How do I tune my HPL.dat file? Print

Tuning HPL can be a long and difficult process.  Once you've found the perfect BLAS library for your architecture, now you need to create a perfect HPL.dat file.  Use the form below and generated output file as a starting point on getting the best GFLOP number you can out of your cluster.

Input Parameters

Enter the information and press, "Go!"

(Total physical nodes you want to run on)
(2x CPU quad-core systems = 8)
(2GB = 2048, 4GB = 4096, etc.)
(128 is a good starting point)

Output HPL.dat file

This is where the HPL.dat will be here.  Fill out the form above and press "Go!"

More resources

More information about tuning HPL can be found here.
Last Updated on Thursday, 10 July 2008 18:28