Paper Info
Title
Integrating Database Technology with Comparison-based Parallel Performance Diagnosis: The PerfTrack Performance Experiment Management Tool
Abstract
PerfTrack is a data store and interface for managing performance data from large-scale parallel applications. Data collected in different locations and formats can be compared and viewed in a single performance analysis session. The underlying data store used in PerfTrack is implemented with a database management system (DBMS). PerfTrack includes interfaces to the data store and scripts for automatically collecting data describing each experiment, such as build and platform details. We have implemented a prototype of PerfTrack that can use Oracle or PostgreSQL for the data store. We demonstrate the prototype's functionality with three case studies: one is a comparative study of an ASC purple benchmark on high-end Linux and AIX platforms; the second is a parameter study conducted at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) on two high end platforms, a 128 node cluster of IBM Power 4 processors and BlueGene/L; the third demonstrates incorporating performance data from the Paradyn Parallel Performance Tool into an existing PerfTrack data store.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1109/SC.2005.36
SC
Keywords
Field
DocType
data collection,technology management,database management system,government,computer science,databases,prototypes,concurrent computing
Data warehouse,IBM,Supercomputer,Computer science,Parallel computing,Oracle,Concurrent computing,Technology management,Operating system,Database,System integration,Scripting language
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
1-59593-061-2
8
0.71
References 
Authors
16
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Karen L. Karavanic162369.53
John May2101.44
Mohror, Kathryn355336.10
Brian Miller480.71
Kevin A. Huck511914.53
Rashawn L. Knapp6101.42
Brian Pugh781.05