diff --git a/rabin/global/config.c b/rabin/global/config.c
index 267c78e..bbba2a1 100644
--- a/rabin/global/config.c
+++ b/rabin/global/config.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #define	FOUR_MB (4194304ULL)
 #define	EIGHT_MB (8388608ULL)
 
-static int
+static compress_algo_t
 get_compress_level(compress_algo_t algo)
 {
 	switch (algo) {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ get_compress_level(compress_algo_t algo)
 	return (0);
 }
 
-static compress_algo_t
+static int
 get_compress_algo(char *algo_name)
 {
 	if (strcmp(algo_name, "none") == 0) {
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ get_compress_str(compress_algo_t algo)
 	return ("invalid");
 }
 
-static chunk_cksum_t
+static cksum_t
 get_cksum_type(char *cksum_name)
 {
 	if (strcmp(cksum_name, "SHA256") == 0) {
@@ -114,11 +114,17 @@ get_cksum_type(char *cksum_name)
 	} else if (cksum_name, "SHA512") == 0) {
 		return (CKSUM_SHA512);
 
-	} else if (cksum_name, "SKEIN256") == 0) {
-		return (CKSUM_SKEIN256);
+	} else if (cksum_name, "BLAKE256") == 0) {
+		return (CKSUM_BLAKE256);
 
-	} else if (cksum_name, "SKEIN512") == 0) {
-		return (CKSUM_SKEIN512);
+	} else if (cksum_name, "BLAKE512") == 0) {
+		return (CKSUM_BLAKE512);
+
+	} else if (cksum_name, "KECCAK256") == 0) {
+		return (CKSUM_KECCAK256);
+
+	} else if (cksum_name, "KECCAK512") == 0) {
+		return (CKSUM_KECCAK512);
 	}
 	return (CKSUM_INVALID);
 }
@@ -132,11 +138,17 @@ get_cksum_str(chunk_cksum_t ck)
 	} else if (ck == CKSUM_SHA512) {
 		return ("SHA512");
 
-	} else if (ck == CKSUM_SKEIN256) {
-		return ("SKEIN256");
+	} else if (ck == CKSUM_BLAKE256) {
+		return ("BLAKE256");
 
-	} else if (ck == CKSUM_SKEIN512) {
-		return ("SKEIN512");
+	} else if (ck == CKSUM_BLAKE512) {
+		return ("BLAKE512");
+
+	} else if (ck == CKSUM_KECCAK256) {
+		return ("KECCAK256");
+
+	} else if (ck == CKSUM_KECCAK512) {
+		return ("KECCAK512");
 	}
 	return ("INVALID");
 }
@@ -144,10 +156,10 @@ get_cksum_str(chunk_cksum_t ck)
 static int
 get_cksum_sz(chunk_cksum_t ck)
 {
-	if (ck == CKSUM_SHA256 || ck == CKSUM_SKEIN256) {
+	if (ck == CKSUM_SHA256 || ck == CKSUM_BLAKE256 || ck == CKSUM_KECCAK256) {
 		return (32);
 
-	} else if (ck == CKSUM_SHA512 || ck == CKSUM_SKEIN512) {
+	} else if (ck == CKSUM_SHA512 || ck == CKSUM_BLAKE512 || ck == CKSUM_KECCAK512) {
 		return (64);
 	}
 	return (0);
@@ -315,3 +327,24 @@ write_config(char *configfile, archive_config_t *cfg)
 	fprintf(fh, "\n");
 	fclose(fh);
 }
+
+int
+set_simple_config(archive_config_t *cfg, compress_algo_t algo, cksum_t ck, uint32_t chunksize,
+		  size_t file_sz, uint32_t chunks_per_seg)
+{
+	cfg->algo = algo;
+	cfg->chunk_cksum_type = ck;
+	cfg->compress_level = get_compress_level(cfg->algo);
+	cfg->chunk_cksum_sz = get_cksum_sz(cfg->chunk_cksum_type);
+	cfg->chunk_sz = chunksize;
+	cfg->chunk_sz_bytes = RAB_BLK_AVG_SZ(cfg->chunk_sz);
+
+	cfg->archive_sz = file_sz;
+	if (cfg->archive_sz < ONE_TB) {
+		segment_sz_bytes = FOUR_MB;
+
+	} else {
+		segment_sz_bytes = EIGHT_MB;
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/rabin/global/config.h b/rabin/global/config.h
index 05217ce..91199be 100644
--- a/rabin/global/config.h
+++ b/rabin/global/config.h
@@ -22,35 +22,18 @@
 #define	_C_ONFIG_H
 
 #include <limits.h>
+#include <utils.h>
 
 #ifdef	__cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#define	DEFAULT_SIMILARITY_INTERVAL	10
-#define	DEFAULT_CKSUM	CKSUM_SHA256
-#define	CONTAINER_ITEMS 2048
+#define	DEFAULT_SIMILARITY_INTERVAL	5
+#define	DEFAULT_CKSUM		CKSUM_BLAKE256
+#define	DEFAULT_COMPRESS		COMPRESS_LZ4
 #define	MIN_CK 1
 #define	MAX_CK 5
 
