FIRESTARTER 2: Dynamic Code Generation for Processor Stress Tests

Autor:	Markus Schmidl, Mario Bielert, Robert Schöne, Daniel Hackenberg
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	FOS: Computer and information sciences Computer Science - Performance Memory hierarchy business.industry Computer science Process (computing) Workload Performance (cs.PF) Memory management Open source Power consumption Embedded system Stress (linguistics) Code generation business
Zdroj:	CLUSTER
Popis:	Processor stress tests target to maximize processor power consumption by executing highly demanding workloads. They are typically used to test the cooling and electrical infrastructure of compute nodes or larger systems in labs or data centers. While multiple of these tools already exists, they have to be re-evaluated and updated regularly to match the developments in computer architecture. This paper presents the first major update of FIRESTARTER, an Open Source tool specifically designed to create near-peak power consumption. The main new features concern the online generation of workloads and automatic self-tuning for specific hardware configurations. We further apply these new features on an AMD Rome system and demonstrate the optimization process. Our analysis shows how accesses to the different levels of the memory hierarchy contribute to the overall power consumption. Finally, we demonstrate how the auto-tuning algorithm can cope with different processor configurations and how these influence the effectiveness of the created workload. Comment: supported in part by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the CRC 912 - HAEC
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
Externí odkaz:	https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::31e22a4c59e5f03de8c7cb0002e14760 https://doi.org/10.1109/cluster48925.2021.00084 Zobrazit plný text záznamu