Hi, this is partially triggered by the mentioniong of the SPEC MPI2007 benchmark: what are people using as a benchmark suite for RFP purposes?
We will be purchasing a shared cluster for a wide community (currently more than 1000 users). Thus, the common response on this list to evaluate hardware - "use your own application as benchmark" - does not work: users change, users' applications change, etc., etc. Thus, I need a benchmark suite that tests a wide spectrum of properties. In that respect the SPEC MPI2007 benchmark appears to be ideal. Alas, it does not appear to be open source (please correct me if I am wrong) - so far I have not even been able to figure out which applications are being used in that benchmark suite. Thus, although RFP evaluations are mentioned first under likely uses for SPEC MPI2007, not being open source seems to contradict that statement. Thus: what are people using? I have seen the HPC Challenge Benchmark. We almost certainly will include gromacs as an application benchmark. Which other applications do you suggest? Thanks in advance! Cheers, Martin -- Martin Siegert Head, [EMAIL PROTECTED] WestGrid Site Lead Academic Computing Services phone: (604) 291-4691 Simon Fraser University fax: (604) 291-4242 Burnaby, British Columbia email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Canada V5A 1S6 _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
