diff --git a/scripts/read-topology-loop.py b/scripts/read-topology-loop.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+Small script to run a stress test on a Cassandra cluster.
+The script will periodically query data from Cassandra via ONOS
+and time the request duration.
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import json
+import time
+import timeit
+
+host = "localhost"
+port = "9000"
+
+url="http://%s:%s/wm/core/topology/switches/all/json" % (host, port)
+command = "curl -m 5 -s %s" % url
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+    print "usage: %s output_file" % sys.argv[0]
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+output_filename = sys.argv[1]
+output_file = open(output_filename, 'w')
+output_file.write("Time" + os.linesep)
+
+def do_request():
+    try:
+        result = os.popen(command).read()
+        parsedResult = json.loads(result)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print "Curl call failed: %s" % e
+        sys.exit(1)
+        
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    while (True):
+        time_elapsed = timeit.timeit('do_request()', 'from __main__ import do_request', number=1)
+        output_file.write("%s%s" % (time_elapsed, os.linesep))
+        output_file.flush()
+        time.sleep(1)