diff --git a/release/conf/gcs-config-sample.xml b/release/conf/gcs-config-sample.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<workload name="gcs-sample" description="sample benchmark for Google Cloud Storage">
+
+  <!-- Authentication needs service account credentials. -->
+  <!-- Sample credential file: ./release/conf/gcs-service-account-sample.json -->
+  <storage type="gcs" config="projectid=<projectid>;jsonkeyfile=</path/to/json/key.json/>" />
+
+  <workflow>
+
+    <workstage name="init">
+      <work type="init" workers="1" config="cprefix=gcstestqwer;containers=r(1,2)" />
+    </workstage>
+
+    <workstage name="prepare">
+      <work type="prepare" workers="1" config="cprefix=gcstestqwer;containers=r(1,2);objects=r(1,10);sizes=c(64)KB" />
+    </workstage>
+
+    <workstage name="main">
+      <work name="main" workers="8" runtime="30">
+        <operation type="read" ratio="80" config="cprefix=gcstestqwer;containers=u(1,2);objects=u(1,10)" />
+        <operation type="write" ratio="20" config="cprefix=gcstestqwer;containers=u(1,2);objects=u(11,20);sizes=c(64)KB" />
+      </work>
+    </workstage>
+
+    <workstage name="cleanup">
+      <work type="cleanup" workers="1" config="cprefix=gcstestqwer;containers=r(1,2);objects=r(1,20)" />
+    </workstage>
+
+    <workstage name="dispose">
+      <work type="dispose" workers="1" config="cprefix=gcstestqwer;containers=r(1,2)" />
+    </workstage>
+
+  </workflow>
+
+</workload>
diff --git a/release/conf/gcs-service-account-sample.json b/release/conf/gcs-service-account-sample.json
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+// Service account json file can be generated from https://console.developers.google.com/apis/credentials
+{
+  "type": "service_account",
+  "private_key_id": "****************************************",
+  "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\n*******************\n*******************\n*******************\n*******************\n*******************\n*******************\n*******************\n*******************\n*******************\n*******************\n*******************\n*******************\n*******************\n*******************\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
+  "client_email": "*****@*****.****",
+  "client_id": "************************",
+  "auth_uri": "https://****.****.***/",
+  "token_uri": "https://****.****.***/",
+  "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://****.****.***/",
+  "client_x509_cert_url": "https://****.****.***/"
+}
diff --git a/release/conf/openio-config-sample.xml b/release/conf/openio-config-sample.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<workload name="openio sample workload" description="light run" config="">
+    <auth type="none"/>
+    <storage type="openio" config="ns=NS;account=myaccount;proxyd-url=http://127.0.0.1:6000"/>
+    <workflow config="">
+        <workstage name="init" closuredelay="0" config="">
+            <auth type="none"/>
+            <storage type="openio" config="ns=NS;account=myaccount;proxyd-url=http://127.0.0.1:6000"/>
+            <work name="init" type="init" workers="5" interval="5"
+                division="container" runtime="0" rampup="0" rampdown="0"
+                afr="0" totalOps="30" totalBytes="0" config="cprefix=container_;containers=r(1,20)">
+                <auth type="none"/>
+                <storage type="openio" config="ns=NS;account=myaccount;proxyd-url=http://127.0.0.1:6000"/>
+                <operation type="init" ratio="100" division="container"
+                    config="cprefix=container_;containers=r(1,20)" id="op1"/>
+            </work>
+        </workstage>
+        <workstage name="prepare" closuredelay="0" config="">
+            <auth type="none"/>
+            <storage type="openio" config="ns=NS;account=myaccount;proxyd-url=http://127.0.0.1:6000"/>
+            <work name="prepare" type="prepare" workers="5"
+                interval="5" division="object" runtime="0" rampup="0"
+                rampdown="0" afr="0" totalOps="60" totalBytes="0" config="cprefix=container_;containers=r(1,20);objects=r(1,30);sizes=c(5)KB">
+                <auth type="none"/>
+                <storage type="openio" config="ns=NS;account=myaccount;proxyd-url=http://127.0.0.1:6000"/>
+                <operation type="prepare" ratio="100" division="object"
+                    config="createContainer=false;cprefix=container_;containers=r(1,20);objects=r(1,60);sizes=c(5)KB" id="op1"/>
+            </work>
