Use of Continuous Integration Tools for Application Performance Monitoring

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2015

OSTI ID:1185993

Vergara Larrea, Veronica G ^[1]; Joubert, Wayne ^[1]; Fuson, Christopher B ^[1]

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1. ORNL

High performance computing systems are becom- ing increasingly complex, both in node architecture and in the multiple layers of software stack required to compile and run applications. As a consequence, the likelihood is increasing for application performance regressions to occur as a result of routine upgrades of system software components which interact in complex ways. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of continuous integration tools for application performance monitoring on HPC systems. In addition, this paper also describes a prototype system for application perfor- mance monitoring based on Jenkins, a Java-based continuous integration tool. The monitoring system described leverages several features in Jenkins to track application performance results over time. Preliminary results and lessons learned from monitoring applications on Cray systems at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility are presented.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1185993
• Resource Relation: Conference: Cray User Group 2015, Chicago, IL, USA, 20150426, 20150430
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English