diff --git a/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/read/engine/VMSHollowTypeReshardingStrategyTest.java b/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/read/engine/VMSHollowTypeReshardingStrategyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91eae74d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/read/engine/VMSHollowTypeReshardingStrategyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package com.netflix.hollow.core.read.engine;
+
+import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertEquals;
+
+import com.netflix.hollow.api.consumer.HollowConsumer;
+import com.netflix.hollow.api.consumer.fs.HollowFilesystemBlobRetriever;
+import com.netflix.hollow.tools.checksum.HollowChecksum;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class VMSHollowTypeReshardingStrategyTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSplittingAndJoiningWithSnapshotBlob() throws Exception {
+
+        String blobPath = "/Users/ssingh/workspace/blob-cache/vms-daintree/prod/"; // null; // dir where snapshot blob exists for e.g. "/tmp/";
+        long v = 20230611133921525l; // 0l; // snapshot version for e.g. 20230915162636001l;
+        int[] shardingFactorArray = {2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024}; //
+
+        HollowFilesystemBlobRetriever hollowBlobRetriever = new HollowFilesystemBlobRetriever(Paths.get(blobPath));
+        HollowConsumer c = HollowConsumer
+                .withBlobRetriever(hollowBlobRetriever).build();
+        c.triggerRefreshTo(v);
+
+        for (HollowTypeReadState typeReadState : c.getStateEngine().getTypeStates()) {
+            for (int shardingFactor : shardingFactorArray) {
+                if (blobPath==null || v==0l) {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("These arguments need to be specified");
+                }
+
+                HollowChecksum origChecksum = typeReadState.getChecksum(typeReadState.getSchema());
+
+                HollowTypeReshardingStrategy reshardingStrategy = HollowTypeReshardingStrategy.getInstance(typeReadState);
+                reshardingStrategy.reshard(typeReadState, typeReadState.numShards(), shardingFactor * typeReadState.numShards());
+                reshardingStrategy.reshard(typeReadState, typeReadState.numShards(), typeReadState.numShards() / shardingFactor);
+                HollowChecksum joinedChecksum = typeReadState.getChecksum(typeReadState.getSchema());
+
+                assertEquals(joinedChecksum, origChecksum);
+                System.out.println("Processed type " + typeReadState.getSchema().getName() + " with " + typeReadState.numShards() + " shard and sharding factor " + shardingFactor);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/read/engine/list/HollowListTypeReadStateTest.java b/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/read/engine/list/HollowListTypeReadStateTest.java
index 71694bb41..2e63af4f4 100644
--- a/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/read/engine/list/HollowListTypeReadStateTest.java
+++ b/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/read/engine/list/HollowListTypeReadStateTest.java
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ public class HollowListTypeReadStateTest extends AbstractHollowListTypeDataEleme
     @Test
     public void testResharding() throws Exception {
 
-        for (int shardingFactor : new int[]{2, 4, 8, 16}) // , 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024
+        for (int shardingFactor : new int[]{2, 4, 8}) // , 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024
         {
-            for(int numRecords=1;numRecords<=10000;numRecords+=new Random().nextInt(1000))
+            for(int numRecords=1;numRecords<=1000;numRecords+=new Random().nextInt(100))
             {
                 int[][] listContents = generateListContents(numRecords);
                 HollowListTypeReadState listTypeReadState = populateTypeStateWith(listContents);
diff --git a/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/read/engine/map/HollowMapTypeReadStateTest.java b/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/read/engine/map/HollowMapTypeReadStateTest.java
index 4ba341e8a..7bc68c19e 100644
--- a/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/read/engine/map/HollowMapTypeReadStateTest.java
+++ b/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/read/engine/map/HollowMapTypeReadStateTest.java
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ public class HollowMapTypeReadStateTest extends AbstractHollowMapTypeDataElement
     @Test
     public void testResharding() throws Exception {
 
-        for (int shardingFactor : new int[]{2, 4, 8, 16}) // , 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024
+        for (int shardingFactor : new int[]{2, 4, 8}) // , 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024
         {
-            for(int numRecords=1;numRecords<=10000;numRecords+=new Random().nextInt(1000))
+            for(int numRecords=1;numRecords<=1000;numRecords+=new Random().nextInt(100))
             {
                 int[][][] listContents = generateListContents(numRecords);
                 HollowMapTypeReadState mapTypeReadState = populateTypeStateWith(listContents);
diff --git a/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/read/engine/object/HollowObjectTypeReadStateTest.java b/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/read/engine/object/HollowObjectTypeReadStateTest.java
index b08b23399..5b2a93d86 100644
--- a/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/read/engine/object/HollowObjectTypeReadStateTest.java
+++ b/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/read/engine/object/HollowObjectTypeReadStateTest.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ public class HollowObjectTypeReadStateTest extends AbstractHollowObjectTypeDataE
     @Test
     public void testResharding() throws Exception {
 
-        for (int shardingFactor : new int[]{2, 4, 8, 16})   // 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024...
+        for (int shardingFactor : new int[]{2, 4, 8})   // , 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024...
         {
             for(int numRecords=1;numRecords<=10000;numRecords+=new Random().nextInt(1000))
             {
diff --git a/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/read/engine/set/HollowSetTypeReadStateTest.java b/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/read/engine/set/HollowSetTypeReadStateTest.java
index 33c1b27ac..2084abc83 100644
--- a/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/read/engine/set/HollowSetTypeReadStateTest.java
+++ b/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/read/engine/set/HollowSetTypeReadStateTest.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ public class HollowSetTypeReadStateTest extends AbstractHollowSetTypeDataElement
     @Test
     public void testResharding() throws Exception {
 
-        for (int shardingFactor : new int[]{2, 4, 8, 16}) // , 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024
+        for (int shardingFactor : new int[]{2, 4, 8}) // , 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024
         {
             for(int numRecords=1;numRecords<=1000;numRecords+=new Random().nextInt(100))
             {