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diff --git a/Tests/BasicTests/ParallelTests.cs b/Tests/BasicTests/ParallelTests.cs
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+using CodexDistTestCore;
+using CodexDistTestCore.Config;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace Tests.ParallelTests
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class DownloadTests : DistTest
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void TwoNodeDownloads()
+        {
+            ParallelDownload(2, 64.MB());
+        }
+        [Test]
+        public void FiveNodeDownloads()
+        {
+            ParallelDownload(5, 1000.MB());
+        }
+        [Test]
+        public void TenNodeDownloads()
+        {
+            ParallelDownload(10, 16.MB());
+        }
+        public void download(ContentId contentId, CodexDistTestCore.IOnlineCodexNode node, TestFile testFile)
+        {
+            var downloadedFile = node.DownloadContent(contentId);
+            testFile.AssertIsEqual(downloadedFile);
+        }
+
+        void ParallelDownload(int numberOfNodes, ByteSize filesize)
+        {
+            var group = SetupCodexNodes(numberOfNodes).EnableMetrics().BringOnline();
+
+            var host = group[0];
+
+            for (int i = 1; i < numberOfNodes; i++)
+            {
+                host.ConnectToPeer(group[i]);
+            }
+
+            var testFile = GenerateTestFile(filesize);
+
+            var contentId = host.UploadFile(testFile);
+
+            for (int i = 1; i < numberOfNodes; i++)
+            {
+                new Task(() => { download(contentId, group[i], testFile); }).Start();
+            }
+            Task.WaitAll();
+        }
+    }
+
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class UploadTests : DistTest
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void TwoNodeUploads()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void FiveNodeUploads()
+        {
+        }
+        public void TenNodeUploads()
+        {
+        }
+    }
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class MixedTests : DistTest
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void OneDownloadOneUpload()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void ThreeDownloadTwoUpload()
+        {
+        }
+        public void FiveDownloadFiveUpload()
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
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