<Range>> rowsToLock = getPendingRows(rangeRows);
-            NavigableMap<UUID, List<Range>> prevRows = new TreeMap<>();
-            while (!pendingToLock.isEmpty() && isDifferent(prevRows,rowsToLock) ) {
-                pendingToLock.clear();
-                try {
-                    Thread.sleep(((int) Math.round(Math.pow(2, n)) * 1000)
-                        + (r.nextInt(high - low) + low));
-                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                n++;
-                if (n == 20) {
-                    throw new MDBCServiceException("Lock was impossible to obtain, waited for 20 exponential backoffs!");
-                }
-                //\TODO do this in parallel
-                //\TODO there is a race condition here, from the time we get the find range rows, to the time we lock the row,
-                //\TODO this race condition can only be solved if require to obtain lock to all related rows in MRI
-                //\TODO before fully owning the range
-                //\TODO The rows need to be lock in increasing order of timestamp
-                //there could be a new row created
-                // Note: This loop needs to be perfomed in sorted order of timebased UUID
-                for (Map.Entry<UUID, List<Range>> pending : rowsToLock.entrySet()) {
-                    List<Range> rs = lockRow(request, pending, currentLockRef, fullyQualifiedKey, lockId, pendingToLock, rowLock);
-                    newRanges.addAll(rs);
-                }
-                if (n++ == 20) {
-                    throw new MDBCServiceException(
-                        "Lock was impossible to obtain, waited for 20 exponential backoffs!");
-                }
-                rangeRows = findRangeRows(pendingToLock);
-                prevRows = rowsToLock;
-                rowsToLock = getPendingRows(rangeRows);
-            }
-        }
-        else {
-            partition.setLockId(lockId);
-            rowLock.put(partition.getMRIIndex(),new LockResult(partition.getMRIIndex(), lockId, true, partition.getSnapshot()));
-        }
-        return newRanges;
-    }
-
-
-
     protected String createAndAssignLock(String fullyQualifiedKey, DatabasePartition partition) throws MDBCServiceException {
         UUID mriIndex = partition.getMRIIndex();
         String lockId;
@@ -1315,13 +1270,14 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
         }
     }
 
-    protected void appendIndexToMri(String lockId, UUID commitId, UUID MriIndex) throws MDBCServiceException{
-        PreparedQueryObject appendQuery = createAppendMtxdIndexToMriQuery(musicRangeInformationTableName, MriIndex, musicTxDigestTableName, commitId);
-        ReturnType returnType = MusicCore.criticalPut(music_ns, musicRangeInformationTableName, MriIndex.toString(), appendQuery, lockId, null);
-        if(returnType.getResult().compareTo(ResultType.SUCCESS) != 0 ){
-            logger.error(EELFLoggerDelegate.errorLogger, "Error when executing append operation with return type: "+returnType.getMessage());
-            throw new MDBCServiceException("Error when executing append operation with return type: "+returnType.getMessage());
+    public void createAndAddTxDigest(final StagingTable transactionDigest, UUID digestId)
+        throws MDBCServiceException {
+        ByteBuffer serializedTransactionDigest;
+        serializedTransactionDigest = transactionDigest.getSerializedStagingAndClean();
+        if(useCompression){
+            serializedTransactionDigest = StagingTable.Compress(serializedTransactionDigest);
         }
+        addTxDigest(digestId, serializedTransactionDigest);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1331,9 +1287,7 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
     @Override
     public void commitLog(DatabasePartition partition,List<Range> eventualRanges,  StagingTable transactionDigest,
                           String txId ,TxCommitProgress progressKeeper) throws MDBCServiceException {
-        // first deal with commit for eventually consistent tables
-        filterAndAddEventualTxDigest(eventualRanges, transactionDigest, txId, progressKeeper);
-        
+            
         if(partition==null){
             logger.warn("Trying tcommit log with null partition");
             return;
@@ -1343,7 +1297,9 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
             logger.warn("Trying to commit log with empty ranges");
             return;
         }
-        
+
+        // first deal with commit for eventually consistent tables
+        filterAndAddEventualTxDigest(eventualRanges, transactionDigest, txId, progressKeeper);
  
         UUID mriIndex = partition.getMRIIndex();
         String fullyQualifiedMriKey = music_ns+"."+ this.musicRangeInformationTableName+"."+mriIndex;
@@ -1353,54 +1309,70 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
             throw new MDBCServiceException("Not able to commit, as you are no longer the lock-holder for this partition");
         }
 
-        UUID commitId;
-        //Generate a local commit id
-        if(progressKeeper.containsTx(txId)) {
-            commitId = progressKeeper.getCommitId(txId);
-        }
-        else{
-            logger.error(EELFLoggerDelegate.errorLogger, "Tx with id "+txId+" was not created in the TxCommitProgress ");
-            throw new MDBCServiceException("Tx with id "+txId+" was not created in the TxCommitProgress ");
-        }
         //Add creation type of transaction digest
-
-        //1. Push new row to RRT and obtain its index
         if(transactionDigest == null || transactionDigest.isEmpty()) {
             return;
         }
-        
-        ByteBuffer serializedTransactionDigest;
-        if(!transactionDigest.isEmpty()) {
-            serializedTransactionDigest = transactionDigest.getSerializedStagingAndClean();
-            MusicTxDigestId digestId = new MusicTxDigestId(mriIndex, -1);
-            addTxDigest(digestId, serializedTransactionDigest);
-            //2. Save RRT index to RQ
-            if (progressKeeper != null) {
-                progressKeeper.setRecordId(txId, digestId);
+
+        final MusicTxDigestId digestId = new MusicTxDigestId(MDBCUtils.generateUniqueKey(), -1);
+        Callable<Boolean> insertDigestCallable =()-> {
+            try {
+                createAndAddTxDigest(transactionDigest,digestId.transactionId);
+                return true;
+            } catch (MDBCServiceException e) {
+                logger.error(EELFLoggerDelegate.errorLogger, "Error creating and pushing tx digest to music",e);
+                return false;
             }
-            //3. Append RRT index into the corresponding TIT row array
-            appendToRedoLog(partition, digestId);
-            List<Range> ranges = partition.getSnapshot();
-            for(Range r : ranges) {
-                Map<Range, Pair<MriReference, Integer>> alreadyApplied = stateManager.getOwnAndCheck().getAlreadyApplied();
-                if(!alreadyApplied.containsKey(r)){
-                    throw new MDBCServiceException("already applied data structure was not updated correctly and range "
+        };
+        Callable<Boolean> appendCallable=()-> {
+            try {
+                appendToRedoLog(music_ns, mriIndex, digestId.transactionId, lockId, musicTxDigestTableName,
+                    musicRangeInformationTableName);
+                return true;
+            } catch (MDBCServiceException e) {
+                logger.error(EELFLoggerDelegate.errorLogger, "Error creating and pushing tx digest to music",e);
+                return false;
+            }
+        };
+
+        Future<Boolean> appendResultFuture = commitExecutorThreads.submit(appendCallable);
+        Future<Boolean> digestFuture = commitExecutorThreads.submit(insertDigestCallable);
+        try {
+            //Boolean appendResult = appendResultFuture.get();
+            Boolean digestResult = digestFuture.get();
+            if(/*!appendResult ||*/ !digestResult){
+                logger.error(EELFLoggerDelegate.errorLogger, "Error appending to log or adding tx digest");
+                throw new MDBCServiceException("Error appending to log or adding tx digest");
+            }
+        } catch (InterruptedException|ExecutionException e) {
+            logger.error(EELFLoggerDelegate.errorLogger, "Error executing futures for creating and pushing tx " +
+                "digest to music",e);
+            throw new MDBCServiceException("Failure when retrieving futures for execution of digestion creation and append", e);
+        }
+
+        if (progressKeeper != null) {
+            progressKeeper.setRecordId(txId, digestId);
+        }
+        List<Range> ranges = partition.getSnapshot();
+        for(Range r : ranges) {
+            Map<Range, Pair<MriReference, Integer>> alreadyApplied = stateManager.getOwnAndCheck().getAlreadyApplied();
+            if(!alreadyApplied.containsKey(r)){
+                throw new MDBCServiceException("already applied data structure was not updated correctly and range "
                     +r+" is not contained");
-                }
-                Pair<MriReference, Integer> rowAndIndex = alreadyApplied.get(r);
-                MriReference key = rowAndIndex.getKey();
-                if(!mriIndex.equals(key.index)){
-                    throw new MDBCServiceException("already applied data structure was not updated correctly and range "+
-                        r+" is not pointing to row: "+mriIndex.toString());
-                }
-                alreadyApplied.put(r, Pair.of(new MriReference(mriIndex), rowAndIndex.getValue()+1));
             }
+            Pair<MriReference, Integer> rowAndIndex = alreadyApplied.get(r);
+            MriReference key = rowAndIndex.getKey();
+            if(!mriIndex.equals(key.index)){
+                throw new MDBCServiceException("already applied data structure was not updated correctly and range "+
+                    r+" is not pointing to row: "+mriIndex.toString());
+            }
+            alreadyApplied.put(r, Pair.of(new MriReference(mriIndex), rowAndIndex.getValue()+1));
         }
     }    
 
