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Brady Catherman wrote: |
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> I just converted out 134 node cluster from RedHat Enterprise Linux v4 to |
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> Gentoo 2005.1 |
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> Before and after the conversion we ran UnixBench as part of the Beowulf |
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> Performance Suite. |
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> There is a graphical representation of the results here: |
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> http://oceanus.ibest.uidaho.edu/~bcatherm/benchmark.png |
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> That shows Gentoo and Redhat on x86 hardware, and Gentoo and Macos on an |
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> dual XServe G5. |
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The graph is a bit confusing because you essentially need to compare the |
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two inner bars, and the two outer bars. It might be clearer with the 2 |
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x86 setups adjacent, and the 2 ppc setups adjacent. It's also a bit |
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unclear to me whether high values are universally good, or low values, |
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or whether it varies from test to test. From what I could find, it |
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looked like high was good for file copy and low for the rest, but maybe |
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they've been modified so high is always good. |
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Could you provide some more detailed hardware specs and `emerge info`? |
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I'd really like to put this data up somewhere on |
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gentoo.org/proj/en/cluster/ -- with your name etc withheld if necessary. |
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It would be interesting to do some performance analysis to see where any |
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slowdowns come from and try to get things up to speed. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |