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Acumem: finding memory related performance problems

Introduction

Acumem is a tool that allows developers to get insight into performance problems related to the suboptimal use of the memory hierarchy.

LRZ has acquired a multi-user license, provisionally for one year (until December 2008).

Please provide feedback, problem reports etc. to LRZ HPC support.

Installation on LRZ HPC platforms

Installed versions

Platform

Version

AMD / EM64T login nodes

1.0.3

Usage

Initialization

Please first load the appropriate environment module:

module load acumem

First use: acquire license

Before using acumem for the first time, you need to acquire a license. Please issue the command

/opt/acumem/bin/license /lrz/sys/etc/acumem_license.txt

and confirm that you consider yourself bound by the conditions of the EULA. The license will be transferred to your ~/.acumem directory.

Startup

The tool is started by issuing the acumem command, which will start a GUI.

Documentation

Please consult the HTML files in $ACUMEM_DOC for details on the usage of this tool.