diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cloudius/main/Main.java b/src/main/java/com/cloudius/main/Main.java
index 2404cc8..1b4994d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cloudius/main/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cloudius/main/Main.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package com.cloudius.main;
 
 import com.cloudius.api.APIClient;
+import org.apache.cassandra.net.MessagingService;
 import org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageService;
 
 public class Main {
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ public class Main {
         System.out.println("Connecting to " + APIClient.getBaseUrl());
         System.out.println("Starting the JMX server");
         StorageService.getInstance();
+        MessagingService.getInstance();
         Thread.sleep(Long.MAX_VALUE);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/MessagingService.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/MessagingService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e758487
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/MessagingService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Cloudius Systems
+ *
+ * Modified by Cloudius Systems
+ */
+package org.apache.cassandra.net;
+
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
+import java.net.*;
+import java.util.*;
+
+import javax.management.MBeanServer;
+import javax.management.ObjectName;
+
+import com.cloudius.api.APIClient;
+
+public final class MessagingService implements MessagingServiceMBean {
+    public static final String MBEAN_NAME = "org.apache.cassandra.net:type=MessagingService";
+    private static final java.util.logging.Logger logger = java.util.logging.Logger
+            .getLogger(MessagingService.class.getName());
+
+    private APIClient c = new APIClient();
+
+    private final ObjectName jmxObjectName;
+
+    public void log(String str) {
+        System.out.println(str);
+        logger.info(str);
+    }
+
+    public MessagingService() {
+        MBeanServer mbs = ManagementFactory.getPlatformMBeanServer();
+        try {
+            jmxObjectName = new ObjectName(MBEAN_NAME);
+            mbs.registerMBean(this, jmxObjectName);
+            // mbs.registerMBean(StreamManager.instance, new ObjectName(
+            // StreamManager.OBJECT_NAME));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    static MessagingService instance = new MessagingService();
+
+    public static MessagingService getInstance() {
+        return instance;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Pending tasks for Command(Mutations, Read etc) TCP Connections
+     */
+    public Map<String, Integer> getCommandPendingTasks() {
+        log(" getCommandPendingTasks()");
+        return c.getMapStringIntegerValue("/messaging_service/messages/pending");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Completed tasks for Command(Mutations, Read etc) TCP Connections
+     */
+    public Map<String, Long> getCommandCompletedTasks() {
+        System.out.println("getCommandCompletedTasks!");
+        Map<String, Long> res = c
+                .getListMapStringLongValue("/messaging_service/messages/sent");
+        return res;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Dropped tasks for Command(Mutations, Read etc) TCP Connections
+     */
+    public Map<String, Long> getCommandDroppedTasks() {
+        log(" getCommandDroppedTasks()");
+        return c.getMapStringLongValue("");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Pending tasks for Response(GOSSIP & RESPONSE) TCP Connections
+     */
+    public Map<String, Integer> getResponsePendingTasks() {
+        log(" getResponsePendingTasks()");
+        return c.getMapStringIntegerValue("");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Completed tasks for Response(GOSSIP & RESPONSE) TCP Connections
+     */
+    public Map<String, Long> getResponseCompletedTasks() {
+        log(" getResponseCompletedTasks()");
+        return c.getMapStringLongValue("");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * dropped message counts for server lifetime
+     */
+    public Map<String, Integer> getDroppedMessages() {
+        log(" getDroppedMessages()");
+        return c.getMapStringIntegerValue("");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * dropped message counts since last called
+     */
+    public Map<String, Integer> getRecentlyDroppedMessages() {
+        log(" getRecentlyDroppedMessages()");
+        return c.getMapStringIntegerValue("");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Total number of timeouts happened on this node
+     */
+    public long getTotalTimeouts() {
+        log(" getTotalTimeouts()");
+        return c.getLongValue("");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Number of timeouts per host
+     */
+    public Map<String, Long> getTimeoutsPerHost() {
+        log(" getTimeoutsPerHost()");
+        return c.getMapStringLongValue("");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Number of timeouts since last check.
+     */
+    public long getRecentTotalTimouts() {
+        log(" getRecentTotalTimouts()");
+        return c.getLongValue("");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Number of timeouts since last check per host.
+     */
+    public Map<String, Long> getRecentTimeoutsPerHost() {
+        log(" getRecentTimeoutsPerHost()");
+        return c.getMapStringLongValue("");
+    }
+
+    public int getVersion(String address) throws UnknownHostException {
+        log(" getVersion(String address) throws UnknownHostException");
+        return c.getIntValue("");
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/MessagingServiceMBean.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/MessagingServiceMBean.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fbd5c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/MessagingServiceMBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.cassandra.net;
+
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * MBean exposing MessagingService metrics. - OutboundConnectionPools -
+ * Command/Response - Pending/Completed Tasks
+ */
+public interface MessagingServiceMBean {
+    /**
+     * Pending tasks for Command(Mutations, Read etc) TCP Connections
+     */
+    public Map<String, Integer> getCommandPendingTasks();
+
+    /**
+     * Completed tasks for Command(Mutations, Read etc) TCP Connections
+     */
+    public Map<String, Long> getCommandCompletedTasks();
+
+    /**
+     * Dropped tasks for Command(Mutations, Read etc) TCP Connections
+     */
+    public Map<String, Long> getCommandDroppedTasks();
+
+    /**
+     * Pending tasks for Response(GOSSIP & RESPONSE) TCP Connections
+     */
+    public Map<String, Integer> getResponsePendingTasks();
+
+    /**
+     * Completed tasks for Response(GOSSIP & RESPONSE) TCP Connections
+     */
+    public Map<String, Long> getResponseCompletedTasks();
+
+    /**
+     * dropped message counts for server lifetime
+     */
+    public Map<String, Integer> getDroppedMessages();
+
+    /**
+     * dropped message counts since last called
+     */
+    public Map<String, Integer> getRecentlyDroppedMessages();
+
+    /**
+     * Total number of timeouts happened on this node
+     */
+    public long getTotalTimeouts();
+
+    /**
+     * Number of timeouts per host
+     */
+    public Map<String, Long> getTimeoutsPerHost();
+
+    /**
+     * Number of timeouts since last check.
+     */
+    public long getRecentTotalTimouts();
+
+    /**
+     * Number of timeouts since last check per host.
+     */
+    public Map<String, Long> getRecentTimeoutsPerHost();
+
+    public int getVersion(String address) throws UnknownHostException;
+}