-enum {
-	COMPRESS_NONE=0,
-	COMPRESS_LZFX,
-	COMPRESS_LZ4,
-	COMPRESS_ZLIB,
-	COMPRESS_BZIP2,
-	COMPRESS_LZMA,
-	COMPRESS_INVALID
-} compress_algo_t;
-
-enum {
-	CKSUM_SHA256,
-	CKSUM_SHA512,
-	CKSUM_SKEIN256,
-	CKSUM_SKEIN512,
-	CKSUM_INVALID
-} chunk_cksum_t;
-
 // 8GB
 #define	MIN_ARCHIVE_SZ (8589934592ULL)
 
@@ -59,9 +42,9 @@ typedef struct {
 	uint32_t chunk_sz; // Numeric ID: 1 - 4k ... 5 - 64k
 	int64_t archive_sz; // Total size of archive in bytes.
 	int verify_chunks; // Whether to use memcmp() to compare chunks byte for byte.
-	compress_algo_t algo; // Which compression algo for segments.
-	int compress_level; // Default preset compression level per algo.
-	int chunk_cksum_type; // Which digest to use for hash based chunk lookup.
+	int algo; // Which compression algo for segments.
+	compress_algo_t compress_level; // Default preset compression level per algo.
+	cksum_t chunk_cksum_type; // Which digest to use for hash based chunk lookup.
 	int chunk_cksum_sz; // Size of cksum in bytes.
 	int similarity_interval; // Similarity based match intervals in %age.
 			// The items below are computed given the above
@@ -77,6 +60,8 @@ typedef struct {
 
 int read_config(char *configfile, archive_config_t *cfg);
 int write_config(char *configfile, archive_config_t *cfg);
+int set_simple_config(archive_config_t *cfg, compress_algo_t algo, cksum_t ck,
+		      uint32_t chunksize, size_t file_sz, uint32_t chunks_per_seg);
 
 #ifdef	__cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/rabin/global/initdb.c b/rabin/global/initdb.c
index ea88305..96fdcee 100644
--- a/rabin/global/initdb.c
+++ b/rabin/global/initdb.c
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@
 #include <config.h>
 
 #include "initdb.h"
+#include "config.h"
+
+#define	ONE_PB (1125899906842624ULL)
+#define	ONE_TB (1099511627776ULL)
+#define	FOUR_MB (4194304ULL)
+#define	EIGHT_MB (8388608ULL)
+
 
 archive_config_t *
 init_global_db(char *configfile)
@@ -47,4 +54,17 @@ init_global_db(char *configfile)
 	rv = read_config(configfile, cfg);
 	if (rv != 0)
 		return (NULL);
+
+	return (cfg);
+}
+
+archive_config_t *
+init_global_db_simple(char *path, uint32_t chunksize, uint32_t chunks_per_seg,
+		      compress_algo_t algo, cksum_t ck, size_t file_sz, size_t memlimit)
+{
+	archive_config_t *cfg;
+	int rv;
+
+	cfg = calloc(1, sizeof (archive_config_t));
+	rv = set_simple_config(cfg, algo, ck, chunksize, file_sz, chunks_per_seg);
 }
diff --git a/rabin/global/initdb.h b/rabin/global/initdb.h
index 2596fd3..803fd06 100644
--- a/rabin/global/initdb.h
+++ b/rabin/global/initdb.h
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-int init_global_db(char *configfile);
+archive_config_t *init_global_db(char *configfile);
+archive_config_t *init_global_db_simple(char *path, uint32_t chunksize, uint32_t chunks_per_seg,
+		      compress_algo_t algo, cksum_t ck, size_t file_sz, size_t memlimit)
 
 #ifdef	__cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/utils/utils.h b/utils/utils.h
index b62808c..9365587 100644
--- a/utils/utils.h
+++ b/utils/utils.h
@@ -73,8 +73,10 @@ typedef int32_t bsize_t;
 #	endif
 #	if !defined(sun) && !defined (__sun)
 #		define LE64(x) __bswap_64(x)
+#		define LE32(x) __bswap_32(x)
 #	else
 #		define LE64(x) BSWAP_64(x)
+#		define LE32(x) BSWAP_32(x)
 #	endif
 #else
 #	if !defined(sun) && !defined (__sun)
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ typedef int32_t bsize_t;
 #		endif
 #	endif
 #	define LE64(x) (x)
+#	define LE32(x) (x)
 #endif
 
 
@@ -124,6 +127,15 @@ typedef int32_t bsize_t;
 
 #define	BYTES_TO_MB(x) ((x) / (1024 * 1024))
 
+typedef enum {
+	COMPRESS_NONE = 0,
+	COMPRESS_LZFX,
+	COMPRESS_LZ4,
+	COMPRESS_ZLIB,
+	COMPRESS_BZIP2,
+	COMPRESS_LZMA
+} compress_algo_t;
+
 typedef struct {
 	uint32_t buf_extra;
 	int compress_mt_capable;