     private void filterAndAddEventualTxDigest(List<Range> eventualRanges,
-            StagingTable transactionDigest, String txId,
-            TxCommitProgress progressKeeper) throws MDBCServiceException {
+                                              StagingTable transactionDigest, String txId,
+                                              TxCommitProgress progressKeeper) throws MDBCServiceException {
         
         if(eventualRanges == null || eventualRanges.isEmpty()) {
             return;
@@ -1410,30 +1382,19 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
             throw new MDBCServiceException();
         }
         
-        UUID commitId = getCommitId(txId, progressKeeper);
+        if(!transactionDigest.isEmpty()) {
+            ByteBuffer serialized = transactionDigest.getSerializedEventuallyStagingAndClean();
 
-        ByteBuffer serialized = transactionDigest.getSerializedEventuallyStagingAndClean();
+            if (serialized!=null && useCompression) {
+                serialized = StagingTable.Compress(serialized);
+            }
 
-        if(serialized != null ) {
-            MusicTxDigestId digestId = new MusicTxDigestId(commitId,-1);
-            addEventualTxDigest(digestId, serialized);
+            if (serialized != null) {
+                MusicTxDigestId digestId = new MusicTxDigestId(MDBCUtils.generateUniqueKey(), -1);
+                addEventualTxDigest(digestId, serialized);
+            }
         }
         
-        
-    }
-
-    private UUID getCommitId(String txId, TxCommitProgress progressKeeper)
-            throws MDBCServiceException {
-        UUID commitId;
-        //Generate a local commit id
-        if(progressKeeper.containsTx(txId)) {
-            commitId = progressKeeper.getCommitId(txId);
-        }
-        else{
-            logger.error(EELFLoggerDelegate.errorLogger, "Tx with id "+txId+" was not created in the TxCommitProgress ");
-            throw new MDBCServiceException("Tx with id "+txId+" was not created in the TxCommitProgress ");
-        }
-        return commitId;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1503,7 +1464,7 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
         return partitions;
     }
 
-    public MusicRangeInformationRow getMRIRowFromCassandraRow(Row newRow){
+    static public MusicRangeInformationRow getMRIRowFromCassandraRow(Row newRow){
         UUID partitionIndex = newRow.getUUID("rangeid");
         List<TupleValue> log = newRow.getList("txredolog",TupleValue.class);
         List<MusicTxDigestId> digestIds = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -1608,9 +1569,13 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
         DatabasePartition newPartition = info.getDBPartition();
 
         String fullyQualifiedMriKey = music_ns+"."+ musicRangeInformationTableName+"."+newPartition.getMRIIndex().toString();
-        String lockId = createAndAssignLock(fullyQualifiedMriKey, newPartition);
+        String lockId;
+        int counter=0;
+        do {
+            lockId = createAndAssignLock(fullyQualifiedMriKey, newPartition);
             //TODO: fix this retry logic
-        if(lockId == null || lockId.isEmpty()){
+        } while ((lockId ==null||lockId.isEmpty())&&(counter++<3));
+        if (lockId == null || lockId.isEmpty()) {
             throw new MDBCServiceException("Error initializing music range information, error creating a lock for a new row" +
                 "for key "+fullyQualifiedMriKey) ;
         }
@@ -1632,7 +1597,7 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
                 .append(rangeAndDependencies.getRange().getTable())
                 .append(",{");
         boolean first=true;
-        for(Range r: rangeAndDependencies.dependentRanges()){
+        for (Range r: rangeAndDependencies.dependentRanges()) {
             if(first){ first=false; }
             else {
                 insert.append(',');
@@ -1658,7 +1623,7 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
                 .append(id)
                 .append(",{");
         boolean first=true;
-        for(Range r: rangesCopy){
+        for (Range r: rangesCopy) {
             if(first){ first=false; }
             else {
                 insert.append(',');
@@ -1706,7 +1671,7 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
             .append(id)
             .append(",{");
         boolean first=true;
-        for(Range r: ranges){
+        for (Range r: ranges) {
             if(first){ first=false; }
             else {
                 insert.append(',');
@@ -1731,24 +1696,32 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void appendToRedoLog(DatabasePartition partition, MusicTxDigestId newRecord) throws MDBCServiceException {
-        logger.info("Appending to redo log for partition " + partition.getMRIIndex() + " txId=" + newRecord.txId);
-        PreparedQueryObject appendQuery = createAppendMtxdIndexToMriQuery(musicRangeInformationTableName, partition.getMRIIndex(),
-            musicTxDigestTableName, newRecord.txId);
-        ReturnType returnType = MusicCore.criticalPut(music_ns, musicRangeInformationTableName, partition.getMRIIndex().toString(),
-            appendQuery, partition.getLockId(), null);
-        if(returnType.getResult().compareTo(ResultType.SUCCESS) != 0 ){
+    public void appendToRedoLog(UUID MRIIndex,  String lockId, MusicTxDigestId newRecord) throws MDBCServiceException {
+        logger.debug("Appending to redo log for partition " + MRIIndex + " txId=" + newRecord.transactionId);
+        appendToRedoLog(music_ns,MRIIndex,newRecord.transactionId,lockId,musicTxDigestTableName,
+            musicRangeInformationTableName);
+    }
+
+    public void appendToRedoLog(String musicNamespace, UUID MRIIndex, UUID transactionId, String lockId,
+                                        String musicTxDigestTableName, String musicRangeInformationTableName)
+        throws MDBCServiceException{
+        PreparedQueryObject appendQuery = createAppendMtxdIndexToMriQuery(musicRangeInformationTableName, MRIIndex,
+            musicTxDigestTableName, transactionId);
+        ReturnType returnType = MusicCore.criticalPut(musicNamespace, musicRangeInformationTableName, MRIIndex.toString(),
+            appendQuery, lockId, null);
+        //returnType.getExecutionInfo()
+        if (returnType.getResult().compareTo(ResultType.SUCCESS) != 0) {
             logger.error(EELFLoggerDelegate.errorLogger, "Error when executing append operation with return type: "+returnType.getMessage());
             throw new MDBCServiceException("Error when executing append operation with return type: "+returnType.getMessage());
         }
     }
 
     public void createMusicTxDigest() throws MDBCServiceException {
-        createMusicTxDigest(-1);
+        createMusicTxDigest(this.musicTxDigestTableName,this.music_ns,-1);
     }
     
     public void createMusicEventualTxDigest() throws MDBCServiceException {
-        createMusicEventualTxDigest(-1);
+        createMusicEventualTxDigest(musicEventualTxDigestTableName,music_ns,-1);
     }
 
