X-Git-Url: https://bilbo.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/and/gitweb/rce2015.git/blobdiff_plain/b5c00dea5b277a7e0fb6151aec6688de656f1053..eee5d96ed771994c95b62ea44cf071ed66dde1a8:/paper.tex diff --git a/paper.tex b/paper.tex index 8e39b07..a4d8085 100644 --- a/paper.tex +++ b/paper.tex @@ -88,9 +88,7 @@ analysis of simulated grid-enabled numerical iterative algorithms} Email: \email{{raphael.couturier,arnaud.giersch,david.laiymani,charles.ramamonjisoa}@univ-fcomte.fr} } -%% Lilia Ziane Khodja: Department of Aerospace \& Mechanical Engineering\\ Non -Linear Computational Mechanics\\ University of Liege\\ Liege, Belgium. Email: -l.zianekhodja@ulg.ac.be +%% Lilia Ziane Khodja: Department of Aerospace \& Mechanical Engineering\\ Non Linear Computational Mechanics\\ University of Liege\\ Liege, Belgium. Email: l.zianekhodja@ulg.ac.be \begin{abstract} The behavior of multicore applications is always a challenge to predict, especially with a new architecture for which no experiment has been @@ -117,8 +115,7 @@ their applications using a simulation tool before. %\keywords{Algorithm; distributed; iterative; asynchronous; simulation; simgrid; %performance} -\keywords{Multisplitting algorithms, Synchronous and asynchronous -iterations, SimGrid, Simulation} +\keywords{Multisplitting algorithms, Synchronous and asynchronous iterations, SimGrid, Simulation, Performance evaluation} \maketitle @@ -290,10 +287,10 @@ The algorithm in Figure~\ref{alg:02} includes the procedure of the residual mini \subsection{Simulation of two-stage methods using SimGrid framework} \label{sec:04.02} -One of our objectives when simulating the application in SIMGRID is, as in real life, to get accurate results (solutions of the problem) but also ensure the test reproducibility under the same conditions. According our experience, very few modifications are required to adapt a MPI program to run in SIMGRID simulator using SMPI (Simulator MPI).The first modification is to include SMPI libraries and related header files (smpi.h). The second and important modification is to eliminate all global variables in moving them to local subroutine or using a Simgrid selector called "runtime automatic switching" (smpi/privatize\_global\_variables). Indeed, global variables can generate side effects on runtime between the threads running in the same process, generated by the Simgrid to simulate the grid environment.The last modification on the MPI program pointed out for some cases, the review of the sequence of the MPI\_Isend, MPI\_Irecv and MPI\_Waitall instructions which might cause an infinite loop. +One of our objectives when simulating the application in Simgrid is, as in real life, to get accurate results (solutions of the problem) but also ensure the test reproducibility under the same conditions. According our experience, very few modifications are required to adapt a MPI program to run in Simgrid simulator using SMPI (Simulator MPI).The first modification is to include SMPI libraries and related header files (smpi.h). The second and important modification is to eliminate all global variables in moving them to local subroutine or using a Simgrid selector called "runtime automatic switching" (smpi/privatize\_global\_variables). Indeed, global variables can generate side effects on runtime between the threads running in the same process, generated by the Simgrid to simulate the grid environment.The last modification on the MPI program pointed out for some cases, the review of the sequence of the MPI\_Isend, MPI\_Irecv and MPI\_Waitall instructions which might cause an infinite loop. -\paragraph{SIMGRID Simulator parameters} +\paragraph{Simgrid Simulator parameters} \begin{itemize} \item hostfile: Hosts description file. @@ -335,8 +332,8 @@ have been chosen for the study in this paper. \\ \textbf{Step 2} : Collect the software materials needed for the experimentation. In our case, we have two variants algorithms for the -resolution of three 3D-Poisson