Understanding performance of SMP clusters running MPI programs

Franck Cappello; Olivier Richard; Daniel Etiemble

doi:10.1016/S0167-739X(00)00054-6

Understanding performance of SMP clusters running MPI programs

Franck Cappello, Olivier Richard, Daniel Etiemble

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Abstract

Clusters of multiprocessors (CLUMPs) have an hybrid memory model, with message passing between nodes and shared memory inside nodes. We examine the performance of Myrinet clusters of SMP PCs when using a single memory model (SMM) based on the MPICH-PM/CLUMP library of the RWCP, which can directly use the MPI programs written for a cluster of uniprocessors. The specificities of the communication patterns with the SMM approach are detailed. PC clusters with 2-way and 4-way nodes are considered and compared.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	711-720
Number of pages	10
Journal	Future Generation Computer Systems
Volume	17
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-739X(00)00054-6
State	Published - Apr 2001
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Clusters of multiprocessors
MPI programs
SMP clusters

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Hardware and Architecture
Computer Networks and Communications

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