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 ## Quick Start
 
 This section describes how to run YCSB on MongoDB. 
 
 ### 1. Start MongoDB
 
 First, download MongoDB and start `mongod`. For example, to start MongoDB
 on x86-64 Linux box:
 
     wget http://fastdl.mongodb.org/linux/mongodb-linux-x86_64-x.x.x.tgz
     tar xfvz mongodb-linux-x86_64-*.tgz
     mkdir /tmp/mongodb
     cd mongodb-linux-x86_64-*
     ./bin/mongod --dbpath /tmp/mongodb
 
 Replace x.x.x above with the latest stable release version for MongoDB.
 See http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/installation/ for installation steps for various operating systems.
 
 ### 2. Install Java and Maven
 
 Go to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
 
 and get the url to download the rpm into your server. For example:
 
     wget http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u40-b43/jdk-7u40-linux-x64.rpm?AuthParam=11232426132 -o jdk-7u40-linux-x64.rpm
     rpm -Uvh jdk-7u40-linux-x64.rpm
     
 Or install via yum/apt-get
 
     sudo yum install java-devel
 
 Download MVN from http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi
 
     wget http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/www.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/3.1.1/binaries/apache-maven-3.1.1-bin.tar.gz
     sudo tar xzf apache-maven-*-bin.tar.gz -C /usr/local
     cd /usr/local
     sudo ln -s apache-maven-* maven
     sudo vi /etc/profile.d/maven.sh
 
 Add the following to `maven.sh`
 
     export M2_HOME=/usr/local/maven
     export PATH=${M2_HOME}/bin:${PATH}
 
 Reload bash and test mvn
 
     bash
     mvn -version
 
 ### 3. Set Up YCSB
 
 Download the YCSB zip file and compile:
 
-    git clone git://github.com/brianfrankcooper/YCSB.git
-    cd YCSB
-    mvn -pl com.yahoo.ycsb:mongodb-binding -am clean package
+    curl -O --location https://github.com/brianfrankcooper/YCSB/releases/download/0.5.0/ycsb-0.5.0.tar.gz
+    tar xfvz ycsb-0.5.0.tar.gz
+    cd ycsb-0.5.0
 
 ### 4. Run YCSB
 
 Now you are ready to run! First, use the asynchronous driver to load the data:
 
     ./bin/ycsb load mongodb-async -s -P workloads/workloada > outputLoad.txt
 
 Then, run the workload:
 
     ./bin/ycsb run mongodb-async -s -P workloads/workloada > outputRun.txt
     
 Similarly, to use the synchronous driver from MongoDB Inc. we load the data: 
 
     ./bin/ycsb load mongodb -s -P workloads/workloada > outputLoad.txt
 
 Then, run the workload:
 
     ./bin/ycsb run mongodb -s -P workloads/workloada > outputRun.txt
     
 See the next section for the list of configuration parameters for MongoDB.
 
 ## MongoDB Configuration Parameters
 
 - `mongodb.url`
   - This should be a MongoDB URI or connection string. 
     - See http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/connection-string/ for the standard options.
     - For the complete set of options for the asynchronous driver see: 
       - http://www.allanbank.com/mongodb-async-driver/apidocs/index.html?com/allanbank/mongodb/MongoDbUri.html
     - For the complete set of options for the synchronous driver see:
       - http://api.mongodb.org/java/current/index.html?com/mongodb/MongoClientURI.html
   - Default value is `mongodb://localhost:27017/ycsb?w=1`
   - Default value of database is `ycsb`
 
 - `mongodb.batchsize`
   - Useful for the insert workload as it will submit the inserts in batches inproving throughput.
   - Default value is `1`.
 
 - `mongodb.upsert`
   - Determines if the insert operation performs an update with the upsert operation or a insert. 
     Upserts have the advantage that they will continue to work for a partially loaded data set.
   - Setting to `true` uses updates, `false` uses insert operations.
   - Default value is `false`.
 
 - `mongodb.writeConcern`
   - **Deprecated** - Use the `w` and `journal` options on the MongoDB URI provided by the `mongodb.url`.
   - Allowed values are :
     - `errors_ignored`
     - `unacknowledged`
     - `acknowledged`
     - `journaled`
     - `replica_acknowledged`
     - `majority`
   - Default value is `acknowledged`.
  
 - `mongodb.readPreference`
   - **Deprecated** - Use the `readPreference` options on the MongoDB URI provided by the `mongodb.url`.
   - Allowed values are :
     - `primary`
     - `primary_preferred`
     - `secondary`
     - `secondary_preferred`
     - `nearest`
   - Default value is `primary`.
  
 - `mongodb.maxconnections`
   - **Deprecated** - Use the `maxPoolSize` options on the MongoDB URI provided by the `mongodb.url`.
   - Default value is `100`.
 
 - `mongodb.threadsAllowedToBlockForConnectionMultiplier`
   - **Deprecated** - Use the `waitQueueMultiple` options on the MongoDB URI provided by the `mongodb.url`.
   - Default value is `5`.
 
 For example:
 
     ./bin/ycsb load mongodb-async -s -P workloads/workloada -p mongodb.url=mongodb://localhost:27017/ycsb?w=0
 
 To run with the synchronous driver from MongoDB Inc.:
 
     ./bin/ycsb load mongodb -s -P workloads/workloada -p mongodb.url=mongodb://localhost:27017/ycsb?w=0