Recorder 2.0: Efficient parallel I/O tracing and analysis

Chen Wang, Jinghan Sun, Marc Snir, Kathryn Mohror, Elsa Gonsiorowski

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Abstract

Recorder is a multi-level I/O tracing tool that captures HDF5, MPI-I/O, and POSIX I/O calls. In this paper, we present a new version of Recorder that adds support for most metadata POSIX calls such as stat, link, and rename. We also introduce a compressed tracing format to reduce trace file size and run time overhead incurred from collecting the trace data. Moreover, we add a set of post-mortem and visualization routines to our new version of Recorder that manage the compressed trace data for users. Our experiments with four HPC applications show a file size reduction of over 2× and reduced post-processing time by 20% when using our new compressed trace file format.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2020 IEEE 34th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops, IPDPSW 2020
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1052-1059
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781728174457
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2020
Event34th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops, IPDPSW 2020 - New Orleans, United States
Duration: May 18 2020May 22 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2020 IEEE 34th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops, IPDPSW 2020

Conference

Conference34th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops, IPDPSW 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew Orleans
Period5/18/205/22/20

Keywords

  • Compressed I/O Traces
  • MPI-I/O
  • Parallel I/O

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Control and Optimization

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