@Override
  public void setUpCluster() throws Exception {
    util = getTestingUtil(getConf());
    boolean isDistributed = util.isDistributedCluster();
    util.initializeCluster(isDistributed ? 1 : this.NUM_SLAVES_BASE);
    if (!isDistributed) {
      util.startMiniMapReduceCluster();
    }
    this.setConf(util.getConfiguration());
  }
A stand alone program that follows a linked list created by {@link Generator} and prints timing
info.
hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/IntegrationTestBigLinkedList.java