• DocumentCode
    2062578
  • Title

    A practical scalability metric

  • Author

    Chen, Jun ; Li, Xiaomei

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Univ. of Defence Technol., Hunan, China
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    14-17 May 2000
  • Firstpage
    403
  • Abstract
    We use the near-optimal scalability metric to analyze a large-scale application program. Results obtained from a 32-processor cluster system show that the near-optimal scalability metric provides an approach to predict how many processors the larger problem can run on at a reasonable utility.
  • Keywords
    multiprocessing systems; parallel algorithms; software metrics; cluster system; large-scale application program; multiprocessor system; near-optimal scalability metric; parallel algorithms;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    High Performance Computing in the Asia-Pacific Region, 2000. Proceedings. The Fourth International Conference/Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing, China
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-0589-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HPC.2000.846587
  • Filename
    846587