problem: (1) using the classical GMRES (Algo-1)(2) and the multisplitting method (Algo-2). In addition, SIMGRID simulator has been chosen to simulate the behaviors of the -distributed applications. SIMGRID is running on the Mesocentre datacenter in Franche-Comte University but also in a virtual machine on a laptop. \\ +resolution of three 3D-Poisson problem: (1) using the classical GMRES (Algo-1)(2) and the multisplitting method (Algo-2). In addition, Simgrid simulator has been chosen to simulate the behaviors of the +distributed applications. Simgrid is running on the Mesocentre datacenter in Franche-Comte University but also in a virtual machine on a laptop. \\ \textbf{Step 3} : Fix the criteria which will be used for the future results comparison and analysis. In the scope of this study, we retain @@ -403,7 +400,7 @@ synchronous mode} In the scope of this paper, our first objective is to demonstrate the Algo-2 (Multisplitting method) shows a better performance in grid architecture compared with Algo-1 (Classical GMRES) both running in -\textbf{\textit{synchronous mode}}. Better algorithm performance +\textit{synchronous mode}. Better algorithm performance should means a less number of iterations output and a less execution time before reaching the convergence. For a systematic study, the experiments should figure out that, for various grid parameters values, the @@ -599,7 +596,7 @@ same test has been done with the grid 2x16 getting the same conclusion. \begin{tabular}{r c } \hline Grid & 2x16\\ %\hline - Network & N2 : bw=1Gbs - lat=5E-05 \\ %\hline + Network & N2 : bw=1Gbs - lat=5.10$^{-5}$ \\ %\hline Input matrix size & N$_{x}$ = 150 x 150 x 150\\ \hline \end{tabular} Table 6 : CPU Power impact \\ @@ -614,12 +611,11 @@ Table 6 : CPU Power impact \\ %\label{overflow}} \end{figure} -Using the SIMGRID simulator flexibility, we have tried to determine the +Using the Simgrid simulator flexibility, we have tried to determine the impact on the algorithms performance in varying the CPU power of the clusters nodes from 1 to 19 GFlops. The outputs depicted in the figure 6 confirm the performance gain, around 95\% for both of the two methods, -after adding more powerful CPU. Note that the execution time axis in the -figure is in logarithmic scale. +after adding more powerful CPU. \subsection{Comparing GMRES in native synchronous mode and Multisplitting algorithms in asynchronous mode} @@ -627,12 +623,12 @@ Multisplitting algorithms in asynchronous mode} The previous paragraphs put in evidence the interests to simulate the behavior of the application before any deployment in a real environment. We have focused the study on analyzing the performance in varying the -key factors impacting the results. In the same line, the study compares -the performance of the two proposed methods in \textbf{synchronous mode -}. In this section, with the same previous methodology, the goal is to -demonstrate the efficiency of the multisplitting method in \textbf{ -asynchronous mode} compare with the classical GMRES staying in the -synchronous mode. +key factors impacting the results. The study compares +the performance of the two proposed algorithms both in \textit{synchronous mode +}. In this section, following the same previous methodology, the goal is to +demonstrate the efficiency of the multisplitting method in \textit{ +asynchronous mode} compared with the classical GMRES staying in +\textit{synchronous mode}. Note that the interest of using the asynchronous mode for data exchange is mainly, in opposite of the synchronous mode, the non-wait aspects of @@ -642,11 +638,10 @@ calculation without waiting for the end of the communication. Thus, the asynchronous may theoretically reduce the overall execution time and can improve the algorithm performance. -As stated supra, SIMGRID simulator tool has been used to prove the +As stated supra, Simgrid simulator tool has been used to prove the efficiency of the multisplitting in asynchronous mode and to