diff --git a/benchmarks/butterfly.c b/benchmarks/butterfly.c
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/benchmarks/butterfly.c
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * butterfly.c
+ *
+ *  Created on: Sep 9, 2011
+ *      Author: sears
+ */
+#include <config.h>
+#include <stasis/common.h>
+#include <stasis/util/time.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
+  if(argc != 4) {
+    printf("usage: %s filename file_size sector_size\n", argv[0]); fflush(stdout); abort();
+  }
+  const char * filename = argv[1];
+  uint64_t file_size = atoll(argv[2]);
+  int sector_size = atoi(argv[3]);
+
+  int fd = -1;
+  fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY|O_DSYNC); //|O_DIRECT);
+
+  struct timeval start, stop;
+  void * buf;
+  posix_memalign(&buf, sector_size, sector_size);
+  memset(buf, 0, sector_size);
+
+
+  gettimeofday(&stop,0);
+  for(uint64_t i = 0; i < file_size/sector_size; i++) {
+    int err = pwrite(fd, buf, sector_size, 0);
+    if(err == -1) {
+      perror("Couldn't write");
+      abort();
+    }
+    assert(err && err == sector_size);
+    gettimeofday(&start, 0);
+    double reset_elapsed = stasis_timeval_to_double(stasis_subtract_timeval(start,stop));
+    err = pwrite(fd, buf, sector_size, i * sector_size);
+    if(err == -1) {
+      perror("Couldn't write");
+      abort();
+    }
+    assert(err && err == sector_size);
+
+    gettimeofday(&stop, 0);
+    double elapsed = stasis_timeval_to_double(stasis_subtract_timeval(stop,start));
+    printf("%lld\t%0.5f\t%0.5f\n", (long long) i, elapsed, reset_elapsed);
+  }
+
+  close(fd);
+}
+
diff --git a/benchmarks/stride.c b/benchmarks/stride.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c1f8a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/stride.c
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/**
+ * stride.c
+ *
+ *  Created on: Sep 1, 2011
+ *      Author: sears
+ */
+#include <config.h>
+#include <stasis/common.h>
+#include <stasis/util/time.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
+  if(argc != 6) {
+    printf("usage: %s filename num_workers num_ops write_size stride", argv[0]); fflush(stdout); abort();
+  }
+  int NUM_WORKERS = atoi(argv[2]);
+  uint64_t ops = atoll(argv[3]);
+  int write_size = atoi(argv[4]);
+  uint64_t stride = atoll(argv[5]);
+  int fd = -1;
+  fd = open(argv[1], O_WRONLY|O_DSYNC); //|O_DIRECT);
+
+  struct timeval start, stop;
+  void * buf;
+  posix_memalign(&buf, 512, write_size);
+  memset(buf, 0, write_size);
+
+  gettimeofday(&start, 0);
+
+  for(uint64_t i = 0; i < ops; i++) {
+    int err = pwrite(fd, buf, write_size, stride * i * write_size);
+    if(err == -1) {
+      perror("Couldn't write");
+      abort();
+    }
+    assert(err && err == write_size);
+  }
+
+  gettimeofday(&stop, 0);
+
+  double elapsed = stasis_timeval_to_double(stasis_subtract_timeval(stop,start));
+  double ops_per_sec = ((double)ops) / elapsed;
+  printf("%lld ops in %f seconds = %f ops/second, %f speedup, %f mb/sec\n", (long long)ops, elapsed, ops_per_sec, ops_per_sec/ /*166.666*/(/*7200.0*/5400.0/60.0), ((double)ops*write_size)/(1024.0*1024.0*elapsed));
+
+  close(fd);
+}
diff --git a/benchmarks/stride.pl b/benchmarks/stride.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..afe5418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/stride.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+use strict;
+
+my @strides;
+my $x = 1;
+for(my $i = 0; $i < 400; $i++) {
+  $strides[$i] = $i;
+  $x *= 2;
+}
+
+$|=1;
+
+foreach my $s (@strides) {
+  print "$s\t";
+  system qq(./stride foo.out 3 500 4096 $s); 
+}
diff --git a/benchmarks/turbine.c b/benchmarks/turbine.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e72eee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/turbine.c
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/*
+ * turbine.c
+ *
+ *  Created on: Aug 31, 2011
+ *      Author: sears
+ */
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <config.h>
+#include <stasis/common.h>
+#include <stasis/util/latches.h>
+#include <stasis/util/time.h>
+
+int many_handles = 1;
+
+typedef struct worker {
+  int fd;
+  const char * filename;
+  uint64_t stride;
+  uint64_t offset;
+  uint64_t last;
+  uint64_t write_size;
+  pthread_cond_t cond;
+  pthread_mutex_t mutex;
+  struct worker * next;
+} worker;
+/**
+ * Straightforward implementation:
+ *  - each worker thread has a mutex and a condition variable.
