Windows and Linux performance comparison

Project Information

Discipline
Computer Science (401) 
Orientation
Research 
Abstract

The work compares the performance of MS Windows HPC Server 2008 and Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server 5.

Intellectual Merit

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Broader Impacts

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Project Contact

Project Lead
Robert Henschel (henschel) 
Project Manager
Robert Henschel (henschel) 

Resource Requirements

Hardware System
  • sierra (IBM iDataPlex at SDSC)
 
Use of FutureGrid

Comparing the performance of MS Windows HPC Server 2008 with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 using the 3 benchmark suits.

Scale of Use

We will need up to 512 cores.

Project Timeline

Submitted
12/08/2010 - 14:53 
Completed
01/10/2011