IOMeter Open Source Enhancements

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IOMeter Open Source Enhancements

• Jesse Cantin
• Robert Hagen
• Conrad Slimmer
• Devon Waldron

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IOMeter Background

• Open Source
• Established Worldwide Development Community
• A Hardware Stress and Performance Analysis Tool
• Measurement Tool for the Hardware Industry

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Project Objectives

• Two Potential Extensions for IOMeter
• Improved Visual Representation
• Handling of MPI (Message Passing Interface)

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Improved Visual Representation

• The Old Visual Representation Is Lacking

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Handling of MPI

• A Way of Sharing Memory Locations
• Used in Parallel Processing for I/O Operations
• Benefits
• Improves Performance Measurement
• Provides the Ability to Measure Various Parallel
  Processing Setups

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Project Development

• Understand the Existing Code Base
• Resources May Include
• OpenGL
• DirectX
• OpenMPI or other MPI Implementation
• Active News/Discussion Group
• Technical Programming Skills
• Time is the Most Significant Restriction

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Milestones

• Development Plan
• Alpha Drop Not Fully Integrated
• Beta Drop Features Complete
• Completion of Code
• Completion of Testing
• Final Product Deployment

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Interest of the Project

• Interaction with Open Source Community
• Working with Pre-existing Code
• Extension of an Established Tool
• Real Programming Experience
• Learning New Protocols
• Potential for Challenge and Sense of
  Accomplishment

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Websites

• Project Website
• http//www.iometer.org/
• Sourceforge Website
• http//sourceforge.net/projects/iometer/
• Personal Project Website
• In Development