MAGNET: A Tool for Debugging, Analyzing and Adapting Computing Systems

  • Authors:
  • Mark K. Gardnery;Wu-chun Fengyz;Michael Broxtonyx;Adam Engelharty;Gus Hurwitzy

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • CCGRID '03 Proceedings of the 3st International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

As computing systems grow in complexity, the clusterand grid communities require more sophisticated tools todiagnose, debug and analyze such systems. We have developeda toolkit called MAGNET (Monitoring Apparatusfor General kerNel-Event Tracing) that provides a detailedlook at operating-system kernel events with very low overhead.Using the fine-grained information that MAGNETexports from kernel space, challenging problems becomeamenable to identification and correction.In this paper, we first present the design, implementationand evaluation of MAGNET. Then, we show its use as adiagnostic tool, an online-monitoring tool and a tool forbuilding adaptive applications in clusters and grids.