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+Mozilla Public License Version 2.0
+==================================
+
+1. Definitions
+--------------
+
+1.1. "Contributor"
+    means each individual or legal entity that creates, contributes to
+    the creation of, or owns Covered Software.
+
+1.2. "Contributor Version"
+    means the combination of the Contributions of others (if any) used
+    by a Contributor and that particular Contributor's Contribution.
+
+1.3. "Contribution"
+    means Covered Software of a particular Contributor.
+
+1.4. "Covered Software"
+    means Source Code Form to which the initial Contributor has attached
+    the notice in Exhibit A, the Executable Form of such Source Code
+    Form, and Modifications of such Source Code Form, in each case
+    including portions thereof.
+
+1.5. "Incompatible With Secondary Licenses"
+    means
+
+    (a) that the initial Contributor has attached the notice described
+        in Exhibit B to the Covered Software; or
+
+    (b) that the Covered Software was made available under the terms of
+        version 1.1 or earlier of the License, but not also under the
+        terms of a Secondary License.
+
+1.6. "Executable Form"
+    means any form of the work other than Source Code Form.
+
+1.7. "Larger Work"
+    means a work that combines Covered Software with other material, in
+    a separate file or files, that is not Covered Software.
+
+1.8. "License"
+    means this document.
+
+1.9. "Licensable"
+    means having the right to grant, to the maximum extent possible,
+    whether at the time of the initial grant or subsequently, any and
+    all of the rights conveyed by this License.
+
+1.10. "Modifications"
+    means any of the following:
+
+    (a) any file in Source Code Form that results from an addition to,
+        deletion from, or modification of the contents of Covered
+        Software; or
+
+    (b) any new file in Source Code Form that contains any Covered
+        Software.
+
+1.11. "Patent Claims" of a Contributor
+    means any patent claim(s), including without limitation, method,
+    process, and apparatus claims, in any patent Licensable by such
+    Contributor that would be infringed, but for the grant of the
+    License, by the making, using, selling, offering for sale, having
+    made, import, or transfer of either its Contributions or its
+    Contributor Version.
+
+1.12. "Secondary License"
+    means either the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0, the GNU
+    Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1, the GNU Affero General
+    Public License, Version 3.0, or any later versions of those
+    licenses.
+
+1.13. "Source Code Form"
+    means the form of the work preferred for making modifications.
+
+1.14. "You" (or "Your")
+    means an individual or a legal entity exercising rights under this
+    License. For legal entities, "You" includes any entity that
+    controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with You. For
+    purposes of this definition, "control" means (a) the power, direct
+    or indirect, to cause the direction or management of such entity,
+    whether by contract or otherwise, or (b) ownership of more than
+    fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares or beneficial
+    ownership of such entity.
+
+2. License Grants and Conditions
+--------------------------------
+
+2.1. Grants
+
+Each Contributor hereby grants You a world-wide, royalty-free,
+non-exclusive license:
+
+(a) under intellectual property rights (other than patent or trademark)
+    Licensable by such Contributor to use, reproduce, make available,
+    modify, display, perform, distribute, and otherwise exploit its
+    Contributions, either on an unmodified basis, with Modifications, or
+    as part of a Larger Work; and
+
+(b) under Patent Claims of such Contributor to make, use, sell, offer
+    for sale, have made, import, and otherwise transfer either its
+    Contributions or its Contributor Version.
+
+2.2. Effective Date
+
+The licenses granted in Section 2.1 with respect to any Contribution
+become effective for each Contribution on the date the Contributor first
+distributes such Contribution.
+
+2.3. Limitations on Grant Scope
+
+The licenses granted in this Section 2 are the only rights granted under
+this License. No additional rights or licenses will be implied from the
+distribution or licensing of Covered Software under this License.
+Notwithstanding Section 2.1(b) above, no patent license is granted by a
+Contributor:
+
+(a) for any code that a Contributor has removed from Covered Software;
+    or
+
+(b) for infringements caused by: (i) Your and any other third party's
+    modifications of Covered Software, or (ii) the combination of its
+    Contributions with other software (except as part of its Contributor
+    Version); or
+
+(c) under Patent Claims infringed by Covered Software in the absence of
+    its Contributions.
+
+This License does not grant any rights in the trademarks, service marks,
+or logos of any Contributor (except as may be necessary to comply with
+the notice requirements in Section 3.4).
+
+2.4. Subsequent Licenses
+
+No Contributor makes additional grants as a result of Your choice to
+distribute the Covered Software under a subsequent version of this
+License (see Section 10.2) or under the terms of a Secondary License (if
+permitted under the terms of Section 3.3).
+
+2.5. Representation
+
+Each Contributor represents that the Contributor believes its
+Contributions are its original creation(s) or it has sufficient rights
+to grant the rights to its Contributions conveyed by this License.
+
+2.6. Fair Use
+
+This License is not intended to limit any rights You have under
+applicable copyright doctrines of fair use, fair dealing, or other
+equivalents.
+
+2.7. Conditions
+
+Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 are conditions of the licenses granted
+in Section 2.1.
+
+3. Responsibilities
+-------------------
+
+3.1. Distribution of Source Form
+
+All distribution of Covered Software in Source Code Form, including any
+Modifications that You create or to which You contribute, must be under
+the terms of this License. You must inform recipients that the Source
+Code Form of the Covered Software is governed by the terms of this
+License, and how they can obtain a copy of this License. You may not
+attempt to alter or restrict the recipients' rights in the Source Code
+Form.
+
+3.2. Distribution of Executable Form
+
+If You distribute Covered Software in Executable Form then:
+
+(a) such Covered Software must also be made available in Source Code
+    Form, as described in Section 3.1, and You must inform recipients of
+    the Executable Form how they can obtain a copy of such Source Code
+    Form by reasonable means in a timely manner, at a charge no more
+    than the cost of distribution to the recipient; and
+
+(b) You may distribute such Executable Form under the terms of this
+    License, or sublicense it under different terms, provided that the
+    license for the Executable Form does not attempt to limit or alter
+    the recipients' rights in the Source Code Form under this License.
+
+3.3. Distribution of a Larger Work
+
+You may create and distribute a Larger Work under terms of Your choice,
+provided that You also comply with the requirements of this License for
+the Covered Software. If the Larger Work is a combination of Covered
+Software with a work governed by one or more Secondary Licenses, and the
+Covered Software is not Incompatible With Secondary Licenses, this
+License permits You to additionally distribute such Covered Software
+under the terms of such Secondary License(s), so that the recipient of
+the Larger Work may, at their option, further distribute the Covered
+Software under the terms of either this License or such Secondary
+License(s).
+
+3.4. Notices
+
+You may not remove or alter the substance of any license notices
+(including copyright notices, patent notices, disclaimers of warranty,
+or limitations of liability) contained within the Source Code Form of
+the Covered Software, except that You may alter any license notices to
+the extent required to remedy known factual inaccuracies.
+
+3.5. Application of Additional Terms
+
+You may choose to offer, and to charge a fee for, warranty, support,
+indemnity or liability obligations to one or more recipients of Covered
+Software. However, You may do so only on Your own behalf, and not on
+behalf of any Contributor. You must make it absolutely clear that any
+such warranty, support, indemnity, or liability obligation is offered by
+You alone, and You hereby agree to indemnify every Contributor for any
+liability incurred by such Contributor as a result of warranty, support,
+indemnity or liability terms You offer. You may include additional
+disclaimers of warranty and limitations of liability specific to any
+jurisdiction.
+
+4. Inability to Comply Due to Statute or Regulation
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+If it is impossible for You to comply with any of the terms of this
+License with respect to some or all of the Covered Software due to
+statute, judicial order, or regulation then You must: (a) comply with
+the terms of this License to the maximum extent possible; and (b)
+describe the limitations and the code they affect. Such description must
+be placed in a text file included with all distributions of the Covered
+Software under this License. Except to the extent prohibited by statute
+or regulation, such description must be sufficiently detailed for a
+recipient of ordinary skill to be able to understand it.
+
+5. Termination
+--------------
+
+5.1. The rights granted under this License will terminate automatically
+if You fail to comply with any of its terms. However, if You become
+compliant, then the rights granted under this License from a particular
+Contributor are reinstated (a) provisionally, unless and until such
+Contributor explicitly and finally terminates Your grants, and (b) on an
+ongoing basis, if such Contributor fails to notify You of the
+non-compliance by some reasonable means prior to 60 days after You have
+come back into compliance. Moreover, Your grants from a particular
+Contributor are reinstated on an ongoing basis if such Contributor
+notifies You of the non-compliance by some reasonable means, this is the
+first time You have received notice of non-compliance with this License
+from such Contributor, and You become compliant prior to 30 days after
+Your receipt of the notice.
+
+5.2. If You initiate litigation against any entity by asserting a patent
+infringement claim (excluding declaratory judgment actions,
+counter-claims, and cross-claims) alleging that a Contributor Version
+directly or indirectly infringes any patent, then the rights granted to
+You by any and all Contributors for the Covered Software under Section
+2.1 of this License shall terminate.
+
+5.3. In the event of termination under Sections 5.1 or 5.2 above, all
+end user license agreements (excluding distributors and resellers) which
+have been validly granted by You or Your distributors under this License
+prior to termination shall survive termination.
+
+************************************************************************
+*                                                                      *
+*  6. Disclaimer of Warranty                                           *
+*  -------------------------                                           *
+*                                                                      *
+*  Covered Software is provided under this License on an "as is"       *
+*  basis, without warranty of any kind, either expressed, implied, or  *
+*  statutory, including, without limitation, warranties that the       *
+*  Covered Software is free of defects, merchantable, fit for a        *
+*  particular purpose or non-infringing. The entire risk as to the     *
+*  quality and performance of the Covered Software is with You.        *
+*  Should any Covered Software prove defective in any respect, You     *
+*  (not any Contributor) assume the cost of any necessary servicing,   *
+*  repair, or correction. This disclaimer of warranty constitutes an   *
+*  essential part of this License. No use of any Covered Software is   *
+*  authorized under this License except under this disclaimer.         *
+*                                                                      *
+************************************************************************
+
+************************************************************************
+*                                                                      *
+*  7. Limitation of Liability                                          *
+*  --------------------------                                          *
+*                                                                      *
+*  Under no circumstances and under no legal theory, whether tort      *
+*  (including negligence), contract, or otherwise, shall any           *
+*  Contributor, or anyone who distributes Covered Software as          *
+*  permitted above, be liable to You for any direct, indirect,         *
+*  special, incidental, or consequential damages of any character      *
+*  including, without limitation, damages for lost profits, loss of    *
+*  goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any    *
+*  and all other commercial damages or losses, even if such party      *
+*  shall have been informed of the possibility of such damages. This   *
+*  limitation of liability shall not apply to liability for death or   *
+*  personal injury resulting from such party's negligence to the       *
+*  extent applicable law prohibits such limitation. Some               *
+*  jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of           *
+*  incidental or consequential damages, so this exclusion and          *
+*  limitation may not apply to You.                                    *
+*                                                                      *
+************************************************************************
+
+8. Litigation
+-------------
+
+Any litigation relating to this License may be brought only in the
+courts of a jurisdiction where the defendant maintains its principal
+place of business and such litigation shall be governed by laws of that
+jurisdiction, without reference to its conflict-of-law provisions.
+Nothing in this Section shall prevent a party's ability to bring
+cross-claims or counter-claims.