 
@@ -1758,9 +1731,9 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
      * 	* LeaseCounter: transaction number under this lease, bigint \TODO this may need to be a varint later
      *  * TransactionDigest: text that contains all the changes in the transaction
      */
-    private void createMusicEventualTxDigest(int musicTxDigestTableNumber) throws MDBCServiceException {
-        String tableName = this.musicEventualTxDigestTableName;
-        if(musicTxDigestTableNumber >= 0) {
+    public static void createMusicEventualTxDigest(String musicEventualTxDigestTableName, String musicNamespace, int musicTxDigestTableNumber) throws MDBCServiceException {
+        String tableName = musicEventualTxDigestTableName;
+        if (musicTxDigestTableNumber >= 0) {
             tableName = tableName +
                 "-" +
                 Integer.toString(musicTxDigestTableNumber);
@@ -1769,12 +1742,13 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
         StringBuilder fields = new StringBuilder();
         fields.append("txid uuid, ");
         fields.append("transactiondigest blob, ");
+        fields.append("compressed boolean, ");
         fields.append("txTimeId TIMEUUID ");//notice lack of ','
-        String cql = String.format("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %s.%s (%s, PRIMARY KEY (%s));", this.music_ns, tableName, fields, priKey);
+        String cql = String.format("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %s.%s (%s, PRIMARY KEY (%s));", musicNamespace, tableName, fields, priKey);
         try {
-            executeMusicWriteQuery(this.music_ns,tableName,cql);
+            executeMusicWriteQuery(musicNamespace,tableName,cql);
         } catch (MDBCServiceException e) {
-            logger.error("Initialization error: Failure to create redo records table");
+            logger.error("Initialization error: Failure to create eventual tx digest table");
             throw(e);
         }
     }
@@ -1786,9 +1760,9 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
      *  * LeaseCounter: transaction number under this lease, bigint \TODO this may need to be a varint later
      *  * TransactionDigest: text that contains all the changes in the transaction
      */
-    private void createMusicTxDigest(int musicTxDigestTableNumber) throws MDBCServiceException {
-        String tableName = this.musicTxDigestTableName;
-        if(musicTxDigestTableNumber >= 0) {
+    public static void createMusicTxDigest(String musicTxDigestTableName, String musicNamespace, int musicTxDigestTableNumber) throws MDBCServiceException {
+        String tableName = musicTxDigestTableName;
+        if (musicTxDigestTableNumber >= 0) {
             tableName = tableName +
                 "-" +
                 Integer.toString(musicTxDigestTableNumber);
@@ -1796,26 +1770,29 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
         String priKey = "txid";
         StringBuilder fields = new StringBuilder();
         fields.append("txid uuid, ");
+        fields.append("compressed boolean, ");
         fields.append("transactiondigest blob ");//notice lack of ','
-        String cql = String.format("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %s.%s (%s, PRIMARY KEY (%s));", this.music_ns, tableName, fields, priKey);
+        String cql = String.format("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %s.%s (%s, PRIMARY KEY (%s));", musicNamespace,
+            tableName, fields, priKey);
         try {
-            executeMusicWriteQuery(this.music_ns,tableName,cql);
+            executeMusicWriteQuery(musicNamespace,tableName,cql);
         } catch (MDBCServiceException e) {
             logger.error("Initialization error: Failure to create redo records table");
             throw(e);
         }
     }
 
-    private void createMusicRangeDependencyTable() throws MDBCServiceException {
-        String tableName = this.musicRangeDependencyTableName;
+    public static void createMusicRangeDependencyTable(String musicNamespace,String musicRangeDependencyTableName)
+        throws MDBCServiceException {
+        String tableName = musicRangeDependencyTableName;
         String priKey = "range";
         StringBuilder fields = new StringBuilder();
         fields.append("range text, ");
         fields.append("dependencies set<text> ");//notice lack of ','
-        String cql = String.format("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %s.%s (%s, PRIMARY KEY (%s));", this.music_ns, tableName,
+        String cql = String.format("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %s.%s (%s, PRIMARY KEY (%s));", musicNamespace, tableName,
             fields, priKey);
         try {
-            executeMusicWriteQuery(this.music_ns,tableName,cql);
+            executeMusicWriteQuery(musicNamespace,tableName,cql);
         } catch (MDBCServiceException e) {
             logger.error("Initialization error: Failure to create redo records table");
             throw(e);
@@ -1828,18 +1805,23 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
     @Override
     public void addTxDigest(MusicTxDigestId newId, ByteBuffer transactionDigest) throws MDBCServiceException {
         //\TODO: Save Prepared query to history
+        addTxDigest(newId.transactionId,transactionDigest);
+    }
+
+    private void addTxDigest(UUID digestId, ByteBuffer transactionDigest) throws MDBCServiceException{
         PreparedQueryObject query = new PreparedQueryObject();
-        String cql = String.format("INSERT INTO %s.%s (txid,transactiondigest) VALUES (?,?);",this.music_ns,
+        String cql = String.format("INSERT INTO %s.%s (txid,transactiondigest,compressed ) VALUES (?,?,?);",this.music_ns,
             this.musicTxDigestTableName);
         query.appendQueryString(cql);
-        query.addValue(newId.txId);
+        query.addValue(digestId);
         query.addValue(transactionDigest);
+        query.addValue(useCompression);
         //\TODO check if I am not shooting on my own foot
         try {
             MusicCore.nonKeyRelatedPut(query,"critical");
         } catch (MusicServiceException e) {
-            logger.error(EELFLoggerDelegate.errorLogger, "Transaction Digest serialization was invalid for commit "+newId.txId.toString()+ "with error "+e.getErrorMessage());
-            throw new MDBCServiceException("Transaction Digest serialization for commit "+newId.txId.toString(), e);
+            logger.error(EELFLoggerDelegate.errorLogger, "Transaction Digest serialization was invalid for digest id "+digestId.toString()+ "with error "+e.getErrorMessage());
+            throw new MDBCServiceException("Transaction Digest serialization for digest id "+digestId.toString(), e);
         }
     }
     
@@ -1854,11 +1836,11 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
             this.music_ns +
             '.' +
             this.musicEventualTxDigestTableName +
-            " (txid,transactiondigest,txTimeId) " +
+            " (txid,transactiondigest,compressed,txTimeId) " +
             "VALUES (" +
-            newId.txId + ",'" +
-            transactionDigest + 
-            "'," +
+            newId.transactionId+ ",'" +
+            transactionDigest + "'," +
+            useCompression + ","+
            // "toTimestamp(now())" +
            "now()" +
             ");";
@@ -1867,8 +1849,8 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
         try {
             MusicCore.nonKeyRelatedPut(query,"critical");
         } catch (MusicServiceException e) {
-            logger.error(EELFLoggerDelegate.errorLogger, "Transaction Digest serialization was invalid for commit "+newId.txId.toString()+ "with error "+e.getErrorMessage());
-            throw new MDBCServiceException("Transaction Digest serialization for commit "+newId.txId.toString(), e);
+            logger.error(EELFLoggerDelegate.errorLogger, "Transaction Digest serialization was invalid for commit "+newId.transactionId.toString()+ "with error "+e.getErrorMessage());
+            throw new MDBCServiceException("Transaction Digest serialization for commit "+newId.transactionId.toString(), e);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1877,17 +1859,21 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
         String cql = String.format("SELECT * FROM %s.%s WHERE txid = ?;", music_ns, musicTxDigestTableName);
         PreparedQueryObject pQueryObject = new PreparedQueryObject();
         pQueryObject.appendQueryString(cql);
-        pQueryObject.addValue(id.txId);
+        pQueryObject.addValue(id.transactionId);
         Row newRow;
         try {
             newRow = executeMusicUnlockedQuorumGet(pQueryObject);
         } catch (MDBCServiceException e) {
-            logger.error("Get operation error: Failure to get row from txdigesttable with id:"+id.txId);
+            logger.error("Get operation error: Failure to get row from txdigesttable with id:"+id.transactionId);
             throw new MDBCServiceException("Initialization error:Failure to add new row to transaction information", e);
         }
         ByteBuffer digest = newRow.getBytes("transactiondigest");
+        Boolean compressed = newRow.getBool("compressed");
         StagingTable changes;
         try {
+            if(compressed){
+                digest = StagingTable.Decompress(digest);
+            }
             changes = new StagingTable(digest);
         } catch (MDBCServiceException e) {
             logger.error("Deserializng digest failed with an exception:"+e.getErrorMessage());
@@ -1921,10 +1907,14 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
         while (!rs.isExhausted()) {
             Row row = rs.one();
             ByteBuffer digest = row.getBytes("transactiondigest");
+            Boolean compressed = row.getBool("compressed");
             //String txTimeId = row.getString("txtimeid"); //???
             UUID txTimeId = row.getUUID("txtimeid");    
             
             try {
+                if(compressed){
+                    digest=StagingTable.Decompress(digest);
+                }
                 changes = new StagingTable(digest);
             } catch (MDBCServiceException e) {
                 logger.error("Deserializng digest failed: "+e.getErrorMessage());
@@ -1935,9 +1925,6 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
         return ecDigestInformation;
     }
 
