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Visualizing parallel computer system performance
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Reed, Daniel A. Malony, Allen D. |
| Copyright Year | 1988 |
| Description | Parallel computer systems are among the most complex of man's creations, making satisfactory performance characterization difficult. Despite this complexity, there are strong, indeed, almost irresistible, incentives to quantify parallel system performance using a single metric. The fallacy lies in succumbing to such temptations. A complete performance characterization requires not only an analysis of the system's constituent levels, it also requires both static and dynamic characterizations. Static or average behavior analysis may mask transients that dramatically alter system performance. Although the human visual system is remarkedly adept at interpreting and identifying anomalies in false color data, the importance of dynamic, visual scientific data presentation has only recently been recognized Large, complex parallel system pose equally vexing performance interpretation problems. Data from hardware and software performance monitors must be presented in ways that emphasize important events while eluding irrelevant details. Design approaches and tools for performance visualization are the subject of this paper. |
| File Size | 1170463 |
| Page Count | 34 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19980007720 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9x110k4x |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1988-09-30 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Distributed Memory Hypercube Multiprocessors Parallel Computers Computer Systems Performance Message Processing Linear Programming Complex Systems Parallel Processing Computers Scientific Visualization Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |