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Comprehensive resource use monitoring for HPC systems with TACC stats

  • Texas Advanced Computing Center
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

This paper reports on a comprehensive, fully automated resource use monitoring package, TACC Stats, which enables both consultants, users and other stakeholders in an HPC system to systematically and actively identify jobs/applications that could benefit from expert support and to aid in the diagnosis of software and hardware issues. TACC Stats continuously collects and analyzes resource usage data for every job run on a system and differs significantly from conventional profilers because it requires no action on the part of the user or consultants - it is always collecting data on every node for every job. TACC Stats is open source and downloadable, configurable and compatible with general Linux-based computing platforms, and extensible to new CPU architectures and hardware devices. It is meant to provide a comprehensive resource usage monitoring solution. In addition to describing TACC Stats, the paper illustrates its application to identifying production jobs which have inefficient resource use characteristics.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the First International Workshop on HPC User Support Tools Held in Conjunction with the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, SC 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages13-21
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9781479970230
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 16 2014
Event1st International Workshop on HPC User Support Tools, HUST 2014 - Held in Conjunction with the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, SC 2014 - New Orleans, United States
Duration: Nov 16 2014Nov 21 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of HUST 2014: 1st International Workshop on HPC User Support Tools - Held in Conjunction with SC 2014: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis

Conference

Conference1st International Workshop on HPC User Support Tools, HUST 2014 - Held in Conjunction with the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, SC 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew Orleans
Period11/16/1411/21/14

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