Thanks for the input Bernard and Michael. I have a feeling the cluster will be used for Bioinformatics / datamining more than anything else, but I really can't say for sure. So I will definitely look into the link you posted.
Thanks, James Bernard Li wrote: > Hi James: > > As you have guessed, "benchmark" really varies depending on what you are > trying to do. The best benchmark is usually the application you will run the > most on your cluster - if you can't get your application to run favourably on > your cluster, then it doesn't really matter what linpack tells you your > cluster can compute. > > 3DMark is usually a benchmark used on PCs to determine how well its 3D > performance is, and is not usually used for benchmarking HPC clusters. > However, if you are into GPU clusters, then perhaps that's the benchmark for > you. > > I'd like to take this opportunity to plug Joe Landman's BBS, although the > name implies it's for "Bioinformatics" benchmarking, it can in fact plug in > different software packages outside the field of Bioinformatics (eg. CFD, oil > & gas, etc.): > > http://www.scalableinformatics.com/metadot/index.pl?id=2194 > > Cheers, > > Bernard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Otter > Sent: Sat 16/09/2006 12:17 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Oscar-users] Cluster Benchmarks > > Greetings, > > I am fairly new to cluster computing. I have constructed a cluster and > would like to > benchmark it. I know the term benchmark is broad, but I do not know if > there are > standards for cluster computing such as PCMark, 3DMark etc. I am working > with a group, so > if my question seems to lack details it is because I do not know all of > the details. At > the moment I just know we will need to generate some benchmarks as we > experiment with the > cluster. > > I noticed a link to "A Portable Implementation of the High-Performance > Linpack Benchmark > for Distributed-Memory Computers" on the OSCAR website ( > http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/hpl/ > <http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/hpl/> > ), but before I blindly selected a package I would > like to ask for input from real cluster users. Are there certain > statistics that matter > most? Is there a preferred benchmarking package? Is there a preferred > way to benchmark a > cluster? I do understand that certain statistics are more meaningful > based on what type > of cluster computing you are doing, but I would rather gather to many > statistics rather > then to few. And I want my results to be as professional as possible. > > Thank you for any input, > James > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Oscar-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users
