Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 17:45:08 -0800 (PST) From: Ron Chen <ron_chen_123@yahoo.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: Cluster computing software survey Message-ID: <20011031014508.47460.qmail@web14702.mail.yahoo.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--- Walter Bischof <bischof@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > From: Walter Bischof <bischof@tiscali.co.uk> > To: <beowulf@beowulf.org> > Subject: Cluster computing software survey > Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 18:29:49 -0700 (MST) > > Dear Sir, > > We are conducting a survey on software in the > cluster computing > environment. We would really appreciate it if you > could please spend a > few minutes to answer the following questions, and > send your answers > back to bischof@tiscali.co.uk. > > Thank you very much! > > > Sincerely, > Walter Bischof > > > > 1. Are you currently using clusters as your high > performance computing > solution? > [ ] Yes > [ ] No (If you answer "No", go to Question 4.) > > 2. How many nodes do you have at your site? > [ ] More than 1024 > [ ] Between 768 and 1023 > [ ] Between 512 and 767 > [ ] Between 256 and 511 > [ ] Between 128 and 255 > [ ] Between 64 and 127 > [ ] Between 32 and 63 > [ ] Between 16 and 31 > [ ] Between 2 and 15 > [ ] I don't have any nodes at the moment. > > 3. How many CPU's do you have in total in your > cluster? > [ ] More than 1024 > [ ] Between 768 and 1023 > [ ] Between 512 and 767 > [ ] Between 256 and 511 > [ ] Between 128 and 255 > [ ] Between 64 and 127 > [ ] Between 32 and 63 > [ ] Between 16 and 31 > [ ] Between 2 and 15 > > 4. What type of CPU's are you using? > [ ] Intel Itanium > [ ] Intel Pentium IV > [ ] Intel Pentium III > [ ] Intel Pentium II > [ ] Intel Pentium and lower > [ ] Compaq/Digital Alpha > [ ] Sun UltraSparc > [ ] Sun Sparc > [ ] IBM POWER > [ ] IBM PowerPC > [ ] HP PA-RISC > [ ] SGI MIPS > [ ] Not sure > > 5. Which operating system are you running on the > machines? > [ ] Linux on Intel x86 > [ ] Linux on Compaq/Digital Alpha > [ ] Linux on Sun SPARC > [ ] Linux on Sun UltraSPARC > [ ] Tru64 UNIX (Digital UNIX) > [ ] IBM AIX > [ ] Sun Solaris on Intel x86 > [ ] Sun Solaris on Sun SPARC > [ ] Sun Solaris on Sun UltraSPARC > [ ] HP-UX on HP PA-RISC > [ ] SGI Irix > [ ] FreeBSD on Intel x86 > [ ] FreeBSD on Compaq/Digital Alpha > [ ] NetBSD on Intel x86 > [ ] NetBSD on Compaq/Digital Alpha > [ ] NetBSD on Sun SPARC > [ ] NetBSD on Sun UltraSPARC > [ ] OpenBSD on Intel x86 > [ ] OpenBSD on Compaq/Digital Alpha > [ ] OpenBSD on Sun SPARC > [ ] OpenBSD on Sun UltraSPARC > [ ] Other, please indicate: > [ ] Not sure > > 6. What are using for inter-node communication? > [ ] Ethernet > [ ] Fast Ethernet > [ ] Gigabit Ethernet > [ ] Giganet > [ ] Myrinet > [ ] Quadrics QsNet > [ ] SCI > [ ] HIPPI > [ ] Other, please indicate: > [ ] Not sure > > 7. Please check all the numerical libraries that are > important to you: > [ ] BLAS > [ ] ATLAS > [ ] LAPACK > [ ] ScaLAPACK > [ ] PLAPACK > [ ] ODEPACK > [ ] DIFFPACK > [ ] QUADPACK > [ ] ARPACK > [ ] PARPACK > [ ] NAG library > [ ] IMSL library > [ ] Harwell library > [ ] Y12M subroutines > [ ] ITPACK > [ ] SPARSPACK > [ ] LAPACK95 > [ ] BLAS95 > [ ] PBLAS > [ ] BLACS > [ ] Other, please indicate: > [ ] Not sure > > 8. If your computations involve sparse matrices, can > you please tell > us more about it? > > > 9. What other computational algorithms would you > like to see > implemented in the form of libraries? > > > 10. What do you use for parallel programming? Check > all that apply. > [ ] MPICH > [ ] LAM/MPI > [ ] Quadrics MPI > [ ] SHMEM > [ ] ScaMPI > [ ] PVM > [ ] POSIX Threads > [ ] HPF > [ ] MPI/FM > [ ] SCI-MPICH > [ ] MPI/Pro > [ ] OpenMP > [ ] Other vendor supplied MPI, please indicate: > [ ] Other, please indicate: > [ ] Not sure > > 11. What do you use for your queueing system? Check > all that apply > [ ] LSF (Load Sharing Facility) > [ ] PBS (Portable Batch System) > [ ] DQS (Distributed Queueing System) > [ ] NQE (Network Queueing Environment) > [ ] SGE (Sun Grid Environment) > [ ] Other, please indicate: > [ ] Not sure > > 12. If you use Linux on your cluster, which > distribution do you use? > [ ] Red Hat > [ ] SuSE > [ ] Debian > [ ] Slackware > [ ] Mandrake > [ ] TurboLinux > [ ] Other, please indicate: > [ ] Not sure > > 13. Which compilers do you use? Check all that > apply. > [ ] GCC (GNU C Compiler) > [ ] G77 (GNU Fortran 77 Compiler) > [ ] G++ (GNU C++ Compiler) > [ ] NAG Fortran Compiler > [ ] Compaq/Digital Fortran compiler > [ ] Compaq/Digital C compiler > [ ] IBM xlf Fortran compiler > [ ] IBM xlc C compiler > [ ] IBM xlC C++ compiler > [ ] Portland Group (PGI) C compiler > [ ] Portland Group (PGI) C++ compiler > [ ] Portland Group (PGI) Fortran compiler > [ ] Portland Group (PGI) HPF compiler > [ ] VAST F90 compiler > [ ] Absoft Pro Fortran compiler > [ ] SGI MIPSpro C compiler > [ ] SGI MIPSpro C++ compiler > [ ] SGI MIPSpro Fortran compiler > [ ] HP C compiler > [ ] HP C++ compiler > [ ] HP Fortram compiler > [ ] Sun WorkShop C compiler > [ ] Sun WorkShop C++ compiler > [ ] Sun WorkShop Fortran compiler > [ ] Other, please indicate: > [ ] Not sure > > 14. Please tell us what applications do you use your > cluster for. > > > 15. Would well tuned and advanced numerical > subroutines be of any value > to you? > [ ] Yes > [ ] No > > 16. How much would you be willing to pay for high > quality numerical > libraries? > [ ] More than USD $5000 > [ ] Between USD $3000 and USD $4999 > [ ] Between USD $1000 and USD $2999 > [ ] Between USD $500 and USD $999 > [ ] Between USD $200 and USD 499 > [ ] Below USD $199 > [ ] I wouldn't pay for it, I will use free > versions > > 17. If you use Linux, how would you like the > numerical libraries to be > distributed? > [ ] As part of a Linux distribution > [ ] As add-on packages to a Linux distribution > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or > unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20011031014508.47460.qmail>