-    
-
-
     ResultSet getAllMriCassandraRows() throws MDBCServiceException {
         StringBuilder cqlOperation = new StringBuilder();
         cqlOperation.append("SELECT * FROM ")
@@ -1959,34 +1946,6 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
         return rows;
     }
 
-    private RangeMriRow findRangeRow(Range range) throws MDBCServiceException {
-        RangeMriRow row = null;
-        final ResultSet musicResults = getAllMriCassandraRows();
-        while (!musicResults.isExhausted()) {
-            Row musicRow = musicResults.one();
-            final MusicRangeInformationRow mriRow = getMRIRowFromCassandraRow(musicRow);
-            final List<Range> musicRanges = getRanges(musicRow);
-            //\TODO optimize this for loop to avoid redudant access
-            for(Range retrievedRange : musicRanges) {
-                if (retrievedRange.overlaps(range)) {
-                    if(row==null){
-                        row = new RangeMriRow(range);
-                        row.setCurrentRow(mriRow);
-                    }
-                    else if(row.getCurrentRow().getTimestamp() < mriRow.getTimestamp()){
-                        row.addOldRow(row.getCurrentRow());
-                        row.setCurrentRow(mriRow);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        if(row==null){
-             logger.error("Row in MRI doesn't exist for Range "+range.toString());
-            throw new MDBCServiceException("Row in MRI doesn't exist for Range "+range.toString());
-        }
-        return row;
-    }
-
     /**
      * This function is used to find all the related uuids associated with the required ranges
      * @param ranges ranges to be find
@@ -2037,18 +1996,6 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
         return result;
     }
 
-    private List<Range> lockRow(LockRequest request, DatabasePartition partition,Map<UUID, LockResult> rowLock)
-        throws MDBCServiceException {
-        if(partition.getMRIIndex().equals(request.getId()) && partition.isLocked()){
-            return new ArrayList<>();
-        }
-        //\TODO: this function needs to be improved, to track possible changes in the owner of a set of ranges
-        String fullyQualifiedMriKey = music_ns+"."+ this.musicRangeInformationTableName+"."+request.getId().toString();
-        //return List<Range> knownRanges, UUID mriIndex, String lockId
-        DatabasePartition newPartition = new DatabasePartition(request.getToLockRanges(),request.getId(),null);
-        return waitForLock(request,newPartition,rowLock);
-    }
-
     private void unlockKeyInMusic(String table, String key, String lockref) {
         String fullyQualifiedKey= music_ns+"."+ table+"."+lockref;
         MusicCore.destroyLockRef(fullyQualifiedKey,lockref);
@@ -2182,8 +2129,6 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
         return new OwnershipReturn(ownershipId, ownRow.getOwnerId(), ownRow.getIndex(),ranges,extendedDag);
     }
 
-       
-
     /**
      * This function is used to check if we need to create a new row in MRI, beacause one of the new ranges is not contained
      * @param ranges ranges that should be contained in the partition
@@ -2199,78 +2144,7 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
         return false;
     }
 
-    private Map<UUID,String> mergeMriRows(String newId, Map<UUID,LockResult> lock, DatabasePartition partition)
-        throws MDBCServiceException {
-        Map<UUID,String> oldIds = new HashMap<>();
-        List<Range> newRanges = new ArrayList<>();
-        for (Map.Entry<UUID,LockResult> entry : lock.entrySet()) {
-            oldIds.put(entry.getKey(),entry.getValue().getOwnerId());
-            //\TODO check if we need to do a locked get? Is that even required?
-            final MusicRangeInformationRow mriRow = getMusicRangeInformation(entry.getKey());
-            final DatabasePartition dbPartition = mriRow.getDBPartition();
-            newRanges.addAll(dbPartition.getSnapshot());
-        }
-        DatabasePartition newPartition = new DatabasePartition(newRanges,UUID.fromString(newId),null);
-        String fullyQualifiedMriKey = music_ns+"."+ this.musicRangeInformationTableName+"."+newId;
-        UUID newUUID = UUID.fromString(newId);
-        LockRequest newRequest = new LockRequest(musicRangeInformationTableName,newUUID,newRanges);
-        waitForLock(newRequest, newPartition,lock);
-        if(!lock.containsKey(newUUID)||!lock.get(newUUID).isNewLock()){
-            logger.error("When merging rows, lock returned an invalid error");
-            throw new MDBCServiceException("When merging MRI rows, lock returned an invalid error");
-        }
-        final LockResult lockResult = lock.get(newUUID);
-        partition.updateDatabasePartition(newPartition);
-        logger.info("Creating MRI " +partition.getMRIIndex()+ " for ranges " + partition.getSnapshot());
-        createEmptyMriRow(this.music_ns,this.musicRangeInformationTableName,partition.getMRIIndex(),myId,
-            lockResult.getOwnerId(),partition.getSnapshot(),true);
-        return oldIds;
-    }
-
-    private void obtainAllLocks(NavigableMap<UUID, List<Range>> rowsToLock,DatabasePartition partition,
-                                List<Range> newRanges,Map<UUID, LockResult> rowLock) throws MDBCServiceException {
-        //\TODO: perform this operations in parallel
-        for(Map.Entry<UUID,List<Range>> row : rowsToLock.entrySet()){
-            List<Range> additionalRanges;
-            try {
-                LockRequest newRequest = new LockRequest(musicRangeInformationTableName,row.getKey(),row.getValue());
-                additionalRanges =lockRow(newRequest, partition, rowLock);
-            } catch (MDBCServiceException e) {
-                //TODO: Make a decision if retry or just fail?
-                logger.error("Error locking row",e);
-                throw e;
-            }
-            newRanges.addAll(additionalRanges);
-        }
-    }
-
-/*    @Override
-    public OwnershipReturn appendRange(String rangeId, List<Range> ranges, DatabasePartition partition)
-        throws MDBCServiceException {
-        if(!isAppendRequired(ranges,partition)){
-            return new OwnershipReturn(partition.getLockId(),UUID.fromString(rangeId),null,null);
-        }
-        Map<Range, RangeMriRow> rows = findRangeRows(ranges);
-        final NavigableMap<UUID, List<Range>> rowsToLock = getPendingRows(rows);
-        HashMap<UUID, LockResult> rowLock = new HashMap<>();
-        List<Range> newRanges = new ArrayList<>();
-
-        obtainAllLocks(rowsToLock,partition,newRanges,rowLock);
 
-        String lockId;
-        Map<UUID,String> oldIds = null;
-        if(rowLock.size()!=1){
-            oldIds = mergeMriRows(rangeId, rowLock, partition);
-            lockId = partition.getLockId();
-        }
-        else{
-            List<LockResult> list = new ArrayList<>(rowLock.values());
-            LockResult lockResult = list.get(0);
-            lockId = lockResult.getOwnerId();
-        }
-
-        return new OwnershipReturn(lockId,UUID.fromString(rangeId),oldIds,newRanges);
-    }*/
 
     @Override
     public void relinquish(String ownerId, String rangeId) throws MDBCServiceException{
@@ -2290,7 +2164,9 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
      * @return true if we should try to relinquish, else should avoid relinquishing in this iteration
      */
     private boolean canTryRelinquishing(){
-        return true;
+        //\TODO: Fix this!!!! REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE FIX
+        // This should actually have some mechanism to relinquish ownership
+        return false;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -2446,7 +2322,7 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
     }
     
     public void createMusicNodeInfoTable() throws MDBCServiceException {
-        createMusicNodeInfoTable(-1);
+        createMusicNodeInfoTable(musicNodeInfoTableName,music_ns,-1);
     }
     