+
+9. Miscellaneous
+----------------
+
+This License represents the complete agreement concerning the subject
+matter hereof. If any provision of this License is held to be
+unenforceable, such provision shall be reformed only to the extent
+necessary to make it enforceable. Any law or regulation which provides
+that the language of a contract shall be construed against the drafter
+shall not be used to construe this License against a Contributor.
+
+10. Versions of the License
+---------------------------
+
+10.1. New Versions
+
+Mozilla Foundation is the license steward. Except as provided in Section
+10.3, no one other than the license steward has the right to modify or
+publish new versions of this License. Each version will be given a
+distinguishing version number.
+
+10.2. Effect of New Versions
+
+You may distribute the Covered Software under the terms of the version
+of the License under which You originally received the Covered Software,
+or under the terms of any subsequent version published by the license
+steward.
+
+10.3. Modified Versions
+
+If you create software not governed by this License, and you want to
+create a new license for such software, you may create and use a
+modified version of this License if you rename the license and remove
+any references to the name of the license steward (except to note that
+such modified license differs from this License).
+
+10.4. Distributing Source Code Form that is Incompatible With Secondary
+Licenses
+
+If You choose to distribute Source Code Form that is Incompatible With
+Secondary Licenses under the terms of this version of the License, the
+notice described in Exhibit B of this License must be attached.
+
+Exhibit A - Source Code Form License Notice
+-------------------------------------------
+
+  This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+  License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+  file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+If it is not possible or desirable to put the notice in a particular
+file, then You may include the notice in a location (such as a LICENSE
+file in a relevant directory) where a recipient would be likely to look
+for such a notice.
+
+You may add additional accurate notices of copyright ownership.
+
+Exhibit B - "Incompatible With Secondary Licenses" Notice
+---------------------------------------------------------
+
+  This Source Code Form is "Incompatible With Secondary Licenses", as
+  defined by the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+CQL Cassandra driver
+--------------------
+
+This library uses the [cql](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/cql) library
+which implements Cassandra's CQL protocol and complements it with the
+neccessary I/O operations. The feature-set includes:
+
+**Node discovery**. The driver discovers nodes automatically from a small
+set of bootstrap nodes.
+
+**Customisable load-balancing policies**. In addition to pre-built LB
+policies such as round-robin, users of this library can provide their
+own policies if desired.
+
+**Support for connection streams**. Requests can be multiplexed over a
+few connections.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/cql-io.cabal b/cql-io.cabal
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+name:                 cql-io
+version:              0.9.6
+synopsis:             Cassandra CQL client.
+stability:            experimental
+license:              OtherLicense
+license-file:         LICENSE
+author:               Toralf Wittner
+maintainer:           Toralf Wittner <tw@dtex.org>
+copyright:            (c) 2014 Toralf Wittner
+homepage:             https://github.com/twittner/cql-io/
+bug-reports:          https://github.com/twittner/cql-io/issues
+category:             Database
+build-type:           Simple
+cabal-version:        >= 1.10
+extra-source-files:   README.md
+
+description:
+    CQL Cassandra driver supporting native protocol versions 2 and 3.
+    .
+    This library uses the <http://hackage.haskell.org/package/cql cql> library
+    which implements Cassandra's CQL protocol and complements it with the
+    neccessary I/O operations. The feature-set includes:
+    .
+    * __Node discovery__. The driver discovers nodes automatically from a small
+    set of bootstrap nodes.
+    .
+    * __Customisable load-balancing policies__. In addition to pre-built LB
+    policies such as round-robin, users of this library can provide their
+    own policies if desired.
+    .
+    * __Support for connection streams__. Requests can be multiplexed over a
+    few connections.
+
+source-repository head
+    type:             git
+    location:         git@github.com:twittner/cql-io.git
+
+library
+    default-language: Haskell2010
+    hs-source-dirs:   src
+    ghc-options:      -Wall -O2 -fwarn-tabs
+    ghc-prof-options: -prof -auto-all
+
+    exposed-modules:
+        Database.CQL.IO
+
+    other-modules:
+        Database.CQL.IO.Client
+        Database.CQL.IO.Cluster.Discovery
+        Database.CQL.IO.Cluster.Host
+        Database.CQL.IO.Cluster.Policies
+        Database.CQL.IO.Connection
+        Database.CQL.IO.Hexdump
+        Database.CQL.IO.Jobs
+        Database.CQL.IO.Pool
+        Database.CQL.IO.Protocol
+        Database.CQL.IO.Settings
+        Database.CQL.IO.Signal
+        Database.CQL.IO.Sync
+        Database.CQL.IO.Tickets
+        Database.CQL.IO.Timeouts
+        Database.CQL.IO.Types
+
+    build-depends:
+          async            == 2.0.*
+        , auto-update      == 0.1.*
+        , base             >= 4.7     && < 5.0
+        , bytestring       >= 0.10    && < 1.0
+        , containers       >= 0.5     && < 1.0
+        , cql              == 3.0.*
+        , exceptions       >= 0.4     && < 1.0
+        , hashable         >= 1.2     && < 2.0
+        , iproute          >= 1.3     && < 1.4
+        , lens             >= 4.4     && < 4.5
+        , mtl              >= 2.1     && < 2.3
+        , mwc-random       >= 0.13    && < 0.14
+        , network          >= 2.4     && < 3.0
+        , retry            >= 0.5     && < 0.6
+        , semigroups       >= 0.15    && < 0.16
+        , stm              >= 2.4     && < 3.0
+        , text             >= 0.11    && < 2.0
+        , tinylog          >= 0.8     && < 0.11
+        , time             >= 1.4     && < 2.0
+        , transformers     >= 0.3     && < 0.5
+        , uuid             >= 1.2.6   && < 2.0
+        , vector           >= 0.10    && < 1.0
diff --git a/src/Database/CQL/IO.hs b/src/Database/CQL/IO.hs
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+-- This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+-- License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+-- file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+-- | This driver operates on some state which must be initialised prior to
+-- executing client operations and terminated eventually. The library uses
+-- <http://hackage.haskell.org/package/tinylog tinylog> for its logging
+-- output and expects a 'Logger'.
+--
+-- For example:
+--
+-- @
+-- > import Data.Text (Text)
+-- > import Data.Functor.Identity
+-- > import Database.CQL.IO as Client
+-- > import Database.CQL.Protocol
+-- > import qualified System.Logger as Logger
+-- >
+-- > g <- Logger.new Logger.defSettings
+-- > c <- Client.init g defSettings
+-- > let p = QueryParams One False () Nothing Nothing Nothing
+-- > runClient c $ query ("SELECT cql_version from system.local" :: QueryString R () (Identity Text)) p
+-- [Identity "3.2.0"]
+-- > shutdown c
+-- @
+--
+
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveFunctor #-}
+
+module Database.CQL.IO
+    ( -- * Client settings
+      Settings
+    , defSettings
+    , addContact
+    , setCompression
+    , setConnectTimeout
+    , setContacts
+    , setIdleTimeout
+    , setKeyspace
+    , setMaxConnections
+    , setMaxStreams
+    , setMaxTimeouts
+    , setMaxWaitQueue
+    , setPolicy
+    , setPoolStripes
+    , setPortNumber
+    , setProtocolVersion
+    , setResponseTimeout
+    , setSendTimeout
+
+      -- * Client monad
+    , Client
+    , ClientState
+    , DebugInfo (..)
+    , init
+    , runClient
+    , shutdown
+    , debugInfo
+
+    , query
+    , write
+    , schema
+    , batch
+
+    , Page      (..)
+    , emptyPage
+    , paginate
+
+      -- ** low-level
+    , request
+    , command
+
+      -- * Policies
+    , Policy (..)
+    , random
+    , roundRobin
+
+      -- ** Hosts
+    , Host
+    , HostEvent (..)
+    , InetAddr  (..)
+    , hostAddr
+    , dataCentre
+    , rack
+
+    -- * Exceptions
+    , InvalidSettings    (..)
+    , InternalError      (..)
+    , HostError          (..)
+    , ConnectionError    (..)
+    , UnexpectedResponse (..)
+    , Timeout            (..)
+    ) where
+
+import Control.Applicative
+import Control.Monad.Catch
+import Control.Monad (void)
+import Data.Maybe (isJust)
+import Database.CQL.Protocol
+import Database.CQL.IO.Client
+import Database.CQL.IO.Cluster.Host
+import Database.CQL.IO.Cluster.Policies
+import Database.CQL.IO.Settings
+import Database.CQL.IO.Types
+import Prelude hiding (init)
+
+runQuery :: (Tuple a, Tuple b) => QueryString k a b -> QueryParams a -> Client (Response k a b)
+runQuery q p = do
+    r <- request (RqQuery (Query q p))
+    case r of
+        RsError _ e -> throwM e
+        _           -> return r
+
+-- | Run a CQL read-only query against a Cassandra node.
+query :: (Tuple a, Tuple b) => QueryString R a b -> QueryParams a -> Client [b]
+query q p = do
+    r <- runQuery q p
+    case r of
+        RsResult _ (RowsResult _ b) -> return b
+        _                           -> throwM UnexpectedResponse
+
+-- | Run a CQL insert/update query against a Cassandra node.
+write :: Tuple a => QueryString W a () -> QueryParams a -> Client ()
+write q p = void $ runQuery q p
+
+-- | Run a CQL schema query against a Cassandra node.
+schema :: Tuple a => QueryString S a () -> QueryParams a -> Client (Maybe SchemaChange)
+schema x y = do
+    r <- runQuery x y
+    case r of
+        RsResult _ (SchemaChangeResult s) -> return $ Just s
+        RsResult _ VoidResult             -> return Nothing
+        _                                 -> throwM UnexpectedResponse
+
+-- | Run a batch query against a Cassandra node.
+batch :: Batch -> Client ()
+batch b = command (RqBatch b)
+
+-- | Return value of 'paginate'. Contains the actual result values as well
+-- as an indication of whether there is more data available and the actual
+-- action to fetch the next page.
+data Page a = Page
+    { hasMore  :: !Bool
+    , result   :: [a]
+    , nextPage :: Client (Page a)
+    } deriving (Functor)
+
+-- | A page with an empty result list.
+emptyPage :: Page a
+emptyPage = Page False [] (return emptyPage)
+
+-- | Run a CQL read-only query against a Cassandra node.
+--
+-- This function is like 'query', but limits the result size to 10000
+-- (default) unless there is an explicit size restriction given in
+-- 'QueryParams'. The returned 'Page' can be used to continue the query.
+--
+-- Please note that -- as of Cassandra 2.1.0 -- if your requested page size
+-- is equal to the result size, 'hasMore' might be true and a subsequent
+-- 'nextPage' will return an empty list in 'result'.
+paginate :: (Tuple a, Tuple b) => QueryString R a b -> QueryParams a -> Client (Page b)
+paginate q p = do
+    let p' = p { pageSize = pageSize p <|> Just 10000 }
+    r <- runQuery q p'
+    case r of
+        RsResult _ (RowsResult m b) ->
+            if isJust (pagingState m) then
+                return $ Page True b (paginate q p' { queryPagingState = pagingState m })
+            else
+                return $ Page False b (return emptyPage)
+        _ -> throwM UnexpectedResponse
diff --git a/src/Database/CQL/IO/Client.hs b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Client.hs
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+-- This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+-- License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+-- file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings          #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables        #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell            #-}
+
+module Database.CQL.IO.Client
+    ( Client
+    , ClientState
+    , DebugInfo (..)
