[Beowulf] benchmarking database

[Kozin, I (Igor)]

Apologies for an error. It was pointed out to me that the 2nd 
and 3rd links are incorrect. They should read as
http://www.cse.clrc.ac.uk/disco/database/search-parallel.php
http://www.cse.clrc.ac.uk/disco/database/search-pmb.php
respectively. You may have found them from the main page away.

> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Kozin, I (Igor)
> Sent: 06 February 2007 18:57
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> Subject: [Beowulf] benchmarking database
> 
> 
> Dear All,
> we have launched recently an on-line benchmarking database
> http://www.cse.clrc.ac.uk/disco/dbd/
> The emphasis is on clusters but not exclusively so.
> At the moment it has two simple interfaces: one for applications
> http://www.cse.clrc.ac.uk/disco/dbd/search-parallel.php
> and another for communication benchmarks IMB/PMB
> http://www.cse.clrc.ac.uk/disco/dbd/search-pmb.php
> 
> Internally the database treats everything equally.
> The most basic unit is an independent "processing element" (PE) 
> which can be a single-core CPU, a core in a multi-core CPU, GPU, cell 
> or whatever. PEs can be oversubscribed ie run more than one thread
> (e.g. when HT or SMT is enabled). PEs aggregate into nodes
> between which communication takes place via some sort of interconnect.
> Application performance is compared against the same number of PEs.
> 
> Hopefully we will improve the interface eventually and grow the 
> number of applications and benchmarks. 
> All your feedback is highly appreciated.
> 
> If you would like to share your benchmarking data please contact
> me off the list. We are happy to accommodate results from trusted 
> sources.
> 
> Regards,
> Igor
> 
> I. Kozin  (i.kozin at dl.ac.uk)
> CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory, WA4 4AD, UK
> skype: in_kozin
> tel: +44 (0) 1925 603308
> http://www.cse.clrc.ac.uk/disco