Improving the performance of computational fluid dynamics codes on Linux cluster architectures

T. H. Hauser, R. P. Lebeau, P. G. Huang, T. I. Mattox, H. G. Dietz

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    Abstract

    Linux PC Clusters are a cost-effective platform for parallel computational fluid dynamics (CFD) applications. However, obtaining high performance on these clusters is a non-trivial problem, requiring tuning and design modifications to the code (and, in some cases, the hardware itself). In this paper we present our investigations into optimizing CFD codes for Linux cluster platforms, covering a number of cluster architectures and two different CFD codes. The single-processor and multi-processor performance of these codes on a variety of architectures are compared, and methods that we have implemented for improving the performance of CFD codes on Linux architecture are discussed.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication16th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference
    StatePublished - 2003
    Event16th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference 2003 - Orlando, FL, United States
    Duration: Jun 23 2003Jun 26 2003

    Publication series

    Name16th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference

    Conference

    Conference16th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference 2003
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityOrlando, FL
    Period06/23/0306/26/03

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