+    , runClient
+    , Database.CQL.IO.Client.init
+    , shutdown
+    , request
+    , command
+    , debugInfo
+    ) where
+
+import Control.Applicative
+import Control.Concurrent (threadDelay)
+import Control.Concurrent.Async (async)
+import Control.Concurrent.STM hiding (retry)
+import Control.Exception (IOException)
+import Control.Lens hiding ((.=), Context)
+import Control.Monad (unless, void, when)
+import Control.Monad.Catch
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class
+import Control.Monad.Reader (ReaderT, runReaderT, MonadReader, ask)
+import Control.Retry
+import Data.Foldable (for_, foldrM)
+import Data.List (find)
+import Data.List.NonEmpty (NonEmpty (..))
+import Data.Map.Strict (Map)
+import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe, listToMaybe)
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import Data.Word
+import Database.CQL.IO.Cluster.Discovery as Discovery
+import Database.CQL.IO.Cluster.Host
+import Database.CQL.IO.Cluster.Policies
+import Database.CQL.IO.Connection hiding (request)
+import Database.CQL.IO.Jobs (Jobs)
+import Database.CQL.IO.Pool
+import Database.CQL.IO.Protocol
+import Database.CQL.IO.Settings
+import Database.CQL.IO.Signal
+import Database.CQL.IO.Timeouts (TimeoutManager)
+import Database.CQL.IO.Types
+import Database.CQL.Protocol hiding (Map)
+import Network.Socket (SockAddr (..), PortNumber)
+import System.Logger.Class hiding (Settings, new, settings, create)
+
+import qualified Data.List.NonEmpty         as NE
+import qualified Data.Map.Strict            as Map
+import qualified Database.CQL.IO.Connection as C
+import qualified Database.CQL.IO.Jobs       as Jobs
+import qualified Database.CQL.IO.Timeouts   as TM
+import qualified System.Logger              as Logger
+
+data ControlState
+    = Disconnected
+    | Connected
+    | Reconnecting
+    deriving (Eq, Ord, Show)
+
+data Control = Control
+    { _state      :: ControlState
+    , _connection :: Connection
+    }
+
+data Context = Context
+    { _settings :: Settings
+    , _logger   :: Logger
+    , _timeouts :: TimeoutManager
+    , _sigMonit :: Signal HostEvent
+    }
+
+-- | Opaque client state/environment.
+data ClientState = ClientState
+    { _context  :: Context
+    , _policy   :: Policy
+    , _control  :: TVar Control
+    , _failures :: TVar Word64
+    , _hostmap  :: TVar (Map Host Pool)
+    , _jobs     :: Jobs InetAddr
+    }
+
+makeLenses ''Control
+makeLenses ''Context
+makeLenses ''ClientState
+
+-- | The Client monad.
+--
+-- A simple reader monad around some internal state. Prior to executing
+-- this monad via 'runClient', its state must be initialised through
+-- 'Database.CQL.IO.Client.init' and after finishing operation it should be
+-- terminated with 'shutdown'.
+--
+-- Actual CQL queries are handled by invoking 'request' oder 'command'.
+-- Additionally 'debugInfo' returns an internal cluster view.
+newtype Client a = Client
+    { client :: ReaderT ClientState IO a
+    } deriving ( Functor
+               , Applicative
+               , Monad
+               , MonadIO
+               , MonadThrow
+               , MonadMask
+               , MonadCatch
+               , MonadReader ClientState
+               )
+
+instance MonadLogger Client where
+    log l m = view (context.logger) >>= \g -> Logger.log g l m
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- API
+
+-- | Execute the client monad.
+runClient :: MonadIO m => ClientState -> Client a -> m a
+runClient p a = liftIO $ runReaderT (client a) p
+
+-- | Send a CQL 'Request' to the server and return a 'Response'.
+--
+-- This function will first ask the clients load-balancing 'Policy' for
+-- some host and use its connection pool to acquire a connection for
+-- request transmission.
+--
+-- If all available hosts are busy (i.e. their connection pools are fully
+-- utilised), the function will block until a connection becomes available
+-- or the maximum wait-queue length has been reached.
+request :: (Tuple a, Tuple b) => Request k a b -> Client (Response k a b)
+request a = do
+    s <- ask
+    n <- liftIO $ hostCount (s^.policy)
+    start s n
+  where
+    start s n = do
+        h <- pickHost (s^.policy)
+        p <- Map.lookup h <$> readTVarIO' (s^.hostmap)
+        case p of
+            Just  x -> action s n x `catches` handlers h
+            Nothing -> do
+                err $ msg (val "no pool for host " +++ h)
+                p' <- mkPool (s^.context) (h^.hostAddr)
+                atomically' $ modifyTVar (s^.hostmap) (Map.alter (maybe (Just p') Just) h)
+                start s n
+
+    action s n p = do
+        res <- tryWith p (go s)
+        case res of
+            Just  r -> return r
+            Nothing ->
+                if n > 0 then
+                    start s (n - 1)
+                else case s^.context.settings.maxWaitQueue of
+                    Nothing -> with p (transaction s)
+                    Just  q -> retry s q p
+
+    go s h = do
+        atomically $ modifyTVar (s^.failures) $ \n -> if n > 0 then n - 1 else 0
+        transaction s h
+
+    retry s q p = do
+        n <- atomically' $ do
+            n <- readTVar (s^.failures)
+            unless (n == q) $
+                writeTVar (s^.failures) (n + 1)
+            return n
+        unless (n < q) $
+            throwM HostsBusy
+        with p (go s)
+
+    transaction s c = do
+        let x = s^.context.settings.connSettings.compression
+        let v = s^.context.settings.protoVersion
+        r <- parse x <$> C.request c (serialise v x a)
+        r `seq` return r
+
+    handlers h =
+        [ Handler $ \(e :: ConnectionError) -> onConnectionError h e >> throwM e
+        , Handler $ \(e :: IOException)     -> onConnectionError h e >> throwM e
+        ]
+
+    pickHost p = maybe (throwM NoHostAvailable) return =<< liftIO (select p)
+
+-- | Like 'request' but not returning any result.
+command :: Request k () () -> Client ()
+command = void . request
+
+data DebugInfo = DebugInfo
+    { policyInfo :: String     -- ^ 'Policy' string representation
+    , jobInfo    :: [InetAddr] -- ^ hosts currently checked for reachability
+    , hostInfo   :: [Host]     -- ^ all known hosts
+    }
+
+instance Show DebugInfo where
+    show dbg = showString "running jobs: "
+             . shows (jobInfo dbg)
+             . showString "\nknown hosts: "
+             . shows (hostInfo dbg)
+             . showString "\npolicy info: "
+             . shows (policyInfo dbg)
+             $ ""
+
+debugInfo :: Client DebugInfo
+debugInfo = do
+    hosts <- Map.keys <$> (readTVarIO' =<< view hostmap)
+    pols  <- liftIO . display =<< view policy
+    jbs   <- Jobs.showJobs =<< view jobs
+    return $ DebugInfo pols jbs hosts
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Initialisation
+
+-- | Initialise client state with the given 'Settings' using the provided
+-- 'Logger' for all it's logging output.
+init :: MonadIO m => Logger -> Settings -> m ClientState
+init g s = liftIO $ do
+    t <- TM.create 250
+    c <- tryAll (s^.contacts) (mkConnection t)
+    e <- Context s g t <$> signal
+    p <- s^.policyMaker
+    x <- ClientState e
+            <$> pure p
+            <*> newTVarIO (Control Connected c)
+            <*> newTVarIO 0
+            <*> newTVarIO Map.empty
+            <*> Jobs.new
+    e^.sigMonit |-> onEvent p
+    runClient x (initialise c)
+    return x
+  where
+    mkConnection t h = do
+        a <- C.resolve h (s^.portnumber)
+        Logger.debug g $ msg (val "connecting to " +++ a)
+        c <- C.connect (s^.connSettings) t (s^.protoVersion) g a
+        Logger.info g $ msg (val "control connection: " +++ c)
+        return c
+
+initialise :: Connection -> Client ()
+initialise c = do
+    startup c
+    env <- ask
+    pol <- view policy
+    ctx <- view context
+    l <- local2Host (c^.address) . listToMaybe <$> query c One Discovery.local ()
+    r <- discoverPeers ctx c
+    (u, d) <- mkHostMap ctx pol (l:r)
+    m <- view hostmap
+    let h = Map.union u d
+    atomically' $ writeTVar m h
+    liftIO $ setup pol (Map.keys u) (Map.keys d)
+    register c allEventTypes (runClient env . onCqlEvent)
+    info $ msg (val "known hosts: " +++ show (Map.keys h))
+    j <- view jobs
+    for_ (Map.keys d) $ \down ->
+        Jobs.add j (down^.hostAddr) $ monitor ctx 1000000 60000000 down
+
+discoverPeers :: MonadIO m => Context -> Connection -> m [Host]
+discoverPeers ctx c = liftIO $ do
+    let p = ctx^.settings.portnumber
+    map (peer2Host p . asRecord) <$> query c One peers ()
+
+mkHostMap :: Context -> Policy -> [Host] -> Client (Map Host Pool, Map Host Pool)
+mkHostMap c p = liftIO . foldrM checkHost (Map.empty, Map.empty)
+  where
+    checkHost h (up, down) = do
+        okay <- acceptable p h
+        if okay then do
+            isUp <- C.ping (h^.hostAddr)
+            if isUp then do
+                up' <- Map.insert h <$> mkPool c (h^.hostAddr) <*> pure up
+                return (up', down)
+            else do
+                down' <- Map.insert h <$> mkPool c (h^.hostAddr) <*> pure down
+                return (up, down')
+        else
+            return (up, down)
+
+mkPool :: MonadIO m => Context -> InetAddr -> m Pool
+mkPool ctx i = liftIO $ do
+    let s = ctx^.settings
+    let m = s^.connSettings.maxStreams
+    create (connOpen s) connClose (ctx^.logger) (s^.poolSettings) m
+  where
+    connOpen s = do
+        let g = ctx^.logger
+        c <- C.connect (s^.connSettings) (ctx^.timeouts) (s^.protoVersion) g i
+        Logger.debug g $ "client.connect" .= c
+        connInit c `onException` connClose c
+        return c
+
+    connInit con = do
+        C.startup con
+        for_ (ctx^.settings.connSettings.defKeyspace) $
+            C.useKeyspace con
+
+    connClose con = do
+        Logger.debug (ctx^.logger) $ "client.close" .= con
+        C.close con
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Termination
+
+-- | Terminate client state, i.e. end all running background checks and
+-- shutdown all connection pools.
