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A summary table of the frameworks' features

 

Framework

Language

Interactive
analysis

Batch
analysis

Runs on "Laptop"

Online/Realtime
analysis

GUI Driven

Speed

Parallel Procesing

Learning
Threshold

LCLS Support

psana modules

C++, python

No

Yes

Yes (with virtual box)

Yes (shared memory
on monitoring nodes)

No

High

Yes (trivial multiprocessing within a single host)

Low for usage
High for development

Yes

psana (python script)

python

Yes

Yes

Yes (with virtual box)

Yes (shared memory
on monitoring nodes)

No

High (with MPI parallelization)

Yes (thousands of cores with MPI)

Low

Yes

ami

C++

Yes

No

No

Yes (native framework for
monitoring nodes)

Yes

High

Yes (online)

Very low for usage
Very high for development

Yes

MATLAB

MATLAB

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Normal

Yes (w/ Parallel Computing Toolbox: parfor, GPU)

Low

Licenses only

IDL

IDL

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Normal

Yes (IDL thread pool)

Low

Licenses only

CASS

C++

Yes

Yes

No

Yes (shared memory
on monitoring nodes)

No

High

Yes (multiple threads)

High

No

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