Strange - it looks like a classic oversubscription behavior. Another possibility is that it isn't using IB for some reason when extended to the other nodes. What does your cmd line look like? Have you tried adding "-mca btl openib,sm,self" just to ensure it doesn't use TCP for some reason?
On Jun 9, 2013, at 4:31 PM, "Blosch, Edwin L" <edwin.l.blo...@lmco.com> wrote: > Correct. 20 nodes, 8 cores per dual-socket on each node = 360. > > From: users-boun...@open-mpi.org [mailto:users-boun...@open-mpi.org] On > Behalf Of Ralph Castain > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 6:18 PM > To: Open MPI Users > Subject: Re: [OMPI users] EXTERNAL: Re: Need advice on performance problem > > So, just to be sure - when you run 320 "cores", you are running across 20 > nodes? > > Just want to ensure we are using "core" the same way - some people confuse > cores with hyperthreads. > > On Jun 9, 2013, at 3:50 PM, "Blosch, Edwin L" <edwin.l.blo...@lmco.com> wrote: > > > 16. dual-socket Xeon, E5-2670. > > I am trying a larger model to see if the performance drop-off happens at a > different number of cores. > Also I’m running some intermediate core-count sizes to refine the curve a bit. > I also added mpi_show_mca_params all, and at the same time, > btl_openib_use_eager_rdma 1, just to see if that does anything. > > From: users-boun...@open-mpi.org [mailto:users-boun...@open-mpi.org] On > Behalf Of Ralph Castain > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 5:04 PM > To: Open MPI Users > Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: [OMPI users] Need advice on performance problem > > Looks to me like things are okay thru 160, and then things fall apart after > that point. How many cores are on a node? > > > On Jun 9, 2013, at 1:59 PM, "Blosch, Edwin L" <edwin.l.blo...@lmco.com> wrote: > > > > I’m having some trouble getting good scaling with OpenMPI 1.6.4 and I don’t > know where to start looking. This is an Infiniband FDR network with Sandy > Bridge nodes. I am using affinity (--bind-to-core) but no other options. As > the number of cores goes up, the message sizes are typically going down. > There seem to be lots of options in the FAQ, and I would welcome any advice > on where to start. All these timings are on a completely empty system except > for me. > > Thanks > > > MPI # cores Ave. Rate Std. Dev. % # timings Speedup > Efficiency > ================================================================================================ > MVAPICH | 16 | 8.6783 | 0.995 % | 2 | 16.000 | > 1.0000 > MVAPICH | 48 | 8.7665 | 1.937 % | 3 | 47.517 | > 0.9899 > MVAPICH | 80 | 8.8900 | 2.291 % | 3 | 78.095 | > 0.9762 > MVAPICH | 160 | 8.9897 | 2.409 % | 3 | 154.457 | > 0.9654 > MVAPICH | 320 | 8.9780 | 2.801 % | 3 | 309.317 | > 0.9666 > MVAPICH | 480 | 8.9704 | 2.316 % | 3 | 464.366 | > 0.9674 > MVAPICH | 640 | 9.0792 | 1.138 % | 3 | 611.739 | > 0.9558 > MVAPICH | 720 | 9.1328 | 1.052 % | 3 | 684.162 | > 0.9502 > MVAPICH | 800 | 9.1945 | 0.773 % | 3 | 755.079 | > 0.9438 > OpenMPI | 16 | 8.6743 | 2.335 % | 2 | 16.000 | > 1.0000 > OpenMPI | 48 | 8.7826 | 1.605 % | 2 | 47.408 | > 0.9877 > OpenMPI | 80 | 8.8861 | 0.120 % | 2 | 78.093 | > 0.9762 > OpenMPI | 160 | 8.9774 | 0.785 % | 2 | 154.598 | > 0.9662 > OpenMPI | 320 | 12.0585 | 16.950 % | 2 | 230.191 | > 0.7193 > OpenMPI | 480 | 14.8330 | 1.300 % | 2 | 280.701 | > 0.5848 > OpenMPI | 640 | 17.1723 | 2.577 % | 3 | 323.283 | > 0.5051 > OpenMPI | 720 | 18.2153 | 2.798 % | 3 | 342.868 | > 0.4762 > OpenMPI | 800 | 19.3603 | 2.254 % | 3 | 358.434 | > 0.4480 > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users
