/PA-HPC-SIM

Power-Aware High Performance Computing system SIMulator

Primary LanguageC++

PA-HPC-SIM: a Power-Aware HPC Simulator

Brief: a simulation framework for job dispatching in HPC systems with a limited budget for power consumption.

Author: Andrea Borghesi, University of Bologna

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

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http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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Prerequisites

  1. python (>= 2.7), any C++ compiler (gcc, clang++, etc)

Build steps

  1. cd to TextBasedFwks/ folder

  2. Modify Makefile.conf a) change python installation directory (if needed)

  3. Compile a) make online_dispatcher

Test

  1. Check if it works a) cd to TextBasedFwks/ folder b) launch the following command:

./online_dispatcher ../test_data/system_configs/nodes_#64 ../test_data/system_configs/system_queues ../test_data/job_instances/synthetic_workloads/jobs_100/ws_900/rndm_100_900_0.log_crypt ../test_data/eurora_power_predictions/power_predictions 0 ../test_data/variable_power_caps/power_caps_noVariations 101 4 7881 7881 400 -1 0

c) look at the generated output
    I) there should be no error and there should be a final schedule ("FINAL SCHEDULE"), containing start times and execution nodes for all jobs

Detailed Info

  1. see README contained in subdirectories for more detailed information

Test-cases of the PA-HPC-SIM

PA-HPC-SIM has been used in several research works aiming at studying issues concerning HPC system with limited power budget. Selected examples:

  • "Predictive modeling for job power consumption in HPC systems", A. Borghesi, A. Bartolini, M. Lombardi, M. Milano, L. Benini, International Conference on High Performance Computing, 2016
  • "Power capping in high performance computing systems", Andrea Borghesi, Francesca Collina, Michele Lombardi, Michela Milano, Luca Benini, CP2015
  • "Scheduling-based power capping in high performance computing systems", Andrea Borghesi, Andrea Bartolini, Michele Lombardi, Michela Milano, Luca Benini, Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, 2018
  • "Frequency Assignment in High Performance Computing Systems", Andrea Borghesi, Michela Milano, Luca Benini, International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence, 2019