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diff --git a/cluster/netpipe/DETAILS b/cluster/netpipe/DETAILS new file mode 100755 index 0000000000..90c5b4c1dd --- /dev/null +++ b/cluster/netpipe/DETAILS @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ + SPELL=netpipe + VERSION=3.6 + SOURCE=NetPIPE\_$VERSION.tar.gz + MD5[0]=340217f71c613b4c2d796eadcd360f6c +SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$BUILD_DIRECTORY/${SOURCE/\.tar.gz/} + SOURCE_URL[0]=http://www.scl.ameslab.gov/Projects/NetPIPE/code/$SOURCE + WEB_SITE=http://www.scl.ameslab.gov/Projects/NetPIPE/ + ENTERED=20020606 + UPDATED=20020606 + MAINTAINER=zoran@idi.ntnu.no + LICENSE=GPL + SHORT="network performance tool" +cat << EOF +NetPIPE is a protocol independent performance tool that encapsulates +the best of ttcp and netperf and visually represents the network +performance under a variety of conditions. By taking the end-to-end +application view of a network, NetPIPE clearly shows the overhead +associated with different protocol layers. + +Interfaces are available for TCP, PVM and MPI. + +Netpipe answers such questions as: +how soon will a given data block of size k arrive at its destination? +which network and protocol will transmit size k blocks the fastest? +what is a given network's effective maximum throughput and saturation level? +does there exist a block size k for which the throughput is maximized? +how much communication overhead is due to the network comm. protocol layer(s)? +how quickly will a small (< 1 kbyte) control message arrive, +and which network and protocol are best for this purpose? +EOF |