MSC.Nastran V2004 Distributed Memory Parallel Test Results
This page contains the results of several jobs running on different hardware platforms. The times listed in each table are elapsed time. Each job was run by hardware partners.
Below is a summary of the test problems.
| Name | Ndof | Description | SOL | MEM | SCR Disk Used | Total I/O | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGQDF | 31,125 | Cube w/ interior | 108 | 100 Mb | 0.6 Gb | 700 Gb | 76 Frequency Increments |
| XLEMF | 654,560 | Car Body | 111 | 400 Mb | 11 Gb | 328 Gb | 448 + 34 Roots |
| XLTDF | 525,027 | Car Body | 108 | 450 Mb | 5 Gb | 209 Gb | 32 Frequency Increments |
| XXCMDA | 1,584,622 | Car Body | 103 | 400 Mb | 4 Gb | 855 Gb | 1073 Roots (ACMS) |
| XXCMDF | 1,584,622 | Car Body | 103 | 800 Mb | 43 Gb | 2400 Gb | 1073 Roots (FDMODES) |
| XXCMDG | 1,584,622 | Car Body | 103 | 400 Mb | 43 Gb | 2400 Gb | 1073 Roots (GDMODES) |
Below is a description of the hardware used. Details regarding computer, disk, network
and OS configuration are listed at the bottom of this page.
| Vendor | Hardware | O/S |
|---|---|---|
| IBM | IBM p655 1700 MHz POWER4 | AIX 5.1 ML03 |
| IBM AMD | e325 2000 MHz AMD Opteron | Linux 2.4.19-SMP |
| NEC | SX-6 | SuperUX 12.1 |
| NEC TX7 | TX7 1500 MHz | Linux 2.4.18-nec3.2p1.015 |
| HP RX2600 | IPF-2 1500 MHz | HP-UX 11.23 |
| HP ZX6000 | Itanium 2 1500 MHz | Linux 2.4.18-e.12smp |
| Sun | Sun Fire V65x 3200 MHz | Linux 2.4.20-8smp |
| Vendor:Model | Serial | dmp=2 | dmp=4 | dmp=8 | dmp=16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP:rx2600_HPUX_1500MHz | 1963 | 1052 | 542 | 290 | 154 |
| HP:zx6000_Linux64_1500MHz | 1856 | 1359 | |||
| IBM:e325_LinuxAMD_2000MHz | 4195 | 2404 | |||
| IBM:p655_AIX_1700MHz | 2223 | 1244 | 638 | 345 | 219 |
| NEC:sx6_SuperUX | 1578 | 885 | 487 | ||
| NEC:tx7_Linux64_1500MHz | 1980 | 1057 | 753 | ||
| Sun:v65x_Linux32_3200MHz | 3683 | 2190 | 1132 | 617 |
| Vendor:Model | Serial | dmp=2 | dmp=4 | dmp=8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP:rx2600_HPUX_1500MHz | 2121 | 1680 | 1709 | 1280 |
| HP:zx6000_Linux64_1500MHz | 2269 | 2253 | ||
| IBM:e325_LinuxAMD_2000MHz | 5776 | 5769 | ||
| IBM:p655_AIX_1700MHz | 2076 | 1764 | 1553 | 1402 |
| NEC:sx6_SuperUX | 1737 | 1375 | 1214 | |
| NEC:tx7_Linux64_1500MHz | 2430 | 1957 | 1732 | |
| Sun:v65x_Linux32_3200MHz | 6893 | 6234 | 5472 | 5233 |
| Vendor:Model | Serial | dmp=2 | dmp=4 | dmp=8 | dmp=16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP:rx2600_HPUX_1500MHz | 3687 | 1957 | 1047 | 655 | 409 |
| HP:zx6000_Linux64_1500MHz | 4114 | 3292 | |||
| IBM:e325_LinuxAMD_2000MHz | 9109 | 5434 | |||
| IBM:p655_AIX_1700MHz | 4644 | 2454 | 1363 | 782 | |
