Characterizing the I/O Behavior of HPC Applications through Modeling and Simulation

[2608.27642] Characterizing the I/O Behavior of HPC Applications through Modeling and Simulation Skip to main content Search Submit Donate Log in Computer Science > Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing arXiv:2608.27642 (cs) [Submitted on 27 Aug 2026] Title: Characterizing the I/O Behavior of HPC Applications through Modeling and Simulation Authors: Njoud O. Almaaitah , David E. Singh , Taylan Özden , Jesus Carretero , Raffaele Montella View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract: Parallel applications process large amounts of data, leading to intensive parallel I/O operations. These operations can exhibit different levels of complexity, including, among others, multiple I/O access patterns, data staging, and contention risks. Therefore, in order to exploit high-performance computing (HPC) systems efficiently and optimize the I/O performance, it is crucial to consider the I/O behaviour of the HPC applications. In this work, we have developed a framework that reproduces the I/O access pattern of real applications in a simulated environment provided by ElastiSim, a batch-system simulator for rigid, malleable, and evolving workloads. The simulated applications are generated based on I/O traces captured from real applications provided by the HPC Input/Output (HPCIO) analysis repository. The HPCIO analysis database includes traces combined with information about real applications' performance across different parallel I/O libraries and layers of the I/O stack. We have conducted detailed case studies of real-world applications' traces to demonstrate how the proposed modeling framework can provide insights into the performance characteristics of I/O applications, including the I/O congestion analysis based on the application's I/O access pattern. Subjects: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC) Cite as: arXiv:2608.27642 [cs.DC] (or arXiv:2608.27642v1 [cs.DC] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.27642 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: Taylan Özden [ view email ] [v1] Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:30:08 UTC (561 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View PDF HTML (experimental) TeX Source view license Additional Features Audio Summary Current browse context: cs.DC < prev | next > new | recent | 2026-08 Change to browse by: cs References & Citations SciX Google Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer ( What is the Explorer? ) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers ( What is Connected Papers? ) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps ( What is Litmaps? ) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations ( What are Smart Citations? ) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv ( What is alphaXiv? ) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers ( What is CatalyzeX? ) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub ( What is DagsHub? ) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub ( What is GotitPub? ) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face ( What is Huggingface? ) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast ( What is ScienceCast? ) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate ( What is Replicate? ) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces ( What is Spaces? ) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI ( What is TXYZ.AI? ) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower ( What are Influence Flowers? ) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender ( What is CORE? ) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs . Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax ( What is MathJax? ) We gratefully acknowledge support from our major funders , member institutions , and all contributors. About · Help · Contact · Subscribe · Copyright · Privacy · Accessibility · Operational Status (opens in new tab)

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