+shutdown :: MonadIO m => ClientState -> m ()
+shutdown s = liftIO $ do
+    TM.destroy (s^.context.timeouts) True
+    Jobs.destroy (s^.jobs)
+    ignore $ C.close . view connection =<< readTVarIO (s^.control)
+    mapM_ destroy . Map.elems =<< readTVarIO (s^.hostmap)
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Monitoring
+
+monitor :: Context -> Int -> Int -> Host -> IO ()
+monitor ctx initial upperBound h = do
+    threadDelay initial
+    Logger.info (ctx^.logger) $ msg (val "monitoring: " +++ h)
+    hostCheck 0 maxN
+  where
+    hostCheck :: Int -> Int -> IO ()
+    hostCheck n mx = do
+        threadDelay (2^(min n mx) * 50000)
+        isUp <- C.ping (h^.hostAddr)
+        if isUp then do
+            ctx^.sigMonit $$ HostUp (h^.hostAddr)
+            Logger.info (ctx^.logger) $ msg (val "reachable: " +++ h)
+        else do
+            Logger.info (ctx^.logger) $ msg (val "unreachable: " +++ h)
+            hostCheck (n + 1) mx
+
+    maxN :: Int
+    maxN = floor . logBase 2 $ (fromIntegral (upperBound `div` 50000) :: Double)
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Exception handling
+
+onConnectionError :: Exception e => Host -> e -> Client ()
+onConnectionError h exc = do
+    warn $ "exception" .= show exc
+    e <- ask
+    c <- atomically' $ do
+        ctrl <- readTVar (e^.control)
+        let a = ctrl^.connection.address
+        if ctrl^.state == Connected && a == h^.hostAddr then do
+            writeTVar (e^.control) (set state Reconnecting ctrl)
+            return $ Just (ctrl^.connection)
+        else
+            return Nothing
+    maybe (liftIO . ignore . onEvent (e^.policy) $ HostDown (h^.hostAddr))
+          (liftIO . void . async . recovering reconnectPolicy reconnectHandlers . continue e)
+          c
+    Jobs.add (e^.jobs) (h^.hostAddr) $
+        monitor (e^.context) 0 30000000 h
+  where
+    continue e conn = do
+        Jobs.destroy (e^.jobs)
+        ignore $ C.close conn
+        ignore $ onEvent (e^.policy) (HostDown (h^.hostAddr))
+        x <- NE.nonEmpty . map (view hostAddr) . Map.keys <$> readTVarIO (e^.hostmap)
+        case x of
+            Just  a -> a `tryAll` (runClient e . replaceControl) `onException` reconnect e a
+            Nothing -> do
+                atomically $ modifyTVar (e^.control) (set state Disconnected)
+                Logger.fatal (e^.context.logger) $ "error-handler" .= val "no host available"
+
+    reconnect e a = do
+        Logger.info (e^.context.logger) $ msg (val "reconnecting control ...")
+        a `tryAll` (runClient e . replaceControl)
+
+    reconnectPolicy = capDelay 5000000 (exponentialBackoff 5000)
+
+    reconnectHandlers =
+        [ const (Handler $ \(_ :: IOException)     -> return True)
+        , const (Handler $ \(_ :: ConnectionError) -> return True)
+        , const (Handler $ \(_ :: HostError)       -> return True)
+        ]
+
+replaceControl :: InetAddr -> Client ()
+replaceControl a = do
+    ctx <- view context
+    ctl <- view control
+    let s = ctx^.settings
+    c <- C.connect (s^.connSettings) (ctx^.timeouts) (s^.protoVersion) (ctx^.logger) a
+    initialise c
+    atomically' $ writeTVar ctl (Control Connected c)
+    info $ msg (val "new control connection: " +++ c)
+
+onCqlEvent :: Event -> Client ()
+onCqlEvent x = do
+    info $ "client.event" .= show x
+    pol <- view policy
+    prt <- view (context.settings.portnumber)
+    case x of
+        StatusEvent Down sa -> do
+            liftIO $ onEvent pol $ HostDown (InetAddr $ mapPort prt sa)
+        TopologyEvent RemovedNode sa -> do
+            let a = InetAddr $ mapPort prt sa
+            hmap <- view hostmap
+            atomically' $
+                modifyTVar hmap (Map.filterWithKey (\h _ -> h^.hostAddr /= a))
+            liftIO $ onEvent pol $ HostGone a
+        StatusEvent Up sa ->
+            startMonitor $ (InetAddr $ mapPort prt sa)
+        TopologyEvent NewNode sa -> do
+            ctx  <- view context
+            hmap <- view hostmap
+            ctrl <- readTVarIO' =<< view control
+            let a = InetAddr $ mapPort prt sa
+            let c = ctrl^.connection
+            h    <- fromMaybe (Host a "" "") . find ((a == ) . view hostAddr) <$> discoverPeers' ctx c
+            okay <- liftIO $ acceptable pol h
+            when okay $ do
+                p <- mkPool ctx (h^.hostAddr)
+                atomically' $ modifyTVar hmap (Map.alter (maybe (Just p) Just) h)
+                liftIO $ onEvent pol $ HostNew h
+        SchemaEvent _ -> return ()
+  where
+    mapPort i (SockAddrInet _ a)      = SockAddrInet i a
+    mapPort i (SockAddrInet6 _ f a b) = SockAddrInet6 i f a b
+    mapPort _ unix                    = unix
+
+    discoverPeers' ctx c = discoverPeers ctx c `catchAll` (const $ return [])
+
+    startMonitor a = do
+        hmp <- readTVarIO' =<< view hostmap
+        case find ((a ==) . view hostAddr) (Map.keys hmp) of
+            Just h  -> do
+                ctx <- view context
+                jbs <- view jobs
+                Jobs.add jbs a $ monitor ctx 3000000 60000000 h
+            Nothing -> return ()
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Utilities
+
+peer2Host :: PortNumber -> Peer -> Host
+peer2Host i p = Host (ip2inet i (peerRPC p)) (peerDC p) (peerRack p)
+
+local2Host :: InetAddr -> Maybe (Text, Text) -> Host
+local2Host i (Just (dc, rk)) = Host i dc rk
+local2Host i Nothing         = Host i "" ""
+
+allEventTypes :: [EventType]
+allEventTypes = [TopologyChangeEvent, StatusChangeEvent, SchemaChangeEvent]
+
+tryAll :: NonEmpty a -> (a -> IO b) -> IO b
+tryAll (a :| []) f = f a
+tryAll (a :| aa) f = f a `catchAll` (const $ tryAll (NE.fromList aa) f)
+
+atomically' :: STM a -> Client a
+atomically' = liftIO . atomically
+
+readTVarIO' :: TVar a -> Client a
+readTVarIO' = liftIO . readTVarIO
diff --git a/src/Database/CQL/IO/Cluster/Discovery.hs b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Cluster/Discovery.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Cluster/Discovery.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+-- This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+-- License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+-- file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell   #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies      #-}
+
+module Database.CQL.IO.Cluster.Discovery where
+
+import Data.Functor.Identity (Identity)
+import Data.IP
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import Database.CQL.Protocol
+
+data Peer = Peer
+    { peerAddr :: !IP
+    , peerRPC  :: !IP
+    , peerDC   :: !Text
+    , peerRack :: !Text
+    } deriving Show
+
+recordInstance ''Peer
+
+peers :: QueryString R () (IP, IP, Text, Text)
+peers = "SELECT peer, rpc_address, data_center, rack FROM system.peers"
+
+peer :: QueryString R (Identity IP) (IP, IP, Text, Text)
+peer = "SELECT peer, rpc_address, data_center, rack FROM system.peers where peer = ?"
+
+local :: QueryString R () (Text, Text)
+local = "SELECT data_center, rack FROM system.local WHERE key='local'"
diff --git a/src/Database/CQL/IO/Cluster/Host.hs b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Cluster/Host.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Cluster/Host.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+-- This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+-- License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+-- file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+module Database.CQL.IO.Cluster.Host where
+
+import Control.Lens ((^.), Lens')
+import Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 (unpack)
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import Database.CQL.IO.Types (InetAddr)
+import System.Logger.Message
+
+-- | This event will be passed to a 'Policy' to inform it about
+-- cluster changes.
+data HostEvent
+    = HostNew  !Host     -- ^ a new host has been added to the cluster
+    | HostGone !InetAddr -- ^ a host has been removed from the cluster
+    | HostUp   !InetAddr -- ^ a host has been started
+    | HostDown !InetAddr -- ^ a host has been stopped
+
+-- | Host representation.
+data Host = Host
+    { _hostAddr   :: !InetAddr
+    , _dataCentre :: !Text
+    , _rack       :: !Text
+    } deriving (Eq, Ord)
+
+-- | The IP address and port number of this host.
+hostAddr :: Lens' Host InetAddr
+hostAddr f ~(Host a c r) = fmap (\x -> Host x c r) (f a)
+{-# INLINE hostAddr #-}
+
+-- | The data centre name (may be an empty string).
+dataCentre :: Lens' Host Text
+dataCentre f ~(Host a c r) = fmap (\x -> Host a x r) (f c)
+{-# INLINE dataCentre #-}
+
+-- | The rack name (may be an empty string).
+rack :: Lens' Host Text
+rack f ~(Host a c r) = fmap (\x -> Host a c x) (f r)
+{-# INLINE rack #-}
+
+instance Show Host where
+    show = unpack . eval . bytes
+
+instance ToBytes Host where
+    bytes h = h^.dataCentre +++ val ":" +++ h^.rack +++ val ":" +++ h^.hostAddr
diff --git a/src/Database/CQL/IO/Cluster/Policies.hs b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Cluster/Policies.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Cluster/Policies.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+-- This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+-- License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+-- file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+
+module Database.CQL.IO.Cluster.Policies
+    ( Policy (..)
+    , random
+    , roundRobin
+    ) where
+
+import Control.Applicative
+import Control.Concurrent.STM
+import Control.Lens ((^.), view, over, makeLenses)
+import Control.Monad
+import Data.Map.Strict (Map)
+import Data.Word
+import Database.CQL.IO.Cluster.Host
+import Database.CQL.IO.Types (InetAddr)
+import System.Random.MWC
+
+import qualified Data.Map.Strict as Map
+
+-- | A policy defines a load-balancing strategy and generally
+-- handles host visibility.
+data Policy = Policy
+    { setup :: [Host] -> [Host] -> IO ()
+      -- ^ Initialise the policy with two sets of hosts. The first
+      -- parameter are hosts known to be available, the second are other
+      -- nodes.
+      -- Please note that a policy may be re-initialised at any point
+      -- through this method.
+    , onEvent    :: HostEvent -> IO ()
+      -- ^ Event handler. Policies will be informed about cluster changes
+      -- through this function.
+    , select     :: IO (Maybe Host)
+      -- ^ Host selection. The driver will ask for a host to use in a query
+      -- through this function. A policy which has no available nodes my
+      -- return Nothing.
+    , acceptable :: Host -> IO Bool
+      -- ^ During startup and node discovery, the driver will ask the
+      -- policy if a dicovered host should be ignored.
+    , hostCount  :: IO Word
+      -- ^ During query processing, the driver will ask the policy for
+      -- a rough esitimate of alive hosts. The number is used to repeatedly
+      -- invoke 'select' (with the underlying assumption that the policy
+      -- returns mostly different hosts).
+    , display    :: IO String
+      -- ^ Like having an effectful 'Show' instance for this policy.
+    }
+
+type HostMap = TVar Hosts
+
+data Hosts = Hosts
+    { _alive :: Map InetAddr Host
+    , _other :: Map InetAddr Host
+    } deriving Show
+
+makeLenses ''Hosts
+
+-- | Iterate over hosts one by one.
+roundRobin :: IO Policy
+roundRobin = do
+    h <- newTVarIO emptyHosts
+    c <- newTVarIO 0
+    return $ Policy (defSetup h) (defOnEvent h) (pickHost h c)
+                    defAcceptable (defHostCount h) (defDisplay h)
+  where
+    pickHost h c = atomically $ do
+        m <- view alive <$> readTVar h
+        if Map.null m then
+            return Nothing
+        else do
+            k <- readTVar c
+            writeTVar c $ succ k `mod` Map.size m
+            return . Just . snd $ Map.elemAt (k `mod` Map.size m) m
+
+-- | Return hosts in random order.
