Towards a Predictive Energy Model for HPC Runtime Systems Using Supervised Learning

Abstract

High-Performance Computing systems collect vast amounts of operational data with the employment of monitoring frameworks, often augmented with additional information from schedulers and runtime systems. This amount of data can be used and turned into a benefit for operational requirements, rather than being a data pool for post-mortem analysis. This work focuses on deriving a model with supervised learning which enables optimal selection of CPU frequency during the execution of a job, with the objective of minimizing the energy consumption of a HPC system. Our model is trained utilizing sensor data and performance metrics collected with two distinct open-source frameworks for monitoring and runtime optimization. Our results show good prediction of CPU power draw and number of instructions retired on realistic dynamic runtime settings within a relatively low error margin.