Title :
A distributed performance analysis architecture for clusters
Author :
Brunst, Holger ; Nagel, Wolfgang E. ; Malony, Allen D.
Author_Institution :
Center for High Performance Comput., Dresden Univ. of Technol., Germany
Abstract :
The use of a cluster for distributed performance analysis of parallel trace data is discussed. We propose an analysis architecture that uses multiple cluster nodes as a server to execute analysis operations in parallel and communicate to remote clients where performance visualization and user interactions occur. The client-server system developed, VNG, is highly configurable and is shown to perform well for traces of large size, when compared to leading trace visualization systems.
Keywords :
client-server systems; file servers; parallel architectures; performance evaluation; workstation clusters; analysis operations; client-server system; distributed performance analysis architecture; multiple cluster nodes; parallel computing; parallel trace data; performance visualization; profiling; remote clients; trace visualization systems; tracing; user interactions; Client-server systems; Computer architecture; Concurrent computing; Data visualization; Distributed computing; File servers; High performance computing; Measurement techniques; Parallel architectures; Parallel processing; Parallel programming; Performance analysis; Prototypes;
Conference_Titel :
Cluster Computing, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2066-9
DOI :
10.1109/CLUSTR.2003.1253301
