diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4ec7a61bb3..98147e93dd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ server.state
 .idea
 data/
 META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+gc.log
+voldsys$_*
diff --git a/bin/voldemort-prod-server.sh b/bin/voldemort-prod-server.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9455992945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/voldemort-prod-server.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+#   Copyright 2008-2013 LinkedIn, Inc
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+#
+#
+
+#
+# Spin up the voldemort server(BDB-JE) with a production worthy JVM config
+#
+export VOLD_OPTS=" -server -Xms32684m -Xmx32684m -XX:NewSize=2048m -XX:MaxNewSize=2048m -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+UseParNewGC -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=70 -XX:SurvivorRatio=2 -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch -XX:+UseCompressedOops -XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps -Xloggc:gc.log -XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime -XX:+PrintGCApplicationConcurrentTime "
+echo "WARNING: This setup spins up a kickass server for production/perftesting. Make SURE that you are running on a server class machine"
+echo "Tip: Make sure you either disable swap or give your user permission to mlock the heap"
+bin/voldemort-server.sh $@
diff --git a/config/prod_single_node_cluster/config/cluster.xml b/config/prod_single_node_cluster/config/cluster.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77a3b06d75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/prod_single_node_cluster/config/cluster.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<cluster>
+        <name>myprodcluster</name>
+        <server>
+                <id>0</id>
+                <host>localhost</host>
+                <http-port>8081</http-port>
+                <socket-port>6666</socket-port>
+                <admin-port>7777</admin-port>
+                <partitions>0, 1</partitions>
+        </server>
+</cluster>
+
diff --git a/config/prod_single_node_cluster/config/server.properties b/config/prod_single_node_cluster/config/server.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea4e1e3c54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/prod_single_node_cluster/config/server.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# The ID of *this* particular cluster node
+node.id=0
+
+# configs
+admin.enable=true
+admin.max.threads=40
+bdb.cache.evictln=true
+bdb.cache.size=20GB
+bdb.checkpoint.interval.bytes=2147483648
+bdb.checkpointer.off.batch.writes=true
+bdb.cleaner.interval.bytes=15728640
+bdb.cleaner.lazy.migration=false
+bdb.cleaner.min.file.utilization=0
+bdb.cleaner.threads=1
+bdb.enable=true
+bdb.evict.by.level=true
+bdb.expose.space.utilization=true
+bdb.lock.nLockTables=47
+bdb.minimize.scan.impact=true
+bdb.one.env.per.store=true
+enable.server.routing=false
+enable.verbose.logging=false
+http.enable=true
+nio.connector.selectors=50
+num.scan.permits=2
+request.format=vp3
+restore.data.timeout.sec=1314000
+scheduler.threads=24
+slop.frequency.ms=300000
+socket.enable=true
+storage.configs=voldemort.store.bdb.BdbStorageConfiguration, voldemort.store.readonly.ReadOnlyStorageConfiguration
+stream.read.byte.per.sec=209715200
+stream.write.byte.per.sec=78643200
diff --git a/config/prod_single_node_cluster/config/stores.xml b/config/prod_single_node_cluster/config/stores.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a4351dee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/prod_single_node_cluster/config/stores.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<stores>
+  <store>
+    <name>test</name>
+    <persistence>bdb</persistence>
+    <description>Test store</description>
+    <owners>harry@hogwarts.edu, hermoine@hogwarts.edu</owners>
+    <routing-strategy>consistent-routing</routing-strategy>
+    <routing>client</routing>
+    <replication-factor>1</replication-factor>
+    <required-reads>1</required-reads>
+    <required-writes>1</required-writes>
+    <key-serializer>
+      <type>string</type>
+    </key-serializer>
+    <value-serializer>
+      <type>string</type>
+    </value-serializer>
+  </store>
+</stores>