+        </workstage>
+        <workstage name="main" closuredelay="0" config="">
+            <auth type="none"/>
+            <storage type="openio" config="ns=NS;account=myaccount;proxyd-url=http://127.0.0.1:6000"/>
+            <work name="main" type="normal" workers="5" interval="5"
+                division="container" runtime="120" rampup="0"
+                rampdown="0" afr="200000" totalOps="0" totalBytes="0" config="">
+                <auth type="none"/>
+                <storage type="openio" config="ns=NS;account=myaccount;proxyd-url=http://127.0.0.1:6000"/>
+                <operation type="read" ratio="50" division="container"
+                    config="cprefix=container_;containers=u(1,20);objects=u(1,40)" id="op1"/>
+                <operation type="write" ratio="40" division="container"
+                    config="cprefix=container_;containers=u(1,20);objects=u(10,50);sizes=c(6)KB" id="op2"/>
+                <operation type="delete" ratio="10" division="container"
+                    config="cprefix=container_;containers=u(1,20);objects=u(51,60)" id="op3"/>
+            </work>
+        </workstage>
+        <workstage name="cleanup" closuredelay="0" config="">
+            <auth type="none"/>
+            <storage type="openio" config="ns=NS;account=myaccount;proxyd-url=http://127.0.0.1:6000"/>
+            <work name="cleanup" type="cleanup" workers="5"
+                interval="5" division="object" runtime="0" rampup="0"
+                rampdown="0" afr="0" totalOps="30" totalBytes="0" config="cprefix=container_;containers=r(1,20);objects=r(1,30)">
+                <auth type="none"/>
+                <storage type="openio" config="ns=NS;account=myaccount;proxyd-url=http://127.0.0.1:6000"/>
+                <operation type="cleanup" ratio="100" division="object"
+                    config="cprefix=container_;containers=r(1,20);objects=r(1,60)" id="op1"/>
+            </work>
+        </workstage>
+        <workstage name="dispose" closuredelay="0" config="">
+            <auth type="none"/>
+            <storage type="openio" config="ns=NS;account=myaccount;proxyd-url=http://127.0.0.1:6000"/>
+            <work name="dispose" type="dispose" workers="5" interval="5"
+                division="container" runtime="0" rampup="0" rampdown="0"
+                afr="0" totalOps="6" totalBytes="0" config="cprefix=container_;containers=r(1,20)">
+                <auth type="none"/>
+                <storage type="openio" config="ns=NS;account=myaccount;proxyd-url=http://127.0.0.1:6000"/>
+                <operation type="dispose" ratio="100"
+                    division="container"
+                    config="objects=r(0,0);sizes=c(0)B;cprefix=container_;containers=r(1,20)" id="op1"/>
+            </work>
+        </workstage>
+    </workflow>
+</workload>
diff --git a/release/workloads/asus.xml b/release/workloads/asus.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<workload name="test" description="The distribution is a summarization of a real-world trace script. The trace script was collected continuously 
+	for two weeks, and the system is located in a regional server farm operated by ASUS Webstorage. The workload contains 4 types of activities 
+	that are frequently invoked in the object storage servers – read, write, append and move.">
+
+  <storage type="swift" />
+  
+  <auth type="swauth" config="username=test:swift;password=thepassword;auth_url=http://lab-be1:80/auth" />
+
+  <workflow>
+    <workstage name="init">
+      <work type="init" 
+            workers="1" 
+    config="containers=r(1,431)" />
+    </workstage>
+
+    <workstage name="prepare">
+      <work type="prepare" 
+            workers="40" 
+    config="containers=r(1,431);objects=r(1,1299);sizes=h(1|100|604,101|500|116,501|1024|51,1025|5120|169,5121|102400|18,102401|1024000|2)KB" />
+    </workstage>
+    <workstage name="delay" closuredelay="300">
+       <work type="delay" workers="1" />
+    </workstage>
+    <workstage name="main">
+      <work name="main" workers="256" runtime="900">
+        <operation type="read" 
+   config="containers=u(1,431);objects=u(1,1299)" />
+      </work>
+    </workstage>
+    <workstage name="cleanup">
+      <work type="cleanup" 
+            workers="40" 
+    config="containers=r(1,431);objects=r(1,1299)" />
+    </workstage>
+
+    <workstage name="dispose">
+      <work type="dispose" workers="1" config="containers=r(1,431)" />
+    </workstage>
+  </workflow>
+</workload>