Performance modeling in action: Performance prediction of a cray XT4 system during upgrade

IPDPS 2009 - Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Barker, Kevin J ^a   Davis, Kei ^a   Kerbyson, Darren J ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION STRATEGY; APPLICATION MODELS; PERFORMANCE MODELING; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; PETASCALE; PREDICTIVE PERFORMANCE MODELS; SYSTEM-BASED; UPGRADED SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS;

EID: 70449913564     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPDPS.2009.5161098     Document Type: Conference Paper

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