diff --git a/continuousintegration/orchestration/tests/client_ar.sh b/continuousintegration/orchestration/tests/client_ar.sh
index 3b2771bebffadce5b3d7cc078be7501b442db119..15c17171bfe2f4ffde4fa4fb00d890a1c9c96650 100644
--- a/continuousintegration/orchestration/tests/client_ar.sh
+++ b/continuousintegration/orchestration/tests/client_ar.sh
@@ -50,14 +50,16 @@ echo "Creating test dir in eos: ${EOS_DIR}"
 # XrdSecPROTOCOL=sss eos -r 0 0 root://${EOSINSTANCE} rm -Fr ${EOS_DIR}
 eos root://${EOSINSTANCE} mkdir -p ${EOS_DIR}
 
+echo -n "Copying files to ${EOS_DIR} using ${NB_PROCS} processes..."
 for ((i=0;i<${NB_FILES};i++)); do
-  TEST_FILE_NAME=${TEST_FILE_NAME_BASE}$(printf %.4d $i)
-  xrdcp --silent /tmp/testfile root://${EOSINSTANCE}/${EOS_DIR}/${TEST_FILE_NAME}
-done
+  echo ${TEST_FILE_NAME_BASE}$(printf %.4d $i)
+done | xargs --max-procs=${NB_PROCS} -iTEST_FILE_NAME xrdcp --silent /tmp/testfile root://${EOSINSTANCE}/${EOS_DIR}/TEST_FILE_NAME
+echo Done.
 
-eos root://${EOSINSTANCE} ls ${EOS_DIR} | egrep "${TEST_FILE_NAME_BASE}[0-9]+" | sed -e 's/$/ copied/' > ${STATUS_FILE=}
 
+eos root://${EOSINSTANCE} ls ${EOS_DIR} | egrep "${TEST_FILE_NAME_BASE}[0-9]+" | sed -e 's/$/ copied/' > ${STATUS_FILE=}
 
+echo "Waiting for files to be on tape:"
 SECONDS_PASSED=0
 WAIT_FOR_ARCHIVED_FILE_TIMEOUT=60
 while test 0 != $(grep -c copied$ ${STATUS_FILE}); do
diff --git a/continuousintegration/orchestration/tests/client_helper.sh b/continuousintegration/orchestration/tests/client_helper.sh
index b98455e63fe6abdfca1862d59c82f6c870b8612f..a7d50e7d043d93cffdabfe9ebd0b88a8ac379fe9 100644
--- a/continuousintegration/orchestration/tests/client_helper.sh
+++ b/continuousintegration/orchestration/tests/client_helper.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+
+###
+# Helper functions for tests running on client pod.
+#
+# to use in your tests symply source this file:
+# . /root/client_helper.sh on the client pod
+#
+# admin_kinit: kinit for CTAADMIN_USER
+# admin_klist: klist for CTAADMIN_USER
+# admin_kdestroy: kdestroy for CTAADMIN_USER
+# admin_cta: runs a cta command as CTAADMIN_USER 
+
 CTAADMIN_USER="ctaadmin2"
 USER="user1"