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by jeffbee 483 days ago
Interesting that their GraySort result is CPU bound while they are using 3x more CPUs than the record holder from ten years ago.
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sitkack 483 days ago
How can you determine that it CPU bound from the attached charts?
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jeffbee 482 days ago
Because it hits a read peak in the first wave and never hits it again.
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sitkack 482 days ago
Could be many other reasons, giving it more CPU won't necessarily increase the read rate.
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