+ *  - we grab our successor's mutex, update it's incoming value, release the mutex, and signal them.
+ */
+void * func(void * argp) {
+  worker * arg = argp;
+  void * buf;
+  posix_memalign(&buf, 512, arg->write_size);
+  memset(buf, 0, arg->write_size);
+//  void * buf = calloc(arg->write_size, 1);
+  pthread_mutex_lock(&arg->mutex);
+  uint64_t offset = 0;
+  if(many_handles) {
+    arg->fd = open(arg->filename, O_WRONLY|O_DSYNC); //|O_DIRECT);
+    if(arg->fd == -1) {
+      perror("Couldn't open file");
+      abort();
+    }
+  }
+  while(offset < arg->last) {
+    while(arg->offset == 0) {
+      pthread_cond_wait(&arg->cond, &arg->mutex);
+    }
+    offset = arg->offset;
+    arg->offset = 0;
+//    if(!(offset % 10000)) printf("%lld < %lld\n", (long long)arg->offset, (long long) arg->last);
+    pthread_mutex_lock(&arg->next->mutex);
+    arg->next->offset = offset + 1;
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&arg->next->mutex);
+    pthread_cond_signal(&arg->next->cond);
+//    struct timespec slp = stasis_double_to_timespec(0.001);
+    int err = pwrite(arg->fd, buf, arg->write_size, arg->stride * offset * arg->write_size);
+    if(err == -1) {
+      perror("Couldn't write");
+      abort();
+    }
+    assert(err && err == arg->write_size);
+  }
+  pthread_mutex_unlock(&arg->mutex);
+  if(many_handles) {
+    close(arg->fd);
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
+  if(argc != 6) {
+    printf("usage: %s filename num_workers num_ops write_size stride", argv[0]); fflush(stdout); abort();
+  }
+  int NUM_WORKERS = atoi(argv[2]);
+  uint64_t ops = atoll(argv[3]);
+  int write_size = atoi(argv[4]);
+  worker * workers = malloc(sizeof(worker) * NUM_WORKERS);
+  pthread_t*  threads = malloc(sizeof(pthread_t) * NUM_WORKERS);
+  uint64_t stride = atoll(argv[5]);
+  int fd = -1;
+  if(!many_handles) {
+    fd = open(argv[1], O_WRONLY|O_DSYNC); //|O_DIRECT);
+  }
+
+  for(int i = 0; i < NUM_WORKERS; i++) {
+    workers[i].fd = fd;
+    workers[i].filename = argv[1];
+    workers[i].offset = 0;
+    workers[i].last   = ops;
+    workers[i].write_size = write_size;
+    workers[i].stride = stride;
+    pthread_cond_init(&workers[i].cond,0);
+    pthread_mutex_init(&workers[i].mutex,0);
+    workers[i].next = &workers[(i+1) % NUM_WORKERS];
+  }
+  for(int i = 0; i < NUM_WORKERS; i++) {
+    pthread_create(&threads[i], 0, func, &workers[i]);
+  }
+
+  struct timeval start, stop;
+  gettimeofday(&start, 0);
+  workers[0].offset = 1;
+  pthread_cond_signal(&workers[0].cond);
+
+  for(int i = 0; i < NUM_WORKERS; i++) {
+    pthread_join(threads[i], 0);
+  }
+  gettimeofday(&stop, 0);
+
+  double elapsed = stasis_timeval_to_double(stasis_subtract_timeval(stop,start));
+  double ops_per_sec = ((double)ops) / elapsed;
+  printf("%lld ops in %f seconds = %f ops/second, %f speedup, %f mb/sec\n", (long long)ops, elapsed, ops_per_sec, ops_per_sec/ /*166.666*/(/*7200.0*/5400.0/60.0), ((double)ops*write_size)/(1024.0*1024.0*elapsed));
+  if(!many_handles) {
+//    fdatasync(fd);
+    close(fd);
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/benchmarks/turbine.pl b/benchmarks/turbine.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3d45e43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/turbine.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+use strict;
+
+my @strides;
+my $x = 1;
+for(my $i = 0; $i < 100; $i++) {
+  $strides[$i] = $i;
+  $x *= 2;
+}
+
+$|=1;
+
+foreach my $s (@strides) {
+  print "$s\t";
+  system qq(./turbine foo.out 3 1000 4096 $s); 
+}