[Beowulf] Problems with Dell M620 and CPU power throttling

[Bill Wichser]

We have tested using c1 instead of c0 but no difference.  We don't use 
logical processors at all.  When the problems happens, it doesn't matter 
what you set the cores for C1/C0, they never get up to speed again 
without a power cycle/reseat.  We believe this to be something related 
to power.  Maybe current limiting.

As I stated yesterday, after a complete chassis power cycle on Tuesday 
Sept 10, the entire 37 chassis have been outperforming their 2.6GHz 
ratings flawlessly.  I don't know if this is going to be the solution we 
have been searching to find but it has certainly been a week and a half 
of some very happy researchers!

Thanks,
Bill

On 09/19/2013 11:32 AM, Christopher Samuel wrote:
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> On 18/09/13 10:49, Douglas O'Flaherty wrote:
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>> "Run in C1. C0 over commits unpredictably, then throttles."
> I've seen a recommendation in a public Mellanox document of using C1
> not C0 when using hyperthreading/SMT, could be related to this..
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