A tunable, software-based DRAM error detection and correction library for HPC

David Fiala; Kurt B. Ferreira; Frank Mueller; Christian Engelmann

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-29740-3_29

A tunable, software-based DRAM error detection and correction library for HPC

David Fiala, Kurt B. Ferreira, Frank Mueller, Christian Engelmann

Intelligent Systems and Facilities

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Abstract

Proposed exascale systems will present a number of considerable resiliency challenges. In particular, DRAM soft-errors, or bit-flips, are expected to greatly increase due to the increased memory density of these systems. Current hardware-based fault-tolerance methods will be unsuitable for addressing the expected soft error frequency rate. As a result, additional software will be needed to address this challenge. In this paper we introduce LIBSDC, a tunable, transparent silent data corruption detection and correction library for HPC applications. LIBSDC provides comprehensive SDC protection for program memory by implementing on-demand page integrity verification. Experimental benchmarks with Mantevo HPCCG show that once tuned, LIBSDC is able to achieve SDC protection with 50% overhead of resources, less than the 100% needed for double modular redundancy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Euro-Par 2011
Subtitle of host publication	Parallel Processing Workshops - CCPI, CGWS, HeteroPar, HiBB, HPCVirt, HPPC, HPSS, MDGS, ProPer, Resilience, UCHPC, VHPC, Revised Selected Papers
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	251-261
Number of pages	11
Edition	PART 2
ISBN (Print)	9783642297397
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29740-3_29
State	Published - 2012
Event	17th Parallel Processing Workshops, Euro-Par 2011: CCPI 2011, CGWS 2011, HeteroPar 2011, HiBB 2011, HPCVirt 2011, HPPC 2011, HPSS 2011, MDGS 2011, ProPer 2011, Resilience 2011, UCHPC 2011, VHPC 2011 - Bordeaux, France Duration: Aug 29 2011 → Sep 2 2011

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Number	PART 2
Volume	7156 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	17th Parallel Processing Workshops, Euro-Par 2011: CCPI 2011, CGWS 2011, HeteroPar 2011, HiBB 2011, HPCVirt 2011, HPPC 2011, HPSS 2011, MDGS 2011, ProPer 2011, Resilience 2011, UCHPC 2011, VHPC 2011
Country/Territory	France
City	Bordeaux
Period	08/29/11 → 09/2/11

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Fiala, D., Ferreira, K. B., Mueller, F., & Engelmann, C. (2012). A tunable, software-based DRAM error detection and correction library for HPC. In Euro-Par 2011: Parallel Processing Workshops - CCPI, CGWS, HeteroPar, HiBB, HPCVirt, HPPC, HPSS, MDGS, ProPer, Resilience, UCHPC, VHPC, Revised Selected Papers (PART 2 ed., pp. 251-261). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7156 LNCS, No. PART 2). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29740-3_29

Fiala, David ; Ferreira, Kurt B. ; Mueller, Frank et al. / A tunable, software-based DRAM error detection and correction library for HPC. Euro-Par 2011: Parallel Processing Workshops - CCPI, CGWS, HeteroPar, HiBB, HPCVirt, HPPC, HPSS, MDGS, ProPer, Resilience, UCHPC, VHPC, Revised Selected Papers. PART 2. ed. Springer Verlag, 2012. pp. 251-261 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); PART 2).

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Fiala, D, Ferreira, KB, Mueller, F & Engelmann, C 2012, A tunable, software-based DRAM error detection and correction library for HPC. in Euro-Par 2011: Parallel Processing Workshops - CCPI, CGWS, HeteroPar, HiBB, HPCVirt, HPPC, HPSS, MDGS, ProPer, Resilience, UCHPC, VHPC, Revised Selected Papers. PART 2 edn, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), no. PART 2, vol. 7156 LNCS, Springer Verlag, pp. 251-261, 17th Parallel Processing Workshops, Euro-Par 2011: CCPI 2011, CGWS 2011, HeteroPar 2011, HiBB 2011, HPCVirt 2011, HPPC 2011, HPSS 2011, MDGS 2011, ProPer 2011, Resilience 2011, UCHPC 2011, VHPC 2011, Bordeaux, France, 08/29/11. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29740-3_29

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Euro-Par 2011: Parallel Processing Workshops - CCPI, CGWS, HeteroPar, HiBB, HPCVirt, HPPC, HPSS, MDGS, ProPer, Resilience, UCHPC, VHPC, Revised Selected Papers. PART 2. ed. Springer Verlag, 2012. p. 251-261 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7156 LNCS, No. PART 2).

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Fiala D, Ferreira KB, Mueller F, Engelmann C. A tunable, software-based DRAM error detection and correction library for HPC. In Euro-Par 2011: Parallel Processing Workshops - CCPI, CGWS, HeteroPar, HiBB, HPCVirt, HPPC, HPSS, MDGS, ProPer, Resilience, UCHPC, VHPC, Revised Selected Papers. PART 2 ed. Springer Verlag. 2012. p. 251-261. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); PART 2). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-29740-3_29

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