Techniques for dynamically assigning jobs to processors in a cluster using local job tables
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1. A method of operating a high performance computing cluster that includes multiple nodes that each include multiple processors and monitoring hardware, the method comprising:
- monitoring, by the monitoring hardware, workloads of the multiple processors;
periodically broadcasting, by the monitoring hardware, information, related to a level of processor utilization and network utilization at each of the multiple nodes, from each of the multiple nodes to remaining ones of the multiple nodes;
updating, by the monitoring hardware, respective local job tables maintained in each of the multiple nodes based on the broadcast information; and
periodically moving, based on the broadcast information in the respective local job tables, one or more threads to a different one of the multiple processors, wherein the moving includes;
cracking one of the threads that is executing on a first processor, included in the multiple processors, into at least two secondary threads based on a first workload of the first processor;
moving one of the at least two secondary threads to a second processor, included in the multiple processors, based on a second workload of the second processor; and
moving identified threads of the threads that communicate above a threshold level to identified processors of the multiple processors that are located physically closer to each other than processors of the multiple processors that previously executed the identified threads.
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Abstract
A technique for operating a high performance computing cluster includes monitoring workloads of multiple processors. The high performance computing cluster includes multiple nodes that each include two or more of the multiple processors. Workload information for the multiple processors is periodically updated in respective local job tables maintained in each of the multiple nodes. Based on the workload information in the respective local job tables, one or more threads are periodically moved to a different one of the multiple processors.
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1. A method of operating a high performance computing cluster that includes multiple nodes that each include multiple processors and monitoring hardware, the method comprising:
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monitoring, by the monitoring hardware, workloads of the multiple processors; periodically broadcasting, by the monitoring hardware, information, related to a level of processor utilization and network utilization at each of the multiple nodes, from each of the multiple nodes to remaining ones of the multiple nodes; updating, by the monitoring hardware, respective local job tables maintained in each of the multiple nodes based on the broadcast information; and periodically moving, based on the broadcast information in the respective local job tables, one or more threads to a different one of the multiple processors, wherein the moving includes; cracking one of the threads that is executing on a first processor, included in the multiple processors, into at least two secondary threads based on a first workload of the first processor; moving one of the at least two secondary threads to a second processor, included in the multiple processors, based on a second workload of the second processor; and moving identified threads of the threads that communicate above a threshold level to identified processors of the multiple processors that are located physically closer to each other than processors of the multiple processors that previously executed the identified threads. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A high performance computing cluster, comprising:
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multiple nodes that each include multiple processors; and monitoring hardware included in each of the multiple nodes, wherein the monitoring hardware is configured to monitor workloads of the multiple processors, periodically broadcast information, related to a level of processor utilization and network utilization at each of the multiple nodes, from each of the multiple nodes to remaining ones of the multiple nodes, update respective local job tables maintained in each of the multiple nodes based on the broadcast information, and periodically move, based on the broadcast information in the respective local job tables, one or more threads to a different one of the multiple processors, and wherein the periodically move includes cracking one of the threads that is executing on a first processor, included in the multiple processors, into at least two secondary threads based on a first workload of the first processor, moving one of the at least two secondary threads to a second processor, included in the multiple processors, based on a second workload of the second processor, and moving identified threads of the threads that communicate above a threshold level to identified processors of the multiple processors that are located physically closer to each other than processors of the multiple processors that previously executed the identified threads. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of operating a high performance computing cluster that includes multiple nodes that each include multiple processors and monitoring hardware, the method comprising:
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monitoring, by the monitoring hardware, workloads of multiple processors; periodically broadcasting, by the monitoring hardware, information, related to a level of processor utilization and network utilization at each of the multiple nodes, from each of the multiple nodes to remaining ones of the multiple nodes; updating, by the monitoring hardware, respective local job tables maintained in each of the multiple nodes based on the broadcast information; and periodically moving, based on the broadcast information in the respective local job tables, one or more threads to a different one of the multiple processors, wherein the moving includes; cracking one of the threads that is executing on a first processor, included in the multiple processors, based on a first workload of the first processor into at least two secondary threads; moving at least one of the at least two secondary threads to a second processor, included in the multiple processors, based on a second workload of the second processor; and moving identified threads of the threads that communicate above a threshold level to identified processors of the multiple processors that are located physically closer to each other than processors of the multiple processors that previously executed the identified threads, wherein the multiple nodes are arranged in a three-dimensional Torus topology and the multiple processors are included within multiple chip-level multiprocessors. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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