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Title: Scheduling applications for execution on a plurality of compute nodes of a parallel computer to manage temperature of the nodes during execution

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1079417

Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for scheduling applications for execution on a plurality of compute nodes of a parallel computer to manage temperature of the plurality of compute nodes during execution that include: identifying one or more applications for execution on the plurality of compute nodes; creating a plurality of physically discontiguous node partitions in dependence upon temperature characteristics for the compute nodes and a physical topology for the compute nodes, each discontiguous node partition specifying a collection of physically adjacent compute nodes; and assigning, for each application, that application to one or more of the discontiguous node partitions for execution on the compute nodes specified by the assigned discontiguous node partitions.

Research Organization:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
B554331
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Patent Number(s):
8,291,427
Application Number:
12/135,660
OSTI ID:
1079417
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English