| NEC:sx6_SuperUX | 3930 | 2139 | 1342 | ||
| NEC:tx7_Linux64_1500MHz | 4435 | 2271 | 1720 | ||
| Sun:v65x_Linux32_3200MHz | 8082 | 4550 | 2353 | 1255 |
| Vendor:Model | Serial | dmp=2 | dmp=4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP:rx2600_HPUX_1500MHz | 2859 | 1835 | 1431 |
| IBM:e325_LinuxAMD_2000MHz | 5182 | 3891 | |
| IBM:p655_AIX_1700MHz | 3006 | 1921 | 1514 |
| NEC:tx7_Linux64_1500MHz | 3266 | 2081 | 1637 |
| Sun:v65x_Linux32_3200MHz | 6046 | 3833 | 2830 |
| Vendor:Model | Serial | dmp=2 | dmp=4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP:rx2600_HPUX_1500MHz | 8491 | 5258 | 3783 |
| IBM:e325_LinuxAMD_2000MHz | 19650 | 19762 | |
| IBM:p655_AIX_1700MHz | 8893 | 5476 | 4007 |
| NEC:sx6_SuperUX | 4556 | 2764 | |
| NEC:tx7_Linux64_1500MHz | 8226 | 5874 | 4113 |
| Sun:v65x_Linux32_3200MHz | 19986 | 14249 | 9796 |
| Vendor:Model | Serial | dmp=2 | dmp=4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP:rx2600_HPUX_1500MHz | 8491 | 7984 | 3549 |
| IBM:e325_LinuxAMD_2000MHz | 19650 | 19801 | |
| IBM:p655_AIX_1700MHz | 8893 | 6119 | 2540 |
| NEC:sx6_SuperUX | 4556 | 2974 | 1963 |
| NEC:tx7_Linux64_1500MHz | 8226 | 5843 | 3633 |
| Sun:v65x_Linux32_3200MHz | 19986 | 11657 | 6617 |
Additional Comments:
- DMP is supported in SOL 101, 103, 108, 111, 112, and 200.
- Each parallel task requires enough memory for the size of executable, the amount specified by the MEM parameter, and the amount needed for system I/O buffers. On true distributed systems, this amount is on each node. On SMP systems, all the tasks are on the same node.
- This page is maintained by Peter Schartz.
Hardware Details:
- IBM
Model: p655 (4 CPUs) CPU: POWER4 1700 MHz OS Level: AIX 5.1 ML03 Memory: 32 GB memory, 16 GB set as large pages Disk: JFS striped at 128 KB on 16 (36GB) SCSI disks on 4 Ultra160 adapters. 32-bit V2004 executable enabled for large pages - IBM AMD
Model: e325 CPU: AMD Opteron 2000 MHz OS Level: Linux 2.4.19-SMP - NEC
Model: SX-6 CPU: SX-6 9GFLOP Vector processor (8 CPUs) OS Level: SuperUX 12.1 Memory: 64 GB Disk: 4x4 FC disks (NEC Polestar) - NEC TX7
Model: TX-7 CPU: IA64 1500 MHz (16 CPUs) OS Level: Linux 2.4.18-nec3.2p1.015 Memory: 128 GB Disk: 4x4 FC disks (NEC Polestar) - HP RX2600
Model: rx2600 (2 CPUs) CPU: IPF-2 1500 MHz OS Level: HP-UX 11.23 Memory: 12 GB Real memory 24 GB Swap space Disk: 1 fiber channel controllers / 5 fc disk scratch stripe - HP ZX6000
Model: zx6000 (2 CPUs) CPU: Itanium 2 1500 MHz OS Level: Linux 2.4.18-e.12smp Memory: 6 GB Disk: (8) 36 GB Ultra 160 - Sun
Model: Sun Fire V65x CPU: Intel Xeon 3200 MHz OS Level: Linux 2.4.20-8smp Memory: 6 GB Disk: 2 x 36GB striped SCSI
