System-Call Based Problem Diagnosis for PVFS

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Abstract:

We present a syscall-based approach to automatically diagnose performance problems, server-to-client propagated errors, and server crashhang problems in PVFS. Our approach compares the statistical and semantic attributes of syscalls across PVFS servers in order to diagnose the culprit server, under these problems, for different file-system benchmarks-dd, PostMark and IOzone-in a PVFS cluster.

Author(s):
Kasick, Michael P. ; Bare, Keith A. ; Marinelli, Iii, Eugene E. ; Tan, Jiaqi ; Gandhi, Rajeev ; Narasimhan, Priya
Author Organization(s):
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA DEPT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Supplementary Note:
DOI: 10.21236/ADA512852
Pagination:
0007

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Contract/Grant Number(s):
DAAD19-02-1-0389, CCF-0621508
Monitor Series:
ARO
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_6.1.3_Switching and Routing; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1.2.7_Experimentation; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_8_Building Partnerships
Modernization Areas:
Quantum Science and Computing
Communities of Interest:
Materials and Manufacturing Processes
Descriptor(s):
*CLIENT SERVER SYSTEMS, *PARALLEL PROCESSORS, *INPUT OUTPUT PROCESSING, AUTOMATIC, COMPUTER BENCHMARKING, OPEN SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE, CLUSTERING, SEMANTICS, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Linguistics, Computer Systems, Computer Systems Management and Standards
Keyword(s):
*PVFS(PARALLEL VIRTUAL FILE SYSTEM), HIGH PERFORMNACE COMPUTING
Report Date:
2009 Jun 01
Creation Date:
2010 Feb 03