+random :: IO Policy
+random = do
+    h <- newTVarIO emptyHosts
+    g <- createSystemRandom
+    return $ Policy (defSetup h) (defOnEvent h) (pickHost h g)
+                    defAcceptable (defHostCount h) (defDisplay h)
+  where
+    pickHost h g = do
+        m <- view alive <$> readTVarIO h
+        if Map.null m then
+            return Nothing
+        else do
+            let i = uniformR (0, Map.size m - 1) g
+            Just . snd . flip Map.elemAt m <$> i
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Defaults
+
+emptyHosts :: Hosts
+emptyHosts = Hosts Map.empty Map.empty
+
+defDisplay :: HostMap -> IO String
+defDisplay h = show <$> readTVarIO h
+
+defAcceptable :: Host -> IO Bool
+defAcceptable = const $ return True
+
+defSetup :: HostMap -> [Host] -> [Host] -> IO ()
+defSetup r a b = do
+    let ha = Map.fromList $ zip (map (view hostAddr) a) a
+    let hb = Map.fromList $ zip (map (view hostAddr) b) b
+    let hosts = Hosts ha hb
+    atomically $ writeTVar r hosts
+
+defHostCount :: HostMap -> IO Word
+defHostCount r = fromIntegral . Map.size . view alive <$> readTVarIO r
+
+defOnEvent :: HostMap -> HostEvent -> IO ()
+defOnEvent r (HostNew h) = atomically $ do
+    m <- readTVar r
+    when (Nothing == get (h^.hostAddr) m) $
+        writeTVar r (over alive (Map.insert (h^.hostAddr) h) m)
+defOnEvent r (HostGone a) = atomically $ do
+    m <- readTVar r
+    if Map.member a (m^.alive) then
+        writeTVar r (over alive (Map.delete a) m)
+    else
+        writeTVar r (over other (Map.delete a) m)
+defOnEvent r (HostUp a) = atomically $ do
+    m <- readTVar r
+    case get a m of
+        Nothing -> return ()
+        Just  h -> writeTVar r
+            $ over alive (Map.insert a h)
+            . over other (Map.delete a)
+            $ m
+defOnEvent r (HostDown a) = atomically $ do
+    m <- readTVar r
+    case get a m of
+        Nothing -> return ()
+        Just  h -> writeTVar r
+            $ over other (Map.insert a h)
+            . over alive (Map.delete a)
+            $ m
+
+get :: InetAddr -> Hosts -> Maybe Host
+get a m = Map.lookup a (m^.alive) <|> Map.lookup a (m^.other)
diff --git a/src/Database/CQL/IO/Connection.hs b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Connection.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Connection.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,311 @@
+-- This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+-- License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+-- file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+{-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns        #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings   #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards     #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell     #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+
+module Database.CQL.IO.Connection
+    ( Connection
+    , resolve
+    , ping
+    , connect
+    , close
+    , request
+    , startup
+    , register
+    , query
+    , useKeyspace
+    , address
+    , protocol
+    , eventSig
+
+    , ConnectionSettings
+    , defSettings
+    , connectTimeout
+    , sendTimeout
+    , responseTimeout
+    , maxStreams
+    , compression
+    , defKeyspace
+    ) where
+
+import Control.Applicative
+import Control.Concurrent (myThreadId)
+import Control.Concurrent.Async
+import Control.Concurrent.MVar
+import Control.Exception (throwTo, AsyncException (ThreadKilled))
+import Control.Lens ((^.), makeLenses, view)
+import Control.Monad
+import Control.Monad.Catch
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class
+import Data.ByteString.Builder
+import Data.ByteString.Lazy (ByteString)
+import Data.Int
+import Data.Maybe (isJust, fromMaybe)
+import Data.Monoid
+import Data.Text.Lazy (fromStrict)
+import Data.Unique
+import Data.Vector (Vector, (!))
+import Database.CQL.Protocol
+import Database.CQL.IO.Hexdump
+import Database.CQL.IO.Protocol
+import Database.CQL.IO.Signal hiding (connect)
+import Database.CQL.IO.Sync (Sync)
+import Database.CQL.IO.Types
+import Database.CQL.IO.Tickets (Pool, toInt, markAvailable)
+import Database.CQL.IO.Timeouts (TimeoutManager, withTimeout)
+import Foreign.C.Types (CInt (..))
+import Network
+import Network.Socket hiding (connect, close, recv, send)
+import Network.Socket.ByteString.Lazy (sendAll)
+import System.IO (nativeNewline, Newline (..))
+import System.Logger hiding (Settings, close, defSettings, settings)
+import System.Timeout
+
+import qualified Data.ByteString            as B
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy       as L
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 as Char8
+import qualified Data.Vector                as Vector
+import qualified Database.CQL.IO.Sync       as Sync
+import qualified Database.CQL.IO.Tickets    as Tickets
+import qualified Network.Socket             as S
+import qualified Network.Socket.ByteString  as NB
+
+data ConnectionSettings = ConnectionSettings
+    { _connectTimeout  :: Milliseconds
+    , _sendTimeout     :: Milliseconds
+    , _responseTimeout :: Milliseconds
+    , _maxStreams      :: Int
+    , _compression     :: Compression
+    , _defKeyspace     :: Maybe Keyspace
+    }
+
+type Streams = Vector (Sync (Header, ByteString))
+
+data Connection = Connection
+    { _settings :: ConnectionSettings
+    , _address  :: InetAddr
+    , _tmanager :: TimeoutManager
+    , _protocol :: Version
+    , _sock     :: Socket
+    , _streams  :: Streams
+    , _wLock    :: MVar ()
+    , _reader   :: Async ()
+    , _tickets  :: Pool
+    , _logger   :: Logger
+    , _eventSig :: Signal Event
+    , _ident    :: Unique
+    }
+
+makeLenses ''ConnectionSettings
+makeLenses ''Connection
+
+instance Eq Connection where
+    a == b = a^.ident == b^.ident
+
+instance Show Connection where
+    show = Char8.unpack . eval . bytes
+
+instance ToBytes Connection where
+    bytes c = bytes (c^.address) +++ val "#" +++ fd (c^.sock)
+
+defSettings :: ConnectionSettings
+defSettings =
+    ConnectionSettings 5000          -- connect timeout
+                       3000          -- send timeout
+                       10000         -- response timeout
+                       128           -- max streams per connection
+                       noCompression -- compression
+                       Nothing       -- keyspace
+
+resolve :: String -> PortNumber -> IO InetAddr
+resolve host port =
+    InetAddr . addrAddress . head <$> getAddrInfo (Just hints) (Just host) (Just (show port))
+  where
+    hints = defaultHints { addrFlags = [AI_ADDRCONFIG], addrSocketType = Stream }
+
+connect :: MonadIO m => ConnectionSettings -> TimeoutManager -> Version -> Logger -> InetAddr -> m Connection
+connect t m v g a = liftIO $
+    bracketOnError (mkSock a) S.close $ \s -> do
+        ok <- timeout (ms (t^.connectTimeout) * 1000) (S.connect s (sockAddr a))
+        unless (isJust ok) $
+            throwM (ConnectTimeout a)
+        c <- open s
+        validateSettings c
+        return c
+  where
+    open s = do
+        tck <- Tickets.pool (t^.maxStreams)
+        syn <- Vector.replicateM (t^.maxStreams) Sync.create
+        lck <- newMVar ()
+        sig <- signal
+        rdr <- async (readLoop v g (t^.compression) tck a s syn sig)
+        Connection t a m v s syn lck rdr tck g sig <$> newUnique
+
+mkSock :: InetAddr -> IO Socket
+mkSock (InetAddr a) = socket (familyOf a) Stream defaultProtocol
+  where
+    familyOf (SockAddrInet  {..}) = AF_INET
+    familyOf (SockAddrInet6 {..}) = AF_INET6
+    familyOf (SockAddrUnix  {..}) = AF_UNIX
+
+ping :: MonadIO m => InetAddr -> m Bool
+ping a = liftIO $ bracket (mkSock a) S.close $ \s ->
+    fromMaybe False <$> timeout 5000000
+        ((S.connect s (sockAddr a) >> return True) `catchAll` const (return False))
+
+readLoop :: Version -> Logger -> Compression -> Pool -> InetAddr -> Socket -> Streams -> Signal Event -> IO ()
+readLoop v g cmp tck i sck syn s = run `catch` logException `finally` cleanup
+  where
+    run = forever $ do
+        x <- readSocket v g i sck
+        case fromStreamId $ streamId (fst x) of
+            -1 ->
+                case parse cmp x :: Response () () () of
+                    RsError _ e -> throwM e
+                    RsEvent _ e -> emit s e
+                    r           -> throwM (UnexpectedResponse' r)
+            sid -> do
+                ok <- Sync.put x (syn ! sid)
+                unless ok $
+                    markAvailable tck sid
+
+    cleanup = do
+        Tickets.close (ConnectionClosed i) tck
+        Vector.mapM_ (Sync.close (ConnectionClosed i)) syn
+        S.close sck
+
+    logException :: SomeException -> IO ()
+    logException e = case fromException e of
+        Just ThreadKilled -> return ()
+        _                 -> warn g $ msg i ~~ msg (val "read-loop: " +++ show e)
+
+close :: Connection -> IO ()
+close = cancel . view reader
+
+request :: Connection -> (Int -> ByteString) -> IO (Header, ByteString)
+request c f = send >>= receive
+  where
+    send = withTimeout (c^.tmanager) (c^.settings.sendTimeout) (close c) $ do
+        i <- toInt <$> Tickets.get (c^.tickets)
+        let req = f i
+        trace (c^.logger) $ msg c
+            ~~ "stream" .= i
+            ~~ "type"   .= val "request"
+            ~~ msg' (hexdump (L.take 160 req))
+        withMVar (c^.wLock) $
+            const $ sendAll (c^.sock) req
+        return i
+
+    receive i = do
+        let e = TimeoutRead (show c ++ ":" ++ show i)
+        tid <- myThreadId
+        withTimeout (c^.tmanager) (c^.settings.responseTimeout) (throwTo tid e) $ do
+            x <- Sync.get (view streams c ! i) `onException` (Sync.kill e) (view streams c ! i)
+            markAvailable (c^.tickets) i
+            return x
+
+readSocket :: Version -> Logger -> InetAddr -> Socket -> IO (Header, ByteString)
+readSocket v g i s = do
+    b <- recv i (if v == V3 then 9 else 8) s
+    h <- case header v b of
+            Left  e -> throwM $ InternalError ("response header reading: " ++ e)
+            Right h -> return h
+    case headerType h of
+        RqHeader -> throwM $ InternalError "unexpected request header"
+        RsHeader -> do
+            let len = lengthRepr (bodyLength h)
+            x <- recv i (fromIntegral len) s
+            trace g $ msg (i +++ val "#" +++ fd s)
+                ~~ "stream" .= fromStreamId (streamId h)
+                ~~ "type"   .= val "response"
+                ~~ msg' (hexdump $ L.take 160 (b <> x))
+            return (h, x)
+
+recv :: InetAddr -> Int -> Socket -> IO ByteString
+recv _ 0 _ = return L.empty
+recv i n c = toLazyByteString <$> go 0 mempty
+  where
+    go !k !bb = do
+        a <- NB.recv c (n - k)
+        when (B.null a) $
+            throwM (ConnectionClosed i)
+        let b = bb <> byteString a
+            m = B.length a + k
+        if m < n then go m b else return b
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Operations
+
+startup :: MonadIO m => Connection -> m ()
+startup c = liftIO $ do
+    let cmp = c^.settings.compression
+    let req = RqStartup (Startup Cqlv300 (algorithm cmp))
+    let enc = serialise (c^.protocol) cmp (req :: Request () () ())
+    res <- request c enc
+    (parse cmp res :: Response () () ()) `seq` return ()
+
+register :: MonadIO m => Connection -> [EventType] -> EventHandler -> m ()
+register c e f = liftIO $ do
+    let req = RqRegister (Register e) :: Request () () ()
+    let enc = serialise (c^.protocol) (c^.settings.compression) req
+    res <- request c enc
+    case parse (c^.settings.compression) res :: Response () () () of
+        RsReady _ Ready -> c^.eventSig |-> f
+        other           -> throwM (UnexpectedResponse' other)
+
+validateSettings :: MonadIO m => Connection -> m ()
+validateSettings c = liftIO $ do
+    Supported ca _ <- supportedOptions c
+    let x = algorithm (c^.settings.compression)
+    unless (x == None || x `elem` ca) $
+        throwM $ UnsupportedCompression ca
+
+supportedOptions :: MonadIO m => Connection -> m Supported
+supportedOptions c = liftIO $ do
+    let options = RqOptions Options :: Request () () ()
+    res <- request c (serialise (c^.protocol) noCompression options)
+    case parse noCompression res :: Response () () () of
+        RsSupported _ x -> return x
+        other           -> throwM (UnexpectedResponse' other)
+
+useKeyspace :: MonadIO m => Connection -> Keyspace -> m ()
+useKeyspace c ks = liftIO $ do
+    let cmp    = c^.settings.compression
+        params = QueryParams One False () Nothing Nothing Nothing
+        kspace = quoted (fromStrict $ unKeyspace ks)
+        req    = RqQuery (Query (QueryString $ "use " <> kspace) params)
+    res <- request c (serialise (c^.protocol) cmp req)
+    case parse cmp res :: Response () () () of
+        RsResult _ (SetKeyspaceResult _) -> return ()
+        other                            -> throwM (UnexpectedResponse' other)
+
+query :: forall k a b m. (Tuple a, Tuple b, Show b, MonadIO m)
+      => Connection
+      -> Consistency
+      -> QueryString k a b
+      -> a
+      -> m [b]
+query c cons q p = liftIO $ do
+    let req = RqQuery (Query q params) :: Request k a b
+    let enc = serialise (c^.protocol) (c^.settings.compression) req
+    res <- request c enc
+    case parse (c^.settings.compression) res :: Response k a b of
+        RsResult _ (RowsResult _ b) -> return b
+        other                       -> throwM (UnexpectedResponse' other)
+  where
+    params = QueryParams cons False p Nothing Nothing Nothing
+
+-- logging helpers:
+
+fd :: Socket -> Int32
+fd !s = let CInt !n = fdSocket s in n
+
+msg' :: ByteString -> Msg -> Msg
+msg' x = msg $ case nativeNewline of
+    LF   -> val "\n"   +++ x
+    CRLF -> val "\r\n" +++ x
diff --git a/src/Database/CQL/IO/Hexdump.hs b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Hexdump.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Hexdump.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+-- This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+-- License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+-- file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+module Database.CQL.IO.Hexdump (hexdump, hexdumpBuilder) where
+
+import Data.ByteString.Builder
+import Data.ByteString.Lazy (ByteString)
+import Data.Int
+import Data.Monoid
+import Data.Word
+import System.IO (nativeNewline, Newline (..))
+
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as L
+import qualified Data.List            as List
+
+width, groups :: Int64
+width  = 16
+groups = 4
+
+hexdump :: ByteString -> ByteString
+hexdump = toLazyByteString . hexdumpBuilder
+
+hexdumpBuilder :: ByteString -> Builder
+hexdumpBuilder = mconcat
+    . List.intersperse newline
+    . map toLine
+    . zipWith (,) [1 ..]
+    . chunks width
+
+chunks :: Int64 -> ByteString -> [ByteString]
+chunks n b = List.unfoldr step b
+  where
+    step "" = Nothing
+    step c  = Just $! L.splitAt n c
+
+toLine :: (Word16, ByteString) -> Builder
+toLine (n, b) = let k = L.length b in
+       word16HexFixed n
+    <> ":  "
+    <> mconcat (List.intersperse space (map toGroup (chunks groups b)))
+    <> spaces ((width - k) * (groups - 1) + pad k + 2)
+    <> lazyByteString (toAscii b)
+
+toGroup :: ByteString -> Builder
+toGroup = L.foldr (\x y -> word8HexFixed x <> space <> y) mempty
+
+toAscii :: ByteString -> ByteString
+toAscii = L.map (\w -> if w > 0x1F && w < 0x7F then w else 0x2E)
+
+space, newline :: Builder
+space   = byteString " "
+newline = case nativeNewline of
+    LF   -> byteString "\n"
+    CRLF -> byteString "\r\n"
+
+spaces :: Int64 -> Builder
+spaces n = lazyByteString $ L.replicate n 0x20
+
+pad :: Int64 -> Int64
+pad n = (width - n) `div` groups
diff --git a/src/Database/CQL/IO/Jobs.hs b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Jobs.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Jobs.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+-- This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+-- License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+-- file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+module Database.CQL.IO.Jobs
+    ( Jobs
+    , new
+    , add
+    , destroy
+    , showJobs
+    ) where
+
+import Control.Applicative
+import Control.Concurrent.Async
+import Control.Concurrent.STM
+import Control.Monad
+import Control.Monad.Catch
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class
+import Database.CQL.IO.Types
+import Data.Map.Strict (Map)
+import Data.Unique
+
+import qualified Data.Map.Strict as Map
+
+data Job
+    = Reserved
+    | Running !Unique (Async ())
+
+newtype Jobs k = Jobs (TVar (Map k Job))
+
+new :: MonadIO m => m (Jobs k)
+new = liftIO $ Jobs <$> newTVarIO Map.empty
+
+add :: (MonadIO m, Ord k) => Jobs k -> k -> IO () -> m ()
+add (Jobs d) k j = liftIO $ do
+    (ok, prev) <- atomically $ do
+        m <- readTVar d
+        case Map.lookup k m of
+            Just Reserved      -> return (False, Nothing)
+            Just (Running _ a) -> do
+                modifyTVar d (Map.insert k Reserved)
+                return (True, Just a)
+            Nothing          -> do
+                modifyTVar d (Map.insert k Reserved)
+                return (True, Nothing)
+    when ok $ do
+        maybe (return ()) (ignore . cancel) prev
+        u <- newUnique
+        a <- async $ j `finally` remove u
+        atomically $
+            modifyTVar d (Map.insert k (Running u a))
+  where
+    remove u = atomically $
+        modifyTVar d $ flip Map.update k $ \a ->
+            case a of
+                Running u' _ | u == u' -> Nothing
+                _                      -> Just a
+
+destroy :: MonadIO m => Jobs k -> m ()
+destroy (Jobs d) = liftIO $ do
+    items <- Map.elems <$> atomically (swapTVar d Map.empty)
+    mapM_ f items
+  where
+    f (Running _ a) = ignore (cancel a)
+    f _             = return ()
+
+showJobs :: MonadIO m => Jobs k -> m [k]
+showJobs (Jobs d) = liftIO $ Map.keys <$> readTVarIO d
diff --git a/src/Database/CQL/IO/Pool.hs b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Pool.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Pool.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+-- This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+-- License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+-- file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiWayIf          #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings   #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell     #-}
+
+module Database.CQL.IO.Pool
+    ( Pool
+    , create
+    , destroy
+    , purge
+    , with
+    , tryWith
+
+    , PoolSettings
+    , defSettings
+    , idleTimeout
+    , maxConnections
+    , maxTimeouts
+    , poolStripes
+    ) where
+
+import Control.Applicative
+import Control.AutoUpdate
+import Control.Concurrent
+import Control.Concurrent.Async
+import Control.Concurrent.STM
+import Control.Exception
+import Control.Lens ((^.), makeLenses, view)
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class
+import Control.Monad hiding (forM_, mapM_)
+import Data.Foldable (forM_, mapM_, find)
+import Data.Function (on)
+import Data.Hashable
+import Data.IORef
+import Prelude hiding (mapM_)
+import Data.Sequence (Seq, ViewL (..), (|>), (><))
+import Data.Time.Clock (UTCTime, NominalDiffTime, getCurrentTime, diffUTCTime)
+import Data.Vector (Vector, (!))
+import Database.CQL.IO.Connection (Connection)
+import Database.CQL.IO.Types (Timeout, ignore)
+import System.Logger hiding (create, defSettings, settings)
+
+import qualified Data.Sequence as Seq
+import qualified Data.Vector   as Vec
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- API
+
+data PoolSettings = PoolSettings
+    { _idleTimeout    :: !NominalDiffTime
+    , _maxConnections :: !Int
+    , _maxTimeouts    :: !Int
+    , _poolStripes    :: !Int
+    }
+
+data Pool = Pool
+    { _createFn    :: IO Connection
+    , _destroyFn   :: Connection -> IO ()
+    , _logger      :: !Logger
+    , _settings    :: !PoolSettings
+    , _maxRefs     :: !Int
+    , _currentTime :: IO UTCTime
+    , _stripes     :: Vector Stripe
+    , _finaliser   :: IORef ()
+    }
+
+data Resource = Resource
+    { tstamp   :: !UTCTime
+    , refcnt   :: !Int
+    , timeouts :: !Int
+    , value    :: !Connection
+    } deriving Show
+
+data Stripe = Stripe
+    { conns :: TVar (Seq Resource)
+    , inUse :: TVar Int
+    }
+
+makeLenses ''PoolSettings
+makeLenses ''Pool
+
+defSettings :: PoolSettings
+defSettings = PoolSettings
+    60 -- idle timeout
+    2  -- max connections per stripe
+    16 -- max timeouts per connection
+    4  -- max stripes
+
+create :: IO Connection -> (Connection -> IO ()) -> Logger -> PoolSettings -> Int -> IO Pool
+create mk del g s k = do
+    p <- Pool mk del g s k
+            <$> mkAutoUpdate defaultUpdateSettings { updateAction = getCurrentTime }
+            <*> Vec.replicateM (s^.poolStripes) (Stripe <$> newTVarIO Seq.empty <*> newTVarIO 0)
+            <*> newIORef ()
+    r <- async $ reaper p
+    void $ mkWeakIORef (p^.finaliser) (cancel r >> destroy p)
+    return p
+
+destroy :: Pool -> IO ()
+destroy = purge
+
+with :: MonadIO m => Pool -> (Connection -> IO a) -> m a
+with p f = liftIO $ do
+    s <- stripe p
+    mask $ \restore -> do
+        r <- take1 p s
+        x <- restore (f (value r)) `catches` handlers p s r
+        put p s r id
+        return x
+
+tryWith :: MonadIO m => Pool -> (Connection -> IO a) -> m (Maybe a)
+tryWith p f = liftIO $ do
+    s <- stripe p
+    mask $ \restore -> do
+        r <- tryTake1 p s
+        case r of
+            Just  v -> do
+                x <- restore (f (value v)) `catches` handlers p s v
+                put p s v id
+                return (Just x)
+            Nothing -> return Nothing
+
+purge :: Pool -> IO ()
+purge p = Vec.forM_ (p^.stripes) $ \s ->
+    atomically (swapTVar (conns s) Seq.empty) >>= mapM_ (ignore . view destroyFn p . value)
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Internal
+
+handlers :: Pool -> Stripe -> Resource -> [Handler a]
+handlers p s r =
+    [ Handler $ \(x :: Timeout)       -> onTimeout      >> throwIO x
+    , Handler $ \(x :: SomeException) -> destroyR p s r >> throwIO x
+    ]
+  where
+    onTimeout =
+        if timeouts r > p^.settings.maxTimeouts
+            then do
+                info (p^.logger) $ msg (show (value r) +++ val " has too many timeouts.")
