Cluster Benchmarking Packages

Here are some links to benchmarks:

Benchmark Suites

• HPCC Challange Benchmark - uses seven tests.
• Beowulf Perforamnce Suite (BPS) - Example results are here.
• Cluster Monkey Benchmark Project - just started. It is based on the BPS.
• Intel MPI Benchmarks - freely available.

File Systems I/O

• GPFS vs. NFS evaluation
• EXT3, EXT3, Reiser, JFS, XFS benchmakrs Part 1 and Part 2
• Benchmarking Parallel File Systems