Abstract

As presented to Google Summer of Code:

Currently OSCAR can install a cluster, and determine if the cluster is usable. What OSCAR can not do is give an estimate on how powerful the cluster is. I propose to integrate ATLAS, HPL, and the new DARPA benchmarks into OSCAR as packages called OSCAR Bench. These packages will allow users to easily install, provide a mechanism to tune, and then run and report the results of these benchmarks. Ideally these results may be submitted to a database so that users may see other results and configuration that lead to those results. Since each cluster is different simply comparing the results of one to another is insufficient, which is why knowing the configuration of the benchmarking program is imperative. I believe this package will be a major enhancement to OSCAR allowing users an easy way analyze their systems. As a side effect this could also help developers identify areas where OSCAR can improve.