diff --git a/conf/logging.properties b/conf/logging.properties
index 6635420b22b3b527ef699ba56e3e870a82e3ebb2..ff701c0055e0cbafe3e5dbf6c53849ef3b755be5 100644
--- a/conf/logging.properties
+++ b/conf/logging.properties
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format=[%1$tF %1$tr] %4$s: %5$s (%2$s)%n
 #teetime.level = ALL
 
 #teetime.variant.methodcallWithPorts.framework.level = ALL
-teetime.variant.methodcallWithPorts.framework.core.level = FINE
-teetime.variant.methodcallWithPorts.stage.level = INFO
+#teetime.variant.methodcallWithPorts.framework.core.level = FINE
+#teetime.variant.methodcallWithPorts.stage.level = INFO
 #teetime.variant.methodcallWithPorts.examples.traceReconstructionWithThreads.level = FINE
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/variant/methodcallWithPorts/examples/kiekerdays/TcpTraceReconstruction.java b/src/test/java/teetime/variant/methodcallWithPorts/examples/kiekerdays/TcpTraceReconstruction.java
index 5146d97d5053c89c48b852fd94704f1333b93ad3..50688b496938faba3dd798c381fb4c0b9e6ae07e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/variant/methodcallWithPorts/examples/kiekerdays/TcpTraceReconstruction.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/variant/methodcallWithPorts/examples/kiekerdays/TcpTraceReconstruction.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package teetime.variant.methodcallWithPorts.examples.kiekerdays;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -25,9 +26,11 @@ import kieker.common.record.flow.IFlowRecord;
 public class TcpTraceReconstruction extends Analysis {
 
 	private static final int NUM_VIRTUAL_CORES = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors();
-	private static final int TCP_RELAY_MAX_SIZE = 500000;
+	private static final int TCP_RELAY_MAX_SIZE = 100000;
 
 	private final List<TraceEventRecords> elementCollection = new LinkedList<TraceEventRecords>();
+	private final ConcurrentHashMapWithDefault<Long, TraceBuffer> traceId2trace = new ConcurrentHashMapWithDefault<Long, TraceBuffer>(new TraceBuffer());
+	private final List<SpScPipe<IMonitoringRecord>> tcpRelayPipes = new ArrayList<SpScPipe<IMonitoringRecord>>();
 
 	private Thread tcpThread;
 	private Thread[] workerThreads;
@@ -62,8 +65,6 @@ public class TcpTraceReconstruction extends Analysis {
 		return pipeline;
 	}
 
-	private final ConcurrentHashMapWithDefault<Long, TraceBuffer> traceId2trace = new ConcurrentHashMapWithDefault<Long, TraceBuffer>(new TraceBuffer());
-
 	private Pipeline<IMonitoringRecord, ?> buildPipeline(final StageWithPort<Void, IMonitoringRecord> tcpReaderPipeline) {
 		// create stages
 		Relay<IMonitoringRecord> relay = new Relay<IMonitoringRecord>();
@@ -73,7 +74,8 @@ public class TcpTraceReconstruction extends Analysis {
 		EndStage<TraceEventRecords> endStage = new EndStage<TraceEventRecords>();
 
 		// connect stages
-		SpScPipe.connect(tcpReaderPipeline.getOutputPort(), relay.getInputPort(), TCP_RELAY_MAX_SIZE);
+		SpScPipe<IMonitoringRecord> tcpRelayPipe = SpScPipe.connect(tcpReaderPipeline.getOutputPort(), relay.getInputPort(), TCP_RELAY_MAX_SIZE);
+		this.tcpRelayPipes.add(tcpRelayPipe);
 
 		SingleElementPipe.connect(relay.getOutputPort(), instanceOfFilter.getInputPort());
 		SingleElementPipe.connect(instanceOfFilter.getOutputPort(), traceReconstructionFilter.getInputPort());
@@ -109,6 +111,16 @@ public class TcpTraceReconstruction extends Analysis {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void onTerminate() {
+		int maxSize = 0;
+		for (SpScPipe<IMonitoringRecord> pipe : this.tcpRelayPipes) {
+			maxSize = Math.max(maxSize, pipe.getMaxSize());
+		}
+		System.out.println("max size of TcpRelayPipes: " + maxSize);
+		super.onTerminate();
+	}
+
 	public List<TraceEventRecords> getElementCollection() {
 		return this.elementCollection;
 	}
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/variant/methodcallWithPorts/examples/kiekerdays/TcpTraceReduction.java b/src/test/java/teetime/variant/methodcallWithPorts/examples/kiekerdays/TcpTraceReduction.java
index ca939ce17bf07af9905baba25804c0004f324182..fb5eb3c2da1a07f61710cae0a5958b9fd529429c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/variant/methodcallWithPorts/examples/kiekerdays/TcpTraceReduction.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/variant/methodcallWithPorts/examples/kiekerdays/TcpTraceReduction.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package teetime.variant.methodcallWithPorts.examples.kiekerdays;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -31,9 +32,12 @@ import kieker.common.record.flow.IFlowRecord;
 public class TcpTraceReduction extends Analysis {
 
 	private static final int NUM_VIRTUAL_CORES = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors();
-	private static final int TCP_RELAY_MAX_SIZE = 500000;
+	private static final int TCP_RELAY_MAX_SIZE = 100000;
 
 	private final List<TraceEventRecords> elementCollection = new LinkedList<TraceEventRecords>();
+	private final ConcurrentHashMapWithDefault<Long, TraceBuffer> traceId2trace = new ConcurrentHashMapWithDefault<Long, TraceBuffer>(new TraceBuffer());
+	private final Map<TraceEventRecords, TraceAggregationBuffer> trace2buffer = new TreeMap<TraceEventRecords, TraceAggregationBuffer>(new TraceComperator());
+	private final List<SpScPipe<IMonitoringRecord>> tcpRelayPipes = new ArrayList<SpScPipe<IMonitoringRecord>>();
 
 	private Thread tcpThread;
 	private Thread clockThread;
@@ -87,9 +91,6 @@ public class TcpTraceReduction extends Analysis {
 		return pipeline;
 	}
 
-	private final ConcurrentHashMapWithDefault<Long, TraceBuffer> traceId2trace = new ConcurrentHashMapWithDefault<Long, TraceBuffer>(new TraceBuffer());
-	private final Map<TraceEventRecords, TraceAggregationBuffer> trace2buffer = new TreeMap<TraceEventRecords, TraceAggregationBuffer>(new TraceComperator());
-
 	private Pipeline<IMonitoringRecord, ?> buildPipeline(final StageWithPort<Void, IMonitoringRecord> tcpReaderPipeline,
 			final StageWithPort<Void, Long> clockStage) {
 		// create stages
@@ -101,7 +102,8 @@ public class TcpTraceReduction extends Analysis {
 		EndStage<TraceEventRecords> endStage = new EndStage<TraceEventRecords>();
 
 		// connect stages
-		SpScPipe.connect(tcpReaderPipeline.getOutputPort(), relay.getInputPort(), TCP_RELAY_MAX_SIZE);
+		SpScPipe<IMonitoringRecord> tcpRelayPipe = SpScPipe.connect(tcpReaderPipeline.getOutputPort(), relay.getInputPort(), TCP_RELAY_MAX_SIZE);
+		this.tcpRelayPipes.add(tcpRelayPipe);
 
 		SingleElementPipe.connect(relay.getOutputPort(), instanceOfFilter.getInputPort());
 		SingleElementPipe.connect(instanceOfFilter.getOutputPort(), traceReconstructionFilter.getInputPort());
@@ -143,6 +145,16 @@ public class TcpTraceReduction extends Analysis {
 		this.clockThread.interrupt();
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void onTerminate() {
+		int maxSize = 0;
+		for (SpScPipe<IMonitoringRecord> pipe : this.tcpRelayPipes) {
+			maxSize = Math.max(maxSize, pipe.getMaxSize());
+		}
+		System.out.println("max size of TcpRelayPipes: " + maxSize);
+		super.onTerminate();
+	}
+
 	public List<TraceEventRecords> getElementCollection() {
 		return this.elementCollection;
 	}