README for hifire
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1. HiFiRe is a flexible strategy-based I/O replayer 

2. Prerequisite 
  * Boost > 1.36
  * CppUnit > 1.12 ( optional, for unit test purpose )
	
3. Compile and Install
 cd /path/of/hifire
 ./bootstrap
 ./configure
 make
 make install    ( optional )

 3.1 How to run unit tests
 cd /path/of/hifire
 make check

4. Examples:
 ./hifire --thread-num 8 --input Finance1.spc /dev/sdc

 For more details:
 ./hifire --help
 or man hifire

5. Supported platforms:
 * Linux:
	* gcc 4.3.3 on Ubuntu server