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HOWTO: Collect performance data for your program

This page outlines ways to generate and view performance data for your program using tools available at OSC.

Intel Tools

This section describes how to use performance tools from Intel. Make sure that you have an Intel module loaded to use these tools.

Intel VTune

Intel VTune is a tool to generate profile data for your application. Generating profile data with Intel VTune typically involves three steps:

Desmond

Desmond is a software package that perform high-speed molecular dynamics simulations of biological systems on conventional commodity clusters, general-purpose supercomputers, and GPUs. The code uses novel parallel algorithms and numerical techniques to achieve high performance and accuracy on platforms containing a large number of processors, but may also be executed on a single computer. Desmond includes code optimized for machines with an NVIDIA GPU.

Change or Reset Password and Retrieve Usernames

Client portal password and username options

Please visit MyOSC, our client portal website.

Change password while already logged in

Click "Change Password" from the dropdown menu in the upper-right corner where the full name of the user is shown.

A successful password change redirects back to the dashboard page. There is also a message displayed confirming the change and providing other information.

Reset an expired or forgotten password

From the Login page, click the "Forgot your password?" link.

HPC Job Activity tool

Interactive reporting of HPC job activity

The HPC Job Activity menu item opens a powerful reporting tool. By default, the report shows all activity over the last 30 days for projects you are authorized to view usage of. There are simple filters available at the top to put in a specific job ID, narrow the report to a specific project, or select a specific date range.

ffmpeg

FFmpeg is a free software project, the product of which is a vast software suite of libraries and programs for handling video, audio, and other multimedia files and streams.

Availability and Restrictions

Versions

The following versions of FFmpeg are available on OSC clusters:

HPC Toolkit

HPC Toolkit is a collection of tools that measure a program's work, resource consumption, and inefficiency to analze performance.

Availability and Restrictions

Versions

The following versions of HPC Toolkitare available on OSC clusters:

Java

Java is a concurrent, class-based, object-oriented programming language.

Availability and Restrictions

Versions

Java is available on all OSC clusters. Only one version is available at any given time. To find out the current version, run:

java --version

Feel free to contact OSC Help if you need other versions for your work.

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