Tools for scalable parallel program analysis: Vampir NG, MARMOT, and DeWiz. (23rd July 2009)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brunst, Holger; Kranzlm?ller, Dieter; Muller, Matthias S.; Nagel, Wolfgang E.
• Is Part Of: International journal of computational science and engineering. Volume 4:Number 3(2009)
• Page Start: 149
• Page End: 161
• Publication Date: 2009-07-23
• Subjects: scalability -- program analysis -- performance tuning -- debugging -- tracing -- parallel programming -- high-performance computing -- cluster architectures -- distributed computing; Computer science -- Mathematics -- Periodicals; Computer simulation -- Mathematical aspects -- Periodicals; Computational intelligence -- Periodicals; 004.015105
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-7185

Abstract

Large-scale high-performance computing systems pose a tough obstacle for today's program analysis tools. Their demands in computational performance and memory capacity for processing program analysis data exceed the capabilities of standard workstations and traditional analysis tools. A comparison of the sophisticated approaches of Vampir NG (VNG), the Debugging Wizard DeWiz and the correctness-checking tool MARMOT provides novel ideas for scalable parallel program analysis. While VNG exploits the power of cluster architectures for near real-time performance analysis, DeWiz utilises distributed computing infrastructures for distinct analysis activities. MARMOT combines automatic runtime and partially distributed analysis.