find the best combination of the grid resources (CPU, Network, input matrix size, -\ldots ) to get the highest "\,relative gain" in comparison with the -classical GMRES time. +\ldots ) to get the highest \textit{"relative gain"} (exec\_time$_{GMRES}$ / exec\_time$_{multisplitting}$) in comparison with the classical GMRES time. The test conditions are summarized in the table below : \\ @@ -657,10 +652,10 @@ The test conditions are summarized in the table below : \\ \hline Grid & 2x50 totaling 100 processors\\ %\hline Processors & 1 GFlops to 1.5 GFlops\\ - Intra-Network & bw=1.25 Gbits - lat=5E-05 \\ %\hline - Inter-Network & bw=5 Mbits - lat=2E-02\\ + Intra-Network & bw=1.25 Gbits - lat=5.10$^{-5}$ \\ %\hline + Inter-Network & bw=5 Mbits - lat=2.10$^{-2}$\\ Input matrix size & N$_{x}$ = From 62 to 150\\ %\hline - Residual error precision: 10$^{-5}$ to 10$^{-9}$\\ \hline \\ + Residual error precision & 10$^{-5}$ to 10$^{-9}$\\ \hline \\ \end{tabular} \end{footnotesize} @@ -668,12 +663,9 @@ Again, comprehensive and extensive tests have been conducted varying the CPU power and the network parameters (bandwidth and latency) in the simulator tool with different problem size. The relative gains greater than 1 between the two algorithms have been captured after each step of -the test. Table I below has recorded the best grid configurations -allowing a multiplitting method time more than 2.5 times lower than -classical GMRES execution and convergence time. The finding thru this -experimentation is the tolerance of the multisplitting method under a -low speed network that we encounter usually with distant clusters thru the -internet. +the test. Table 7 below has recorded the best grid configurations +allowing the multisplitting method execution time more performant 2.5 times than +the classical GMRES execution and convergence time. The experimentation has demonstrated the relative multisplitting algorithm tolerance when using a low speed network that we encounter usually with distant clusters thru the internet. % use the same column width for the following three tables \newlength{\mytablew}\settowidth{\mytablew}{\footnotesize\np{E-11}} @@ -683,55 +675,33 @@ internet. |*{#1}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{\mytablew}|}}}{% \end{tabular}} + \begin{table}[!t] \centering - \caption{Relative gain of the multisplitting algorithm compared with -the classical GMRES} - \label{"Table 7"} - - \begin{mytable}{6} - \hline - bandwidth (Mbit/s) - & 5 & 5 & 5 & 5 & 5 \\ - \hline - latency (ms) - & 20 & 20 & 20 & 20 & 20 \\ - \hline - power (GFlops) - & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1.5 & 1.5 \\ - \hline - size (N) - & 62 & 62 & 62 & 100 & 100 \\ - \hline - Precision - & \np{E-5} & \np{E-8} & \np{E-9} & \np{E-11} & \np{E-11} \\ - \hline - Relative gain - & 2.52 & 2.55 & 2.52 & 2.57 & 2.54 \\ - \hline - \end{mytable} - - \smallskip +% \caption{Relative gain of the multisplitting algorithm compared with the classical GMRES} +% \label{"Table 7"} +Table 7. Relative gain of the multisplitting algorithm compared with +the classical GMRES \\ - \begin{mytable}{6} + \begin{mytable}{11} \hline bandwidth (Mbit/s) - & 50 & 50 & 50 & 50 & 50 \\ + & 5 & 5 & 5 & 5 & 5 & 50 & 50 & 50 & 50 & 50 \\ \hline latency (ms) - & 20 & 20 & 20 & 20 & 20 \\ + & 20 & 20 & 20 & 20 & 20 & 20 & 20 & 20 & 20 & 20 \\ \hline power (GFlops) - & 1.5 & 1.5 & 1 & 1.5 & 1.5 \\ + & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1.5 & 1.5 & 1.5 & 1.5 & 1 & 1.5 & 1.5 \\ \hline size (N) - & 110 & 120 & 130 & 140 & 150 \\ + & 62 & 62 & 62 & 100 & 100 & 110 & 120 & 130 & 140 & 150 \\ \hline Precision - & \np{E-11} & \np{E-11} & \np{E-11} & \np{E-11} & \np{E-11}\\ + & \np{E-5} & \np{E-8} & \np{E-9} & \np{E-11} & \np{E-11} & \np{E-11} & \np{E-11} & \np{E-11} & \np{E-11} & \np{E-11}\\ \hline Relative gain - & 2.53 & 2.51 & 2.58 & 2.55 & 2.54 \\ + & 2.52 & 2.55 & 2.52 & 2.57 & 2.54 & 2.53 & 2.51 & 2.58 & 2.55 & 2.54 \\ \hline \end{mytable} \end{table}