The X-Files: Investigating Alien Performance in a Thin-client World

Many scientific applications use the X11 window environment; an open source windows GUI standard employing a client/server architecture. X11 promotes: distributed computing, thin-client functionality, cheap desktop displays, compatibility with heterogeneous servers, remote services and administratio...

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Main Author: Gunther, Neil J.
Format: Text
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Published: arXiv 2000
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Performance cs.PF
Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing cs.DC
FOS Computer and information sciences
C.2.4;C.4;D.4.8;D.4.9;H.3.4;H.5.2;I.6.8
Norway
Tromso
University of Tromso
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.cs/0006016
https://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0006016
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spelling ftdatacite:10.48550/arxiv.cs/0006016 2023-05-15T18:33:56+02:00 The X-Files: Investigating Alien Performance in a Thin-client World Gunther, Neil J. 2000 https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.cs/0006016 https://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0006016 unknown arXiv Assumed arXiv.org perpetual, non-exclusive license to distribute this article for submissions made before January 2004 http://arxiv.org/licenses/assumed-1991-2003/ Performance cs.PF Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing cs.DC FOS Computer and information sciences C.2.4;C.4;D.4.8;D.4.9;H.3.4;H.5.2;I.6.8 article-journal Article ScholarlyArticle Text 2000 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.cs/0006016 2022-04-01T16:53:17Z Many scientific applications use the X11 window environment; an open source windows GUI standard employing a client/server architecture. X11 promotes: distributed computing, thin-client functionality, cheap desktop displays, compatibility with heterogeneous servers, remote services and administration, and greater maturity than newer web technologies. This paper details the author's investigations into close encounters with alien performance in X11-based seismic applications running on a 200-node cluster, backed by 2 TB of mass storage. End-users cited two significant UFOs (Unidentified Faulty Operations) i) long application launch times and ii) poor interactive response times. The paper is divided into three major sections describing Close Encounters of the 1st Kind: citings of UFO experiences, the 2nd Kind: recording evidence of a UFO, and the 3rd Kind: contact and analysis. UFOs do exist and this investigation presents a real case study for evaluating workload analysis and other diagnostic tools. : 13 pages; Invited Lecture at the High Performance Computing Conference, University of Tromso, Norway, June 27-30, 1999 Text Tromso University of Tromso DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Norway Tromso ENVELOPE(16.546,16.546,68.801,68.801)
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Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing cs.DC
FOS Computer and information sciences
C.2.4;C.4;D.4.8;D.4.9;H.3.4;H.5.2;I.6.8
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Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing cs.DC
FOS Computer and information sciences
C.2.4;C.4;D.4.8;D.4.9;H.3.4;H.5.2;I.6.8
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The X-Files: Investigating Alien Performance in a Thin-client World
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FOS Computer and information sciences
C.2.4;C.4;D.4.8;D.4.9;H.3.4;H.5.2;I.6.8
description Many scientific applications use the X11 window environment; an open source windows GUI standard employing a client/server architecture. X11 promotes: distributed computing, thin-client functionality, cheap desktop displays, compatibility with heterogeneous servers, remote services and administration, and greater maturity than newer web technologies. This paper details the author's investigations into close encounters with alien performance in X11-based seismic applications running on a 200-node cluster, backed by 2 TB of mass storage. End-users cited two significant UFOs (Unidentified Faulty Operations) i) long application launch times and ii) poor interactive response times. The paper is divided into three major sections describing Close Encounters of the 1st Kind: citings of UFO experiences, the 2nd Kind: recording evidence of a UFO, and the 3rd Kind: contact and analysis. UFOs do exist and this investigation presents a real case study for evaluating workload analysis and other diagnostic tools. : 13 pages; Invited Lecture at the High Performance Computing Conference, University of Tromso, Norway, June 27-30, 1999
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