     /**
@@ -2460,8 +2336,8 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
      *      * TxTimeID, TIMEUUID.
      *      * LastTxDigestID, uuid. (not needed as of now!!)
      */
-    private void createMusicNodeInfoTable(int nodeInfoTableNumber) throws MDBCServiceException {
-        String tableName = this.musicNodeInfoTableName;
+    public static void createMusicNodeInfoTable(String musicNodeInfoTableName, String musicNamespace, int nodeInfoTableNumber) throws MDBCServiceException {
+        String tableName = musicNodeInfoTableName;
         if(nodeInfoTableNumber >= 0) {
             tableName = tableName +
                 "-" +
@@ -2478,13 +2354,13 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
         
         String cql = String.format(
                 "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %s.%s (%s, PRIMARY KEY (%s));",
-                this.music_ns,
+                musicNamespace,
                 tableName,
                 fields,
                 priKey);
         
         try {
-            executeMusicWriteQuery(this.music_ns,tableName,cql);
+            executeMusicWriteQuery(musicNamespace,tableName,cql);
         } catch (MDBCServiceException e) {
             logger.error("Initialization error: Failure to create node information table");
             throw(e);
@@ -2514,4 +2390,19 @@ public class MusicMixin implements MusicInterface {
     }
 
 
+    @Override
+    public void deleteMriRow(MusicRangeInformationRow row) throws MDBCServiceException{
+        String cql = String.format("DELETE FROM %s.%s WHERE rangeid = ?;", music_ns, musicRangeInformationTableName);
+        PreparedQueryObject pQueryObject = new PreparedQueryObject();
+        pQueryObject.appendQueryString(cql);
+        pQueryObject.addValue(row.getPartitionIndex());
+        ReturnType rt ;
+        try {
+            rt = MusicCore.atomicPut(music_ns, musicRangeDependencyTableName, row.getPartitionIndex().toString(),
+                pQueryObject, null);
+        } catch (MusicLockingException|MusicQueryException|MusicServiceException e) {
+            logger.error("Failure when deleting mri row");
+            new MDBCServiceException("Error deleting mri row",e);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/mixins/MySQLMixin.java b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/mixins/MySQLMixin.java
index 0afacea..af6b859 100755
--- a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/mixins/MySQLMixin.java
+++ b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/mixins/MySQLMixin.java
@@ -74,13 +74,15 @@ public class MySQLMixin implements DBInterface {
 	public static final String TRANS_TBL = "MDBC_TRANSLOG";
 	private static final String CREATE_TBL_SQL =
 		"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "+TRANS_TBL+
-		" (IX INT AUTO_INCREMENT, OP CHAR(1), TABLENAME VARCHAR(255),KEYDATA VARCHAR(1024), ROWDATA VARCHAR(1024), CONNECTION_ID INT,PRIMARY KEY (IX))";
+		" (IX INT AUTO_INCREMENT, OP CHAR(1), TABLENAME VARCHAR(255),KEYDATA VARCHAR(1024), ROWDATA VARCHAR(1024), " +
+			"CONNECTION_ID INT, PRIMARY KEY (IX));";
 
 	private final MusicInterface mi;
 	private final int connId;
 	private final String dbName;
 	private final Connection jdbcConn;
 	private final Map<String, TableInfo> tables;
+	private PreparedStatement deleteStagingStatement;
 	private boolean server_tbl_created = false;
 
 	public MySQLMixin() {
@@ -89,14 +91,20 @@ public class MySQLMixin implements DBInterface {
 		this.dbName = null;
 		this.jdbcConn = null;
 		this.tables = null;
+		this.deleteStagingStatement = null;
 	}
-	public MySQLMixin(MusicInterface mi, String url, Connection conn, Properties info) {
+	public MySQLMixin(MusicInterface mi, String url, Connection conn, Properties info) throws SQLException {
 		this.mi = mi;
 		this.connId = generateConnID(conn);
 		this.dbName = getDBName(conn);
 		this.jdbcConn = conn;
 		this.tables = new HashMap<String, TableInfo>();
 	}
+
+	private PreparedStatement getStagingDeletePreparedStatement() throws SQLException {
+		return jdbcConn.prepareStatement("DELETE FROM "+TRANS_TBL+" WHERE (IX BETWEEN ? AND ? ) AND " +
+					"CONNECTION_ID = ?;");
+	}
 	// This is used to generate a unique connId for this connection to the DB.
 	private int generateConnID(Connection conn) {
 		int rv = (int) System.currentTimeMillis();	// random-ish
@@ -297,6 +305,7 @@ mysql> describe tables;
 					Statement stmt = jdbcConn.createStatement();
 					stmt.execute(CREATE_TBL_SQL);
 					stmt.close();
+					this.deleteStagingStatement = getStagingDeletePreparedStatement();
 					logger.info(EELFLoggerDelegate.applicationLogger,"createSQLTriggers: Server side dirty table created.");
 					server_tbl_created = true;
 				} catch (SQLException e) {
@@ -594,11 +603,15 @@ NEW.field refers to the new value
 		// copy from DB.MDBC_TRANSLOG where connid == myconnid
 		// then delete from MDBC_TRANSLOG
 		String sql2 = "SELECT IX, TABLENAME, OP, ROWDATA,KEYDATA FROM "+TRANS_TBL +" WHERE CONNECTION_ID = " + this.connId;
+		Integer biggestIx = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+		Integer smallestIx = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
 		try {
 			ResultSet rs = executeSQLRead(sql2);
 			Set<Integer> rows = new TreeSet<Integer>();
 			while (rs.next()) {
 				int ix      = rs.getInt("IX");
+				biggestIx = Integer.max(biggestIx,ix);
+				smallestIx = Integer.min(smallestIx,ix);
 				String op   = rs.getString("OP");
 				OperationType opType = toOpEnum(op);
 				String tbl  = rs.getString("TABLENAME");
@@ -609,17 +622,13 @@ NEW.field refers to the new value
 				rows.add(ix);
 			}
 			rs.getStatement().close();
+			// batch delete operations
 			if (rows.size() > 0) {
-				//TODO: DO batch deletion
-				sql2 = "DELETE FROM "+TRANS_TBL+" WHERE IX = ?";
-				PreparedStatement ps = jdbcConn.prepareStatement(sql2);
-				logger.debug("Executing: "+sql2);
-				logger.debug("  For ix = "+rows);
-				for (int ix : rows) {
-					ps.setInt(1, ix);
-					ps.execute();
-				}
-				ps.close();
+                this.deleteStagingStatement.setInt(1,smallestIx);
+				this.deleteStagingStatement.setInt(2,biggestIx);
+				this.deleteStagingStatement.setInt(3,this.connId);
+				logger.debug("Staging delete: Executing with vals ["+smallestIx+","+biggestIx+","+this.connId+"]");
+				this.deleteStagingStatement.execute();
 			}
 		} catch (SQLException e) {
 			logger.warn("Exception in postStatementHook: "+e);
@@ -1030,4 +1039,9 @@ NEW.field refers to the new value
 		String sql = "DELETE FROM " + TRANS_TBL + " WHERE CONNECTION_ID = " + this.connId; 
 		jdbcStmt.executeQuery(sql);
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Connection getSQLConnection(){
+		return jdbcConn;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/ownership/OwnershipAndCheckpoint.java b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/ownership/OwnershipAndCheckpoint.java
index 057b550..e76e1b1 100644
--- a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/ownership/OwnershipAndCheckpoint.java
+++ b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/ownership/OwnershipAndCheckpoint.java
@@ -214,12 +214,7 @@ public class OwnershipAndCheckpoint{
                             checkpointLock.unlock();
                             break;
                         } else {
-                            final StagingTable txDigest = mi.getTxDigest(pair.getKey());
-                            applyTxDigest(rangesToWarmup,di, txDigest);
-                            for (Range r : pair.getValue()) {
-                                MusicRangeInformationRow row = node.getRow();
-                                alreadyApplied.put(r, Pair.of(new MriReference(row.getPartitionIndex()), pair.getKey().index));
-                            }
+                            applyDigestAndUpdateDataStructures(mi, di, rangesToWarmup, node, pair);
                         }
                         pair = node.nextNotAppliedTransaction(rangeSet);
                         enableForeignKeys(di);
@@ -233,6 +228,24 @@ public class OwnershipAndCheckpoint{
         }
     }
 
