I/O performance of multiscale finite element simulations on HPC environments

Abstract

In this paper, we present MSLIO, a code to mimic the I/O behavior of multiscale simulations. Such an I/O kernel is useful for HPC research, as it can be executed more easily and more efficiently than the full simulations when researchers are interested in the I/O load only. We validate MSLIO by comparing it to the I/O performance of an actual simulation, and we then use it to test some possible improvements to the output routine of the MHM (Multiscale Hybrid Mixed) library.