From trace generation to visualization: A performance framework for distributed parallel systems

Proceedings of the International Conference on Supercomputing

Volumn 2000-November, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Wu, C Eric ^a   Bolmarcich, Anthony ^a   Snir, Marc ^a   Wootton, David ^b   Parpia, Farid ^b   Chan, Anthony ^c   Lusk, Ewing ^c   Gropp, William ^c  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

^c Mathematics and Computer Science Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed parallel systems; Interval file format; Multiple time space diagrams; SMP clusters; Trace generation; Trace visualization

Indexed keywords

TRACE ANALYSIS;

DISTRIBUTED PARALLEL SYSTEM; FILE FORMATS; INTERVAL FILE FORMAT; MULTIPLE TIME-SPACE DIAGRAM; PARALLEL SYSTEM; SMP CLUSTERS; SPACE DIAGRAMS; TIME-SPACE; TRACE GENERATION; TRACE VISUALIZATION;

VISUALIZATION;

EID: 85052019260     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SC.2000.10050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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