+    private void applyDigestAndUpdateDataStructures(MusicInterface mi, DBInterface di, List<Range> ranges, DagNode node,
+                                                    Pair<MusicTxDigestId, List<Range>> pair) throws MDBCServiceException {
+        final StagingTable txDigest;
+        try {
+            txDigest = mi.getTxDigest(pair.getKey());
+        } catch (MDBCServiceException e) {
+            logger.warn("Transaction digest was not found, this could be caused by a failure of the previous owner"
+                +"And would normally only happen as the last ID of the corresponding redo log. Please check that this is the"
+                +" case for txID "+pair.getKey().transactionId.toString());
+            return;
+        }
+        applyTxDigest(ranges,di, txDigest);
+        for (Range r : pair.getValue()) {
+            MusicRangeInformationRow row = node.getRow();
+            alreadyApplied.put(r, Pair.of(new MriReference(row.getPartitionIndex()), pair.getKey().index));
+        }
+    }
+
     private void applyRequiredChanges(MusicInterface mi, DBInterface db, Dag extendedDag, List<Range> ranges, UUID ownOpId)
         throws MDBCServiceException {
         Set<Range> rangeSet = new HashSet<Range>(ranges);
@@ -242,12 +255,7 @@ public class OwnershipAndCheckpoint{
             if(node!=null) {
                 Pair<MusicTxDigestId, List<Range>> pair = node.nextNotAppliedTransaction(rangeSet);
                 while (pair != null) {
-                    final StagingTable txDigest = mi.getTxDigest(pair.getKey());
-                    applyTxDigest(ranges, db, txDigest);
-                    for (Range r : pair.getValue()) {
-                        MusicRangeInformationRow row = node.getRow();
-                        alreadyApplied.put(r, Pair.of(new MriReference(row.getPartitionIndex()), pair.getKey().index));
-                    }
+                    applyDigestAndUpdateDataStructures(mi, db, ranges, node, pair);
                     pair = node.nextNotAppliedTransaction(rangeSet);
                     if (timeout(ownOpId)) {
                         enableForeignKeys(db);
@@ -393,6 +401,7 @@ public class OwnershipAndCheckpoint{
         return rowsPerLatestRange;
     }
 
+            
     public Map<Range, Pair<MriReference, Integer>> getAlreadyApplied() {
         return this.alreadyApplied;
     } 
diff --git a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/tables/MusicTxDigest.java b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/tables/MusicTxDigest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b3872a..0000000
--- a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/tables/MusicTxDigest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,176 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * ============LICENSE_START====================================================
- * org.onap.music.mdbc
- * =============================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2018 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * =============================================================================
- * 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 at
- * 
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- * ============LICENSE_END======================================================
- */
-package org.onap.music.mdbc.tables;
-
-import java.sql.SQLException;
-import java.sql.Timestamp;
-import java.util.*;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import org.onap.music.exceptions.MDBCServiceException;
-import org.onap.music.logging.EELFLoggerDelegate;
-import org.onap.music.mdbc.DatabasePartition;
-import org.onap.music.mdbc.MdbcConnection;
-import org.onap.music.mdbc.Range;
-import org.onap.music.mdbc.StateManager;
-import org.onap.music.mdbc.mixins.DBInterface;
-import org.onap.music.mdbc.mixins.MusicInterface;
-
-public class MusicTxDigest {
-	private static EELFLoggerDelegate logger = EELFLoggerDelegate.getLogger(MusicTxDigest.class);
-	
-	//private MdbcServerLogic mdbcServer;
-	//private NodeConfiguration config;
-	private StateManager stateManager;
-	
-	public MusicTxDigest(StateManager stateManager) {
-		this.stateManager = stateManager;
-	}
-
-    /**
-     * Runs the body of the background daemon
-     * @param daemonSleepTimeS time, in seconds, between updates
-     * @throws InterruptedException
-     */
-	public void backgroundDaemon(int daemonSleepTimeS) throws InterruptedException {
-		MusicInterface mi = stateManager.getMusicInterface();
-		DBInterface dbi = ((MdbcConnection) stateManager.getConnection("daemon")).getDBInterface();
-
-		while (true) {
-			Thread.sleep(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(daemonSleepTimeS));
-			//update
-			logger.info(String.format("[%s] Background MusicTxDigest daemon updating local db",
-					new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis())));
-			
-			//1) get all other partitions from musicrangeinformation
-			List<UUID> partitions = null;
-			try {
-				partitions = mi.getPartitionIndexes();
-			} catch (MDBCServiceException e) {
-			    logger.error("Error obtainting partition indexes, trying again next iteration");
-			    continue;
-			}
-			//2) for each partition I don't own
-            final Set<Range> warmupRanges = stateManager.getRangesToWarmup();
-            final List<DatabasePartition> currentPartitions = stateManager.getPartitions();
-            if (currentPartitions.size() != 0) {
-                for (DatabasePartition part : currentPartitions) {
-                    List<Range> partitionRanges = part.getSnapshot();
-                    warmupRanges.removeAll(partitionRanges);
-                }
-                try {
-                    stateManager.getOwnAndCheck().warmup(mi, dbi, new ArrayList<>(warmupRanges));
-                } catch (MDBCServiceException e) {
-                    logger.error("Unable to update for partition : " + warmupRanges + ". " + e.getMessage());
-                    continue;
-                }
-            }
-
-    //Step 3: ReplayDigest() for E.C conditions
-			try {
-				replayDigest(mi,dbi, stateManager.getEventualRanges());
-			} catch (MDBCServiceException e) {
-				logger.error("Unable to perform Eventual Consistency operations" + e.getMessage());
-				continue;
-			}	
-			
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Replay the digest for eventual consistency.
-	 * @param mi music interface
-	 * @param dbi interface to the database that will replay the operations
-     * @param ranges only these ranges will be applied from the digests
-	 * @throws MDBCServiceException
-	 */
-        public void replayDigest(MusicInterface mi, DBInterface dbi, List<Range> ranges) throws MDBCServiceException {
-			StagingTable transaction;
-			String nodeName = stateManager.getMdbcServerName();
-
-			LinkedHashMap<UUID,StagingTable> ecDigestInformation = mi.getEveTxDigest(nodeName);
-			Set<UUID> keys = ecDigestInformation.keySet();
-			for(UUID txTimeID:keys){
-				transaction = ecDigestInformation.get(txTimeID);
-				try {
-					dbi.replayTransaction(transaction, ranges); // I think this Might change if the data is coming from a new table.. ( what is the new table structure??)
-				} catch (SQLException e) {
-					logger.error("EC:Rolling back the entire digest replay.");
-					return;
-				}
-				logger.info("EC: Successfully replayed transaction ");
-
-				try {
-					mi.updateNodeInfoTableWithTxTimeIDKey(txTimeID, nodeName);
-				} catch (MDBCServiceException e) {
-					logger.error("EC:Rolling back the entire digest replay.");
-				}
-			}
-;
-	}
-
-	
-	/**
-	 * Replay the digest for a given partition
-	 * @param mi music interface
-	 * @param partitionId the partition to be replayed
-	 * @param dbi interface to the database that will replay the operations
-	 * @throws MDBCServiceException
-	 */
-	public static void replayDigestForPartition(MusicInterface mi, UUID partitionId, DBInterface dbi) throws MDBCServiceException {
-        final MusicRangeInformationRow row = mi.getMusicRangeInformation(partitionId);
-        List<MusicTxDigestId> partitionsRedoLogTxIds = row.getRedoLog();
-        for (MusicTxDigestId txId: partitionsRedoLogTxIds) {
-            StagingTable transaction = mi.getTxDigest(txId);
-            try {
-                //\TODO do this two operations in parallel
-                dbi.replayTransaction(transaction, row.getDBPartition().getSnapshot());
-                mi.replayTransaction(transaction);
-            } catch (SQLException e) {
-                logger.error("Rolling back the entire digest replay. " + partitionId);
-                return;
-            }
-            logger.info("Successfully replayed transaction " + txId);
-        }
-        //todo, keep track of where I am in pointer
-    }
-
-	/**
-	 * Start the background daemon defined by this object
-	 * Spawns a new thread and runs "backgroundDaemon"
-	 * @param daemonSleepTimeS time, in seconds, between updates run by daemon
-	 */
-	public void startBackgroundDaemon(int daemonSleepTimeS) {
-		class MusicTxBackgroundDaemon implements Runnable {
-		      public void run() {
-		    	  while (true) {
-		    		  try {
-		    			  logger.info("MusicTxDigest background daemon started");
-		    			  backgroundDaemon(daemonSleepTimeS);
-		    		  } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-		    			  logger.error("MusicTxDigest background daemon stopped " + e.getMessage());
-		    		  }
-		    	  }
-		      }
-		   }
-		   Thread t = new Thread(new MusicTxBackgroundDaemon());
-		   t.start();
-		
-	}
-}
diff --git a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/tables/MusicTxDigestDaemon.java b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/tables/MusicTxDigestDaemon.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f3a3bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/tables/MusicTxDigestDaemon.java
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START====================================================
+ * org.onap.music.mdbc
+ * =============================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * =============================================================================
+ * 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 at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END======================================================
+ */
+package org.onap.music.mdbc.tables;
+
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import org.onap.music.exceptions.MDBCServiceException;
+import org.onap.music.logging.EELFLoggerDelegate;
+import org.onap.music.mdbc.DatabasePartition;
+import org.onap.music.mdbc.MdbcConnection;
+import org.onap.music.mdbc.Range;
+import org.onap.music.mdbc.StateManager;
+import org.onap.music.mdbc.mixins.DBInterface;
+import org.onap.music.mdbc.mixins.MusicInterface;
+
+public class MusicTxDigestDaemon implements Runnable {
+
+	private static EELFLoggerDelegate logger = EELFLoggerDelegate.getLogger(MusicTxDigestDaemon.class);
+
+	private StateManager stateManager;
+	private int daemonSleepTimeS;
+
+	public MusicTxDigestDaemon(int daemonSleepTimeS, StateManager stateManager) {
+		this.stateManager = stateManager;
+		this.daemonSleepTimeS = daemonSleepTimeS;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Replay the digest for eventual consistency.
+	 *
+	 * @param mi music interface
+	 * @param dbi interface to the database that will replay the operations
+	 * @param ranges only these ranges will be applied from the digests
+	 */
+	public void replayDigest(MusicInterface mi, DBInterface dbi, List<Range> ranges) throws MDBCServiceException {
+		StagingTable transaction;
+		String nodeName = stateManager.getMdbcServerName();
+
+		LinkedHashMap<UUID, StagingTable> ecDigestInformation = mi.getEveTxDigest(nodeName);
+		Set<UUID> keys = ecDigestInformation.keySet();
+		for (UUID txTimeID : keys) {
+			transaction = ecDigestInformation.get(txTimeID);
+			try {
+				dbi.replayTransaction(transaction,
+					ranges); // I think this Might change if the data is coming from a new table.. ( what is the new table structure??)
+			} catch (SQLException e) {
+				logger.error("EC:Rolling back the entire digest replay.");
+				return;
+			}
+			logger.info("EC: Successfully replayed transaction ");
+
+			try {
+				mi.updateNodeInfoTableWithTxTimeIDKey(txTimeID, nodeName);
+			} catch (MDBCServiceException e) {
+				logger.error("EC:Rolling back the entire digest replay.");
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void run() {
+		logger.info("MusicTxDigest background daemon started");
+		if (stateManager == null) {
+			logger.error("State manager is null in background daemon");
+			return;
+		}
+		MusicInterface mi = stateManager.getMusicInterface();
+
+		if (mi == null) {
+			logger.error("Music interface or DB interface is null in background daemon");
+			return;
+		}
+		while (true) {
+			try {
+				MdbcConnection conn = (MdbcConnection) stateManager.getConnection("daemon");
+				if (conn == null) {
+					logger.error("Connection created is null in background daemon");
+					return;
+				}
+				DBInterface dbi = (conn).getDBInterface();
+				//update
+				logger.info(String.format("[%s] Background MusicTxDigest daemon updating local db",
+					new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis())));
+
+				//1) get all other partitions from musicrangeinformation
+				List<UUID> partitions = null;
+				try {
+					partitions = mi.getPartitionIndexes();
+				} catch (MDBCServiceException e) {
+					logger.error("Error obtainting partition indexes, trying again next iteration");
+					continue;
+				}
+				//2) for each partition I don't own
+				final Set<Range> warmupRanges = stateManager.getRangesToWarmup();
+				final List<DatabasePartition> currentPartitions = stateManager.getPartitions();
+				List<Range> missingRanges = new ArrayList<>();
+				if (currentPartitions.size() != 0) {
+					for (DatabasePartition part : currentPartitions) {
+						List<Range> partitionRanges = part.getSnapshot();
+						warmupRanges.removeAll(partitionRanges);
+					}
+					try {
+						stateManager.getOwnAndCheck().warmup(mi, dbi, new ArrayList<>(warmupRanges));
+					} catch (MDBCServiceException e) {
+						logger.error("Unable to update for partition : " + warmupRanges + ". " + e.getMessage());
+						continue;
+					}
+				}
+
+				//Step 3: ReplayDigest() for E.C conditions
+				try {
+					replayDigest(mi, dbi, stateManager.getEventualRanges());
+				} catch (MDBCServiceException e) {
+					logger.error("Unable to perform Eventual Consistency operations" + e.getMessage());
+					continue;
+				}
+				conn.close();
+				Thread.sleep(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(this.daemonSleepTimeS));
+			} catch (InterruptedException | SQLException e) {
+				logger.error("MusicTxDigest background daemon stopped " + e.getMessage(), e);
+				Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/tables/MusicTxDigestId.java b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/tables/MusicTxDigestId.java
index 1c37db0..8fa49a9 100755
--- a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/tables/MusicTxDigestId.java
+++ b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/tables/MusicTxDigestId.java
@@ -22,16 +22,16 @@ package org.onap.music.mdbc.tables;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 public final class MusicTxDigestId {
-	public final UUID txId;
+	public final UUID transactionId;
 	public final int index;
 
