DCPerf: An open source benchmark suite for hyperscale compute applications
Meta has open-sourced DCPerf, a benchmark suite for hyperscale compute applications, addressing unique cloud data center workloads and aiming to establish a collaborative industry standard for performance evaluation.
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Meta has announced the open-sourcing of DCPerf, a benchmark suite designed specifically for hyperscale compute applications in cloud data centers. This suite aims to address the unique characteristics of workloads in large-scale internet companies, which differ significantly from those in high-performance computing and traditional enterprise environments. Existing benchmarks have proven inadequate for capturing these characteristics, prompting the development of DCPerf. The benchmarks are based on extensive analysis of Meta's production workloads and are designed to be compatible with various instruction set architectures, including x86 and ARM. DCPerf has been utilized internally at Meta for product evaluation, capacity planning, and performance optimization, providing richer insights compared to existing benchmarks like SPEC CPU. The suite has also facilitated collaboration with CPU vendors to identify performance optimizations in hardware and software. By open-sourcing DCPerf, Meta aims to establish it as a collaborative industry standard for evaluating compute workloads in hyperscale data centers, fostering innovation and improvements in server design and performance.
- Meta has open-sourced DCPerf, a benchmark suite for hyperscale compute applications.
- DCPerf addresses the unique workload characteristics of cloud data centers, differing from traditional benchmarks.
- The suite is compatible with multiple instruction set architectures and has been validated for emerging industry trends.
- DCPerf has been used internally at Meta for performance evaluation and capacity planning.
- The initiative aims to create a collaborative industry standard for hyperscale compute workload evaluation.
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