uptime_ = System.currentTimeMillis();
storageLoadBalancer_ = new StorageLoadBalancer(this);
endPointSnitch_ = new EndPointSnitch();
/* register the verb handlers */
MessagingService.getMessagingInstance().registerVerbHandlers(StorageService.tokenVerbHandler_, new TokenUpdateVerbHandler());
MessagingService.getMessagingInstance().registerVerbHandlers(StorageService.binaryVerbHandler_, new BinaryVerbHandler());
MessagingService.getMessagingInstance().registerVerbHandlers(StorageService.loadVerbHandler_, new LoadVerbHandler());
MessagingService.getMessagingInstance().registerVerbHandlers(StorageService.mutationVerbHandler_, new RowMutationVerbHandler());
MessagingService.getMessagingInstance().registerVerbHandlers(StorageService.readRepairVerbHandler_, new ReadRepairVerbHandler());
MessagingService.getMessagingInstance().registerVerbHandlers(StorageService.readVerbHandler_, new ReadVerbHandler());