+                destroyR p s r
+            else put p s r incrTimeouts
+
+take1 :: Pool -> Stripe -> IO Resource
+take1 p s = do
+    r <- join . atomically $ do
+        c <- readTVar (conns s)
+        u <- readTVar (inUse s)
+        let n       = Seq.length c
+        let r :< rr = Seq.viewl $ Seq.unstableSortBy (compare `on` refcnt) c
+        if | u < p^.settings.maxConnections -> mkNew p s u
+           | n > 0 && refcnt r < p^.maxRefs -> use s r rr
+           | otherwise                      -> retry
+    case r of
+        Left  x -> do
+            atomically (modifyTVar (conns s) (|> x))
+            return x
+        Right x -> return x
+
+tryTake1 :: Pool -> Stripe -> IO (Maybe Resource)
+tryTake1 p s = do
+    r <- join . atomically $ do
+        c <- readTVar (conns s)
+        u <- readTVar (inUse s)
+        let n       = Seq.length c
+        let r :< rr = Seq.viewl $ Seq.unstableSortBy (compare `on` refcnt) c
+        if | u < p^.settings.maxConnections -> fmap Just <$> mkNew p s u
+           | n > 0 && refcnt r < p^.maxRefs -> fmap Just <$> use s r rr
+           | otherwise                      -> return (return Nothing)
+    case r of
+        Just (Left  x) -> do
+            atomically (modifyTVar (conns s) (|> x))
+            return (Just x)
+        Just (Right x) -> return (Just x)
+        Nothing        -> return Nothing
+
+use :: Stripe -> Resource -> Seq Resource -> STM (IO (Either Resource Resource))
+use s r rr = do
+    writeTVar (conns s) $! rr |> r { refcnt = refcnt r + 1 }
+    return (return (Right r))
+{-# INLINE use #-}
+
+mkNew :: Pool -> Stripe -> Int -> STM (IO (Either Resource Resource))
+mkNew p s u = do
+    writeTVar (inUse s) $! u + 1
+    return $ Left <$> onException
+        (Resource <$> p^.currentTime <*> pure 1 <*> pure 0 <*> p^.createFn)
+        (atomically (modifyTVar (inUse s) (subtract 1)))
+{-# INLINE mkNew #-}
+
+put :: Pool -> Stripe -> Resource -> (Resource -> Resource) -> IO ()
+put p s r f = do
+    now <- p^.currentTime
+    let updated x = f x { tstamp = now, refcnt = refcnt x - 1 }
+    atomically $ do
+        rs <- readTVar (conns s)
+        let (xs, rr) = Seq.breakl ((value r ==) . value) rs
+        case Seq.viewl rr of
+            EmptyL  -> writeTVar (conns s) $! xs         |> updated r
+            y :< ys -> writeTVar (conns s) $! (xs >< ys) |> updated y
+
+destroyR :: Pool -> Stripe -> Resource -> IO ()
+destroyR p s r = do
+    atomically $ do
+        rs <- readTVar (conns s)
+        case find ((value r ==) . value) rs of
+            Nothing -> return ()
+            Just  _ -> do
+                modifyTVar (inUse s) (subtract 1)
+                writeTVar (conns s) $! Seq.filter ((value r /=) . value) rs
+    ignore $ p^.destroyFn $ value r
+
+reaper :: Pool -> IO ()
+reaper p = forever $ do
+    threadDelay 1000000
+    now <- p^.currentTime
+    let isStale r = refcnt r == 0 && now `diffUTCTime` tstamp r > p^.settings.idleTimeout
+    Vec.forM_ (p^.stripes) $ \s -> do
+        x <- atomically $ do
+                (stale, okay) <- Seq.partition isStale <$> readTVar (conns s)
+                unless (Seq.null stale) $ do
+                    writeTVar  (conns s) okay
+                    modifyTVar (inUse s) (subtract (Seq.length stale))
+                return stale
+        forM_ x $ \v -> ignore $ do
+            trace (p^.logger) $ "reap" .= show (value v)
+            p^.destroyFn $ (value v)
+
+stripe :: Pool -> IO Stripe
+stripe p = ((p^.stripes) !) <$> ((`mod` (p^.settings.poolStripes)) . hash) <$> myThreadId
+{-# INLINE stripe #-}
+
+incrTimeouts :: Resource -> Resource
+incrTimeouts r = r { timeouts = timeouts r + 1 }
+{-# INLINE incrTimeouts #-}
+
diff --git a/src/Database/CQL/IO/Protocol.hs b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Protocol.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Protocol.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+-- This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+-- License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+-- file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+module Database.CQL.IO.Protocol where
+
+import Control.Exception (throw)
+import Data.ByteString.Lazy (ByteString)
+import Data.Monoid ((<>))
+import Database.CQL.Protocol
+import Database.CQL.IO.Types
+
+import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as LT
+
+parse :: (Tuple a, Tuple b) => Compression -> (Header, ByteString) -> Response k a b
+parse x (h, a) =
+    case unpack x h a of
+        Left  e -> throw $ InternalError ("response body reading: " ++ e)
+        Right r -> r
+
+serialise :: Tuple a => Version -> Compression -> Request k a b -> Int -> ByteString
+serialise v f r i =
+    let c = case getOpCode r of
+                OcStartup -> noCompression
+                OcOptions -> noCompression
+                _         -> f
+        s = mkStreamId i
+    in either (throw $ InternalError "request creation") id (pack v c False s r)
+
+quoted :: LT.Text -> LT.Text
+quoted s = "\"" <> LT.replace "\"" "\"\"" s <> "\""
diff --git a/src/Database/CQL/IO/Settings.hs b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Settings.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Settings.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+-- This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+-- License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+-- file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell   #-}
+
+module Database.CQL.IO.Settings where
+
+import Control.Lens hiding ((<|))
+import Data.List.NonEmpty (NonEmpty (..), (<|))
+import Data.Time
+import Data.Word
+import Database.CQL.Protocol
+import Database.CQL.IO.Connection
+import Database.CQL.IO.Cluster.Policies (Policy, random)
+import Database.CQL.IO.Connection as C
+import Database.CQL.IO.Pool as P
+import Database.CQL.IO.Types (Milliseconds (..))
+import Network.Socket (PortNumber (..))
+
+data Settings = Settings
+    { _poolSettings  :: PoolSettings
+    , _connSettings  :: ConnectionSettings
+    , _protoVersion  :: Version
+    , _portnumber    :: PortNumber
+    , _contacts      :: NonEmpty String
+    , _maxWaitQueue  :: Maybe Word64
+    , _policyMaker   :: IO Policy
+    }
+
+makeLenses ''Settings
+
+-- | Default settings:
+--
+-- * contact point is \"localhost\" port 9042
+--
+-- * load-balancing policy is 'random'
+--
+-- * binary protocol version is 3 (supported by Cassandra >= 2.1.0)
+--
+-- * connection idle timeout is 60s
+--
+-- * the connection pool uses 4 stripes to mitigate thread contention
+--
+-- * connections use a connect timeout of 5s, a send timeout of 3s and
+-- a receive timeout of 10s
+--
+-- * 128 streams per connection are used
+--
+-- * no compression is applied to frame bodies
+--
+-- * no default keyspace is used.
+defSettings :: Settings
+defSettings = Settings
+    P.defSettings
+    C.defSettings
+    V3
+    (fromInteger 9042)
+    ("localhost" :| [])
+    Nothing
+    random
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Settings
+
+-- | Set the binary protocol version to use.
+setProtocolVersion :: Version -> Settings -> Settings
+setProtocolVersion v = set protoVersion v
+
+-- | Set the initial contact points (hosts) from which node discovery will
+-- start.
+setContacts :: String -> [String] -> Settings -> Settings
+setContacts v vv = set contacts (v :| vv)
+
+-- | Add an additional host to the contact list.
+addContact :: String -> Settings -> Settings
+addContact v = over contacts (v <|)
+
+-- | Set the portnumber to use to connect on /every/ node of the cluster.
+setPortNumber :: PortNumber -> Settings -> Settings
+setPortNumber v = set portnumber v
+
+-- | Set the load-balancing policy.
+setPolicy :: IO Policy -> Settings -> Settings
+setPolicy v = set policyMaker v
+
+-- | Set the maximum length of the wait queue which is used if
+-- connection pools of all nodes in a cluster are busy. Once the maximum
+-- queue size has been reached, queries will throw a 'HostsBusy' exception
+-- immediatly.
+setMaxWaitQueue :: Word64 -> Settings -> Settings
+setMaxWaitQueue v = set maxWaitQueue (Just v)
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Pool Settings
+
+-- | Set the connection idle timeout. Connections in a pool will be closed
+-- if not in use for longer than this timeout.
+setIdleTimeout :: NominalDiffTime -> Settings -> Settings
+setIdleTimeout v = set (poolSettings.idleTimeout) v
+
+-- | Maximum connections per pool /stripe/.
+setMaxConnections :: Int -> Settings -> Settings
+setMaxConnections v = set (poolSettings.maxConnections) v
+
+-- | Set the number of pool stripes to use. A good setting is equal to the
+-- number of CPU cores this codes is running on.
+setPoolStripes :: Int -> Settings -> Settings
+setPoolStripes v s
+    | v < 1     = error "Database.CQL.IO.Settings: stripes must be greater than 0"
+    | otherwise = set (poolSettings.poolStripes) v s
+
+-- | When receiving a response times out, we can no longer use the stream of the
+-- connection that was used to make the request as it is uncertain if
+-- a response will arrive later. Thus the bandwith of a connection will be
+-- decreased. This settings defines a threshold after which we close the
+-- connection to get a new one with all streams available.
+setMaxTimeouts :: Int -> Settings -> Settings
+setMaxTimeouts v = set (poolSettings.maxTimeouts) v
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Connection Settings
+
+-- | Set the compression to use for frame body compression.
+setCompression :: Compression -> Settings -> Settings
+setCompression v = set (connSettings.compression) v
+
+-- | Set the maximum number of streams per connection. In version 2 of the
+-- binary protocol at most 128 streams can be used. Version 3 supports up
+-- to 32768 streams.
+setMaxStreams :: Int -> Settings -> Settings
+setMaxStreams v s = case s^.protoVersion of
+    V2 | v < 1 || v > 128   -> error "Database.CQL.IO.Settings: max. streams must be within [1, 128]"
+    V3 | v < 1 || v > 32768 -> error "Database.CQL.IO.Settings: max. streams must be within [1, 32768]"
+    _                       -> set (connSettings.maxStreams) v s
+
+-- | Set the connect timeout of a connection.
+setConnectTimeout :: NominalDiffTime -> Settings -> Settings
+setConnectTimeout v = set (connSettings.connectTimeout) (Ms $ round (1000 * v))
+
+-- | Set the send timeout of a connection. Request exceeding the send will
+-- cause the connection to be closed and fail with 'ConnectionClosed'
+-- exception.
