TIPS FOR PERFORMANCE SCHLUMBERGER PETREL 2010201 1

PROCESSOR
1. 2.

MEMORY
1. Memory size is critical

Fast clock rate for single-threaded loads Dual QuadCore or HexCore for
MultiThreaded operations
o o o o o Attribute Calculations Reservoir Simulations Seismic rendering and bulk-data I/O Facies and petrophysical modeling Geometrical modeling and Volumetrics

Physical memory should hold active project data Z200 and EliteBook have 2-channel memory
o o 4GB minimum 8, 16, or 32 GB possible

2. Fill all memory channels for peak bandwidth

MultiTasking Workflows

Z400/Z600/Z800 have 3-channel memory

o o o 12G minimum recommended 24, 48, 72 or 96 GB may be needed 192 GB maximum in Z800

3. 4.
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Large CPU Cache Recommended BIOS settings for Petrel (on a following page)
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DISK DRIVES & FILE IO
1. One disk for OS, page file, and applications
2. IF using local read-mostly Project Cache(s), then cache drive should be
>= 2 drives, RAID-0 stripe
o

Fastest to slowest: SSD, SAS 15K, SATA 10K, SATA 7.2K

On this drive : disable Indexing, consider turning off Write-cache buffer flushing File system size recommended : as much as needed to hold active project data

3. High-bandwidth connection to project file server(s)

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Team multiple network controllers if pulling/pushing data from/to multiple servers simultaneously Optionally use faster network interface card if network infrastructure and file servers support this

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OPERATING SYSTEM
1. Windows7 64-bit 2. High performance power plan 3. To minimize unnecessary disk IO

PROFESSIONAL GRAPHICS
1. NVIDIA Quadro FX preferred 2. NVIDIA Quadro *000 for Petrel 201 1 3. Certified OpenGL graphics card driver 4. Graphics Memory for Volume Visualization 5. High-end Graphics Shaders/Processing for smooth interactivity with large geometric models involving advanced visualization techniques 6. Multi-Display support

Consider disabling Windows Search service

Consider disabling Superfetch service (Vista & Win7)

HP Performance Advisor can be used to analyze your system configuration and is available for download at http://www.hp.com/go/HPPerformanceAdvisor
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PETREL RECOMMENDED BIOS SETTINGS

Power --> OS Power Management --> Runtime Power Management

Default is Enable Default is Extended Default is Enable Default is Disable Default is Disable Default is All Cores Default is Disable

Recommendation: Enable

Power --> OS Power Management --> Idle Power Savings

Recommendation: Extended

Power --> Hardware Power Management --> Intel Turbo Boost Technology

Recommendation: Enable

Power --> Hardware Power Management --> Enhanced Intel Turbo Boost Tech

Recommendation: Enable

Advanced --> Processors --> Hyperthreading

Recommendation for Disable

Advanced --> Processors --> Active Cores

Recommendation: All Cores

Advanced --> Chipset ---> Memory Node Interleave

Recommendation: Disable

NOTE HP Performance Advisor can be used to easily check and change BIOS settings. HP Performance Advisor is free and available for download at http://www.hp.com/go/HPPerformanceAdvisor

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