Title :
Performance tuning of message passing programs through visual analysis
Author :
Lei, Sute ; Zhang, Kang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
Designing a parallel program to fully utilise the processing power of a multiprocessor machine requires a series of performance analysis and tuning. The paper describes a performance tuning tool for message passing parallel programs. The tool combines the advantages of relational databases and spreadsheets to organise the performance data and analyse the program performance through visualisation. Various graphical displays which assist the user to fine tune the performance of message passing programs are discussed
Keywords :
message passing; parallel programming; program diagnostics; software performance evaluation; visual programming; graphical displays; message passing programs; multiprocessor machine; parallel program; parallel programs; performance analysis; performance data; performance tuning; processing power; relational databases; spreadsheets; tuning tool; visual analysis; Data analysis; Data visualization; Debugging; Displays; Instruments; Message passing; Monitoring; Multiprocessing systems; Performance analysis; Relational databases;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel and Distributed Systems, 1994. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hsinchu
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6555-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICPADS.1994.590455