+setSendTimeout :: NominalDiffTime -> Settings -> Settings
+setSendTimeout v = set (connSettings.sendTimeout) (Ms $ round (1000 * v))
+
+-- | Set the receive timeout of a connection. Requests exceeding the
+-- receive timeout will fail with a 'Timeout' exception.
+setResponseTimeout :: NominalDiffTime -> Settings -> Settings
+setResponseTimeout v = set (connSettings.responseTimeout) (Ms $ round (1000 * v))
+
+-- | Set the default keyspace to use. Every new connection will be
+-- initialised to use this keyspace.
+setKeyspace :: Keyspace -> Settings -> Settings
+setKeyspace v = set (connSettings.defKeyspace) (Just v)
diff --git a/src/Database/CQL/IO/Signal.hs b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Signal.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Signal.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+-- This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+-- License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+-- file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+module Database.CQL.IO.Signal
+    ( Signal
+    , signal
+    , connect
+    , emit
+    , (|->)
+    , ($$)
+    ) where
+
+import Control.Applicative
+import Control.Concurrent (forkIO)
+import Data.IORef
+
+newtype Signal a = Sig (IORef [a -> IO ()])
+
+signal :: IO (Signal a)
+signal = Sig <$> newIORef []
+
+connect :: Signal a -> (a -> IO ()) -> IO ()
+connect (Sig s) f = modifyIORef s (f:)
+
+infixl 2 |->
+(|->) :: Signal a -> (a -> IO ()) -> IO ()
+(|->) = connect
+
+emit :: Signal a -> a -> IO ()
+emit (Sig s) a = readIORef s >>= mapM_ (forkIO . ($ a))
+
+infixr 1 $$
+($$) :: Signal a -> a -> IO ()
+($$) = emit
diff --git a/src/Database/CQL/IO/Sync.hs b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Sync.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Sync.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+-- This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+-- License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+-- file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+module Database.CQL.IO.Sync
+    ( Sync
+    , create
+    , get
+    , put
+    , kill
+    , close
+    ) where
+
+import Control.Applicative
+import Control.Concurrent.STM
+import Control.Exception (SomeException, Exception, toException)
+
+data State a
+    = Empty
+    | Value  !a
+    | Killed !SomeException
+    | Closed !SomeException
+
+newtype Sync a = Sync (TVar (State a))
+
+create :: IO (Sync a)
+create = Sync <$> newTVarIO Empty
+
+get :: Sync a -> IO a
+get (Sync s) = atomically $ do
+    v <- readTVar s
+    case v of
+        Empty    -> retry
+        Value  a -> writeTVar s Empty >> return a
+        Closed x -> throwSTM x
+        Killed x -> throwSTM x
+
+put :: a -> Sync a -> IO Bool
+put a (Sync s) = atomically $ do
+    v <- readTVar s
+    case v of
+        Empty    -> writeTVar s (Value a) >> return True
+        Closed _ -> return True
+        _        -> writeTVar s Empty     >> return False
+
+kill :: Exception e => e -> Sync a -> IO ()
+kill x (Sync s) = atomically $ do
+    v <- readTVar s
+    case v of
+        Closed _ -> return ()
+        _        -> writeTVar s (Killed $ toException x)
+
+close :: Exception e => e -> Sync a -> IO ()
+close x (Sync s) = atomically $ writeTVar s (Closed $ toException x)
+
diff --git a/src/Database/CQL/IO/Tickets.hs b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Tickets.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Tickets.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+-- This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+-- License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+-- file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+module Database.CQL.IO.Tickets
+    ( Ticket
+    , toInt
+    , Pool
+    , pool
+    , close
+    , get
+    , markAvailable
+    ) where
+
+import Control.Applicative
+import Control.Concurrent.STM
+import Control.Exception (SomeException, Exception, toException)
+import Data.Set (Set)
+
+import qualified Data.Set as Set
+
+newtype Ticket = Ticket { toInt :: Int } deriving (Eq, Ord, Show)
+
+newtype Pool = Pool (TVar (Either SomeException (Set Ticket)))
+
+pool :: Int -> IO Pool
+pool n = Pool <$> newTVarIO (Right . Set.fromList $ map Ticket [0 .. n-1])
+
+close :: Exception e => e -> Pool -> IO ()
+close x (Pool p) = atomically $ writeTVar p (Left $ toException x)
+
+get :: Pool -> IO Ticket
+get (Pool p) = atomically $ readTVar p >>= popHead
+  where
+    popHead (Left x) = throwSTM x
+    popHead (Right x)
+        | Set.null x = retry
+        | otherwise  = do
+            let (t, tt) = Set.deleteFindMin x
+            writeTVar p (Right tt)
+            return t
+
+markAvailable :: Pool -> Int -> IO ()
+markAvailable (Pool p) t =
+    atomically $ modifyTVar' p (fmap (Set.insert (Ticket t)))
+
diff --git a/src/Database/CQL/IO/Timeouts.hs b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Timeouts.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Timeouts.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+-- This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+-- License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+-- file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+module Database.CQL.IO.Timeouts
+    ( TimeoutManager
+    , create
+    , destroy
+    , Action
+    , Milliseconds (..)
+    , add
+    , cancel
+    , withTimeout
+    ) where
+
+import Control.Applicative
+import Control.Concurrent.STM
+import Control.Exception (mask_, bracket)
+import Control.Reaper
+import Control.Monad
+import Database.CQL.IO.Types (Milliseconds (..), ignore)
+
+data TimeoutManager = TimeoutManager
+    { roundtrip :: !Int
+    , reaper    :: Reaper [Action] Action
+    }
+
+data Action = Action
+    { action :: IO ()
+    , state  :: TVar State
+    }
+
+data State = Running !Int | Canceled
+
+create :: Milliseconds -> IO TimeoutManager
+create (Ms n) = TimeoutManager n <$> mkReaper defaultReaperSettings
+    { reaperAction = mkListAction prune
+    , reaperDelay  = n * 1000
+    }
+  where
+    prune a = do
+        s <- atomically $ do
+            x <- readTVar (state a)
+            writeTVar (state a) (newState x)
+            return x
+        case s of
+            Running 0 -> do
+                ignore (action a)
+                return Nothing
+            Canceled -> return Nothing
+            _        -> return $ Just a
+
+    newState (Running k) = Running (k - 1)
+    newState s           = s
+
+destroy :: TimeoutManager -> Bool -> IO ()
+destroy tm exec = mask_ $ do
+    a <- reaperStop (reaper tm)
+    when exec $
+        mapM_ (ignore . action) a
+
+add :: TimeoutManager -> Milliseconds -> IO () -> IO Action
+add tm (Ms n) a = do
+    r <- Action a <$> newTVarIO (Running $ n `div` roundtrip tm)
+    reaperAdd (reaper tm) r
+    return r
+
+cancel :: Action -> IO ()
+cancel a = atomically $ writeTVar (state a) Canceled
+
+withTimeout :: TimeoutManager -> Milliseconds -> IO () -> IO a -> IO a
+withTimeout tm m x a = bracket (add tm m x) cancel $ const a
diff --git a/src/Database/CQL/IO/Types.hs b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Types.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Database/CQL/IO/Types.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+-- This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+-- License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+-- file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable         #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GADTs                      #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings          #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE StandaloneDeriving         #-}
+
+module Database.CQL.IO.Types where
+
+import Control.Monad.Catch
+import Data.IP
+import Data.Typeable
+import Database.CQL.Protocol (Event, Response, CompressionAlgorithm)
+import Network.Socket (SockAddr (..), PortNumber)
+import System.Logger.Message
+
+type EventHandler = Event -> IO ()
+
+newtype Milliseconds = Ms { ms :: Int } deriving (Eq, Show, Num)
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- InetAddr
+
+newtype InetAddr = InetAddr { sockAddr :: SockAddr } deriving (Eq, Ord)
+
+instance Show InetAddr where
+    show (InetAddr (SockAddrInet p a)) =
+        let i = fromIntegral p :: Int in
+        shows (fromHostAddress a) . showString ":" . shows i $ ""
+    show (InetAddr (SockAddrInet6 p _ a _)) =
+        let i = fromIntegral p :: Int in
+        shows (fromHostAddress6 a) . showString ":" . shows i $ ""
+    show (InetAddr (SockAddrUnix unix)) = unix
+
+instance ToBytes InetAddr where
+    bytes (InetAddr (SockAddrInet p a)) =
+        let i = fromIntegral p :: Int in
+        show (fromHostAddress a) +++ val ":" +++ i
+    bytes (InetAddr (SockAddrInet6 p _ a _)) =
+        let i = fromIntegral p :: Int in
+        show (fromHostAddress6 a) +++ val ":" +++ i
+    bytes (InetAddr (SockAddrUnix unix)) = bytes unix
+
+ip2inet :: PortNumber -> IP -> InetAddr
+ip2inet p (IPv4 a) = InetAddr $ SockAddrInet p (toHostAddress a)
+ip2inet p (IPv6 a) = InetAddr $ SockAddrInet6 p 0 (toHostAddress6 a) 0
+
+inet2ip :: InetAddr -> IP
+inet2ip (InetAddr (SockAddrInet _ a))      = IPv4 (fromHostAddress a)
+inet2ip (InetAddr (SockAddrInet6 _ _ a _)) = IPv6 (fromHostAddress6 a)
+inet2ip _                                  = error "inet2Ip: not IP4/IP6 address"
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- InvalidSettings
+
+data InvalidSettings
+    = UnsupportedCompression [CompressionAlgorithm]
+    | InvalidCacheSize
+    deriving Typeable
+
+instance Exception InvalidSettings
+
+instance Show InvalidSettings where
+    show (UnsupportedCompression cc) = "cql-io: unsupported compression: " ++ show cc
+    show InvalidCacheSize            = "cql-io: invalid cache size"
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- InternalError
+
+data InternalError = InternalError String
+    deriving Typeable
+
+instance Exception InternalError
+
+instance Show InternalError where
+    show (InternalError e) = "cql-io: internal error: " ++ show e
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- HostError
+
+data HostError
+    = NoHostAvailable
+    | HostsBusy
+    deriving Typeable
+
+instance Exception HostError
+
+instance Show HostError where
+    show NoHostAvailable = "cql-io: no host available"
+    show HostsBusy       = "cql-io: hosts busy"
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- ConnectionError
+
+data ConnectionError
+    = ConnectionClosed !InetAddr
+    | ConnectTimeout   !InetAddr
+    deriving Typeable
+
+instance Exception ConnectionError
+
+instance Show ConnectionError where
+    show (ConnectionClosed i) = "cql-io: connection closed: " ++ show i
+    show (ConnectTimeout   i) = "cql-io: connect timeout: " ++ show i
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Timeout
+
+data Timeout = TimeoutRead !String
+    deriving Typeable
+
+instance Exception Timeout
+
+instance Show Timeout where
+    show (TimeoutRead e) = "cql-io: read timeout: " ++ e
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- UnexpectedResponse
+
+data UnexpectedResponse where
+    UnexpectedResponse  :: UnexpectedResponse
+    UnexpectedResponse' :: Show b => Response k a b -> UnexpectedResponse
+
+deriving instance Typeable UnexpectedResponse
+instance Exception UnexpectedResponse
+
+instance Show UnexpectedResponse where
+    show UnexpectedResponse      = "cql-io: unexpected response"
+    show (UnexpectedResponse' r) = "cql-io: unexpected response: " ++ show r
+
+ignore :: IO () -> IO ()
+ignore a = catchAll a (const $ return ())
+{-# INLINE ignore #-}
