Resources for Tutorial "Performance Analysis and Tuning of Parallels Programs: Resources and Tools

Performance Optimization and Tuning Tutorials

• Designing and Building Parallel Programs (Ian Foster, ANL)
• ASCI Blue Training Sessions (LLNL) (=> Select Tutorials)
  • MPI Performance Topics
  • Performance Analysis Tools
  • Optimization Topics
• Tuning MPI Applications for Peak Performance (ANL)
• Optimization and Tuning of Uniprocessors, SMPs and MPPs, including OpenMP and MPI (Philip Mucci and Kevin London)
• Performance Tuning (MHPCC)

Debugging

• Totalview debugger

CRAY T3E Tools

• Cray Research Online Software Publications Library
  • CRAY T3E C and C++ Optimization Guide, 004-2178-002
  • CRAY T3E Fortran Optimization Guide, 004-2518-002
  • Introducing the MPP Apprentice Tool, IN-2511 3.0
• Cray T3E Vendor Information
• White Papers
• Forschungszentrum Jülich Cray Performance Tools Page
• Various T3E documents and talks about optimization

IBM SP2 Tools

• RS/6000 SP Resource Center
• Parallel Environment - Product Information
• Parallel Environment - Online Documentation
  • SA22-7426: PE Operation and Use Vol. 2 (describes xprofiler + vt)
  • SA22-7420: DPCL Programming Guide
  • SA22-7421: DPCL Class Reference
• IBM Redbooks
  • RS/6000 Scientific and Technical Computing: POWER Introduction and Tuning Guide, SG24-5155
  • RS/6000 SP: Practical MPI Programming, SG24-5380
• White Papers and Technical Reports
• IBM SP Scientific Computing User Group (SCICOMP)
• Advanced Computing Technology Center (ACTC)
• POWERPARALLEL User Group
• Maui High Performance Computing Center Performance Tuning Pages
• Unified Tracing Environment (UTE)

SGI O2K Tools

• SGI Origin2000 and Origin3000 Pages
• SGI Online Publication Library
  • MIPSpro C, C++, Fortran Programmer's Guides
  • MIPSpro Compiling and Performance Tuning Guide
  • Developer Magic: ProDev Workshop MP User's Guide
  • Developer Magic: Performance Analyzer User's Guide
  • SpeedShop User's Guide
  • O2K and Onyx2 Performance Tuning and Optimization Guide
• NCSA: Frequently Used Tools and Methods for Performance Analysis and Tuning on SGI systems

3rd Party Tools

• DEEP DEvelopment Environment for Parallel programs
• Vampir Message Passing Trace Browser
• Vampirtrace MPI Message Passing Tracing Library
• Dimemas Performance Prediction System
• KAP/Pro OpenMP Environment (includes GuideView)
• TRAPPER parallel programming environment includes performance analysis and execution visualization tools
• PGI's pgprof Profiler
• ETNUS Inc. TimeScan Multiprocess Event Analyzer
• CEPBA PARAVER Parallel Program Visualization and Analysis Tool for MPI, OpemMP, HW Counter Analysis
• Rational Quantify

Research Tools

Profiling

• DynaProf
• TAU Portable Profiling and Tracing Package (see also here)
• PDT Program Database Toolkit
• DCPI Digital Continuous Profiling Infrastructure
• ThreadMon
• WARTS Wisconsin Architectural Research ToolSet (includes QPT, Cprof, PP)
• Vprof Sandia Livermore visual profiler (uses PAPI)
• lperfex Ohio SC Center Linux perfex
• SvPablo graphical source code browser for performance tuning and visualization
• Scala HPF+ post-execution performance tool
• MEDEA MEasurements Description, Evaluation and Analysis

Tracing

• MPICH MPE User's Guide (MPI tracing, Upshot and JUmpshot Event Trace Browsers)
• MPICL MPI Profiling and Tracing Library
• Paragraph PICL Event Trace Browser
• AIMS Automated Instrumentation and Monitoring System
• NTV NAS Trace Visualizer
• PABLO performance analysis and visualization toolkit (includes SDDF trace file format)

Catalogs / Misc

• Review of Performance Analysis Tools for MPI Programs (AIMS, Nupshot, SvPablo, Paradyn, VAMPIR, VT)
• NHSE tool catalog
• Parallel Tools Index from Cornell Theory Center
• NAS Parallel Tools Group Hotlist
• Nan's Parallel Computing Page (Huge Index)
• Ptools The Parallel Tools Consortium
• EuroTools Working Group

Fall-back Tools

• PTR Ptools Portable Timing Routines Project
• PCL Performance Counter Library
• PAPI Ptools Performance Data Standard and API Project

Automatic Performance Analysis

• Paradyn University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Autopilot University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Kappa-PI Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
• KOJAK Forschungszentrum Jülich
• DPCL Dynamic Probe Class Library
• APART Esprit Working Group Automatic Performance Analysis: Resources and Tools