-	public MusicTxDigestId(UUID primaryKey, int index) {
-		this.txId= primaryKey;
+	public MusicTxDigestId(UUID digestId, int index) {
+		this.transactionId= digestId;
 		this.index=index;
 	}
 
 	public boolean isEmpty() {
-		return (this.txId==null);
+		return (this.transactionId==null);
 	}
 
     @Override
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ public final class MusicTxDigestId {
         if(o == null) return false;
         if(!(o instanceof MusicTxDigestId)) return false;
         MusicTxDigestId other = (MusicTxDigestId) o;
-        return other.txId.equals(this.txId);
+        return other.transactionId.equals(this.transactionId);
     }
 
     @Override
     public int hashCode(){
-        return txId.hashCode();
+        return transactionId.hashCode();
     }
 }
diff --git a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/tables/Operation.java b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/tables/Operation.java
index a9ab25f..eda6191 100755
--- a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/tables/Operation.java
+++ b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/tables/Operation.java
@@ -43,6 +43,18 @@ public final class Operation implements Serializable{
 		KEY = key;
 	}
 
+    @Override
+    protected Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
+        Operation clone = null;
+        try {
+            clone = (Operation) super.clone();
+        }
+        catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+        return clone;
+    }
+
 	public String getTable(){
 	    return TABLE;
     }
diff --git a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/tables/StagingTable.java b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/tables/StagingTable.java
index 03c7259..dbed9e4 100755
--- a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/tables/StagingTable.java
+++ b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/tables/StagingTable.java
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@ package org.onap.music.mdbc.tables;
 
 import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
 import com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.zip.DataFormatException;
+import java.util.zip.Deflater;
+import java.util.zip.Inflater;
+import javax.validation.constraints.Null;
 import org.onap.music.exceptions.MDBCServiceException;
 import org.onap.music.logging.EELFLoggerDelegate;
 import org.onap.music.mdbc.Range;
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ import org.onap.music.mdbc.proto.ProtoDigest.Digest.Row.OpType;
 
 public class StagingTable {
 
-	private transient static EELFLoggerDelegate logger = EELFLoggerDelegate.getLogger(StagingTable.class);
+	private static EELFLoggerDelegate logger = EELFLoggerDelegate.getLogger(StagingTable.class);
     private ArrayList<Operation> operations;
     boolean builderInitialized;
 	Builder digestBuilder;
@@ -47,6 +50,40 @@ public class StagingTable {
         this(new HashSet<>());
 	    logger.debug("Creating staging table with no parameters, most likely this is wrong, unless you are testing");
     }
+
+    public StagingTable(StagingTable other) throws CloneNotSupportedException {
+	    if(other==null){
+	        throw new NullPointerException("Invalid constructor parameter passed, it is null");
+        }
+	    //TODO this is a highly inefficient deep copy, please don't use in prod
+        operations=null;
+        if(other.operations!=null) {
+            Iterator<Operation> iterator = other.operations.iterator();
+            operations = new ArrayList<>();
+            while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+                operations.add((Operation) iterator.next().clone());
+            }
+        }
+        builderInitialized=other.builderInitialized;
+        digestBuilder=null;
+        if(other.digestBuilder!=null) {
+            CompleteDigest build = other.digestBuilder.build();
+            digestBuilder = build.toBuilder();
+        }
+        eventuallyBuilder=null;
+        if(other.eventuallyBuilder!=null) {
+            CompleteDigest build2 = other.digestBuilder.build();
+            eventuallyBuilder = build2.toBuilder();
+        }
+        eventuallyConsistentRanges=null;
+        if(other.eventuallyConsistentRanges!=null) {
+            eventuallyConsistentRanges = new HashSet<>();
+            Iterator<Range> rangeIter = other.eventuallyConsistentRanges.iterator();
+            while (rangeIter.hasNext()) {
+                eventuallyConsistentRanges.add(rangeIter.next().clone());
+            }
+        }
+    }
 	
 	public StagingTable(Set<Range> eventuallyConsistentRanges) {
 		//operations = new ArrayList<Operation>();
@@ -74,6 +111,67 @@ public class StagingTable {
         }
     }
 
+    public static ByteBuffer Compress(ByteBuffer serializedStaging) throws MDBCServiceException {
+	    if(serializedStaging.hasArray()) {
+	        //\TODO: Use JAVA 11 to simplify this process using ByteBuffer natively
+            Deflater compressor =  new Deflater();
+            final byte[] inputArray = serializedStaging.array();
+            compressor.setInput(inputArray);
+            compressor.finish();
+            ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(serializedStaging.array().length);
+            byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
+            try {
+                while (!compressor.finished()) {
+                    int i = compressor.deflate(buf);
+                    bos.write(buf, 0, i);
+                }
+            } finally {
+                compressor.end();
+                try {
+                    bos.close();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    throw new MDBCServiceException("Error closing ByetArrayOutputStream:",e);
+                }
+            }
+            byte[] output = bos.toByteArray();
+            logger.debug("Staging table compressed from: "+inputArray.length+" to "+output.length);
+            return ByteBuffer.wrap(output);
+        }
+        else{
+            throw new MDBCServiceException("Byte buffer was not created correctly, it should wrap an array");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static ByteBuffer Decompress(ByteBuffer compressedStaging) throws MDBCServiceException {
+	    if(compressedStaging.hasArray()) {
+            //\TODO: Use JAVA 11 to simplify this process using ByteBuffer natively
+            Inflater decompressor = new Inflater();
+            byte[] inputArray = compressedStaging.array();
+            decompressor.setInput(inputArray);
+            ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(inputArray.length);
+            byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
+            while (!decompressor.finished()) {
+                int decompressSize = 0;
+                try {
+                    decompressSize = decompressor.inflate(buffer);
+                } catch (DataFormatException e) {
+                    throw new MDBCServiceException("error decompressing input data",e);
+                }
+                outputStream.write(buffer, 0, decompressSize);
+            }
+            try {
+                outputStream.close();
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw new MDBCServiceException("Error closing output byte stream",e);
+            }
+            byte[] output = outputStream.toByteArray();
+            return ByteBuffer.wrap(output);
+        }
+        else{
+            throw new MDBCServiceException("Byte buffer was not created correctly, it should wrap an array");
+        }
+    }
+
     synchronized  public boolean isBuilderInitialized(){
 	    return isBuilderInitialized();
     }
@@ -108,7 +206,7 @@ public class StagingTable {
         }
         logger.warn("Get operation list with this type of initialization is not suggested for the"
             + "staging table");
-        ArrayList newOperations = new ArrayList();
+        ArrayList<Operation> newOperations = new ArrayList<>();
         for(Row row : digestBuilder.getRowsList()){
             final OpType type = row.getType();
             OperationType newType = (type==OpType.INSERT)?OperationType.INSERT:(type==OpType.DELETE)?
@@ -123,9 +221,10 @@ public class StagingTable {
             throw new MDBCServiceException("This type of staging table is unmutable, please use the constructor"
                 + "with no parameters");
         }
-	    ByteString serialized = digestBuilder.build().toByteString();
+        byte[] bytes = digestBuilder.build().toByteArray();
+	    ByteBuffer serialized = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes);
 	    digestBuilder.clear();
-	    return serialized.asReadOnlyByteBuffer();
+	    return serialized;
     }
 
     synchronized public ByteBuffer getSerializedEventuallyStagingAndClean() throws MDBCServiceException {
@@ -136,9 +235,10 @@ public class StagingTable {
         if(eventuallyBuilder == null || eventuallyBuilder.getRowsCount()==0){
             return null;
         }
-	    ByteString serialized = eventuallyBuilder.build().toByteString();
+        byte[] bytes = eventuallyBuilder.build().toByteArray();
+	    ByteBuffer serialized = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes);
 	    eventuallyBuilder.clear();
-	    return serialized.asReadOnlyByteBuffer();
+	    return serialized;
     }
 
     synchronized public boolean isEmpty() {
diff --git a/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/tools/ClusterSetup.java b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/tools/ClusterSetup.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d560915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mdbc-server/src/main/java/org/onap/music/mdbc/tools/ClusterSetup.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START====================================================
+ * org.onap.music.mdbc
+ * =============================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * =============================================================================
+ * 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 at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END======================================================
+ */
+package org.onap.music.mdbc.tools;
+
+import com.beust.jcommander.JCommander;
+import com.beust.jcommander.Parameter;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import org.onap.music.exceptions.MDBCServiceException;
+import org.onap.music.logging.EELFLoggerDelegate;
+import org.onap.music.main.MusicUtil;
+import org.onap.music.mdbc.configurations.ClusterConfiguration;
+
+public class ClusterSetup {
+    public static final EELFLoggerDelegate LOG = EELFLoggerDelegate.getLogger(ClusterSetup.class);
+
+    @Parameter(names = { "-c", "--configuration" }, required = true,
+            description = "This is the input file that is going to have the configuration to setup the cluster")
+    private String configurationFile;
+    @Parameter(names = { "-h", "-help", "--help" }, help = true,
+            description = "Print the help message")
+    private boolean help = false;
+
+    private ClusterConfiguration inputConfig;
+
+    public ClusterSetup(){}
+
+
+    public void readInput(){
+        LOG.info("Reading inputs");
+        try {
+            inputConfig = ClusterConfiguration.readJsonFromFile(configurationFile);
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            LOG.error("Input file is invalid or not found");
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void createAll() throws MDBCServiceException {
+        inputConfig.initNamespaces();
+        inputConfig.initTables();
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        LOG.info("Starting cassandra cluster initializer");
+        LOG.info("Using music file configuration:"+ MusicUtil.getMusicPropertiesFilePath());
+        ClusterSetup configs = new ClusterSetup();
+        @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+        JCommander jc = new JCommander(configs, args);
+        if (configs.help) {
+            jc.usage();
+            System.exit(1);
+            return;
+        }
+        configs.readInput();
+        try {
+            configs.createAll();
+        } catch (MDBCServiceException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
+        System.exit(0);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mdbc-server/src/main/resources/music.properties b/mdbc-server/src/main/resources/music.properties
index 0b34ff9..1aaf7fd 100755
--- a/mdbc-server/src/main/resources/music.properties
+++ b/mdbc-server/src/main/resources/music.properties
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ cassandra.user =\
 cassandra.password =\
   cassandra
 music_namespace =\
-  mdbc_namespace
\ No newline at end of file
+  mdbc_namespace