There is a copy of the OSCAR package howto here: http://oscar.openclustergroup.org/filebrowser/48/devel
On 9/27/05, Sarat Sreepathi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the input. I would also like to hear what everyone else think > about creating a HPL package. > I would also like to get some feedback on the need for performance tools > targeting applications. I'm requesting feedback since I want to ensure that > whatever I do will be useful to the broader community. > > Can someone direct me to resources on creating a OSCAR package? > > Thanks for your time, > Sarat. > > > On 9/26/05, Michael Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sarat, > > > > Thanks for your continued interest in OSCAR development. I know there > > have been several requests for an HPL package from users, but you > > probably have a better idea of what kinds of tools people need than > > most. > > > > It is great to see people in the research community with an interest in > OSCAR. > > > > On 9/24/05, Sarat Sreepathi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I previously expressed interest in developing/packaging performance > > > analysis tools for OSCAR. I apologize for the delay but felt it's better > to > > > start late than never. I request your valuable feedback on how I should > > > proceed in this direction. The following are my thoughts on this issue. > > > > > > Performance Analysis at a higher level can be focused either on the > system > > > or the application. > > > > > > 1. Performance analysis of systems typically comprises of identifying > the > > > strengths and weaknesses of a particular system by running and analysing > > > certain benchmark results. These results can further be used to identify > the > > > kind of applications that would perform better on that platform. > > > 2. Performance analysis of applications typically comprises of profiling > the > > > application by either instrumenting the application at source level,link > > > time or dynamic instrumentation among other methods. Then depending on > the > > > need, tracing information may also be obtained. These results are then > used > > > to identify bottlenecks and suggest optimizations. > > > > > > So what I'm trying to understand here is whether I should work towards > both > > > these goals or concentrate on one of them. My current research(at grad > > > school) focuses on performance tools evaluation by analysing HPC > > > applications. I've used several tools during my work including > TAU(Tuning > > > and Analysis utilities, > > > http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/research/tau/home.php) from > Univ. > > > of Oregon, SvPablo from > > > UNC( http://www.renci.org/lacsi/software/SvPablo/), > PAPI, > > > mpiP, PerfSuite etc. > > > > > > So I could work on packaging one of these tools like TAU for OSCAR > which > > > would serve the second goal. > > > Or alternately I could work on creating a package for a benchmark like > > > HPL(http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/hpl/) for the OSCAR > > > environment. > > > So I request your feedback on what directions to follow and feel free > to > > > correct me if I'm missing the point. Also please point links to > resources on > > > how to create a OSCAR package. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Sarat. > > > -- > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > Sarat Sreepathi > > > Graduate Research Assistant > > > Dept. of Computer Science > > > North Carolina State University > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ (919)607-1375 > > > http://www4.ncsu.edu/~sssreepa > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Sarat Sreepathi > Graduate Research Assistant > Dept. of Computer Science > North Carolina State University > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ (919)607-1375 > http://www4.ncsu.edu/~sssreepa > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ Oscar-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel
