Scalability study of FlowVision on the cluster with Angara interconnect

Authors

  • V.S. Akimov OOO Vychislitelnaya inzhenernaya platforma
  • D.P. Silaev OOO Vychislitelnaya inzhenernaya platforma
  • A.S. Simonov Research Center for Electronic Computing
  • A.S. Semenov Research Center for Electronic Computing

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26089/NumMet.v18r434

Keywords:

scalability, Flow Vision, CFD, gas dynamics, cluster, supercomputer, interconnect, Angara

Abstract

The scalability of computations in FlowVision CFD software on the Angara-C1 cluster equipped with Angara interconnect is studied. Several test problems with 260 thousand, 5.5 million and 26.8 million computational cells are considered. Computations in FlowVision are performed using a new solver of linear systems based on the algebraic multigrid (AMG) method. It is shown that the special FlowVision’s technology named «Dynamic balancing» significantly improves the performance of computations if the peculiarities of the problem promote the non-uniform loading of CPUs. The Angara-C1 cluster demonstrates the excellent performance and scalability characteristics comparable with its analogues based on the 4х FDR Infiniband interconnect.

Author Biographies

V.S. Akimov

D.P. Silaev

A.S. Simonov

A.S. Semenov

Research Center for Electronic Computing
• Deputy Department Head

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Published

07-10-2017

How to Cite

Акимов В., Силаев Д., Симонов А., Семенов А. Scalability Study of FlowVision on the Cluster With Angara Interconnect // Numerical Methods and Programming (Vychislitel’nye Metody i Programmirovanie). 2017. 18. 406-415. doi 10.26089/NumMet.v18r434

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Section

Section 1. Numerical methods and applications