Respondent Demographics
Number of respondents to the survey: 326
- Respondents by DOE Office and User Role
- Respondents by Organization
- Which NERSC resources do you use?
- How long have you used NERSC?
- What desktop systems do you use to connect to NERSC?
- Web Browser Used to Take Survey
- Operating System Used to Take Survey
Respondents by DOE Office and User Role:
| Office | Respondents | Percent |
|---|
| ASCR |
20 |
6 |
| BER |
32 |
10 |
| BES |
89 |
27 |
| FES |
35 |
11 |
| HENP |
146 |
45 |
| guests |
4 |
1 |
|
| User Role | Number | Percent |
|---|
| Principal Investigators |
43 |
13 |
| PI Proxies |
37 |
11 |
| Project Managers |
17 |
5 |
| Users |
229 |
70 |
|
Respondents by Organization:
| Organization Type | Number | Percent |
|---|
| Universities |
182 |
55.8 |
| DOE Labs |
120 |
36.8 |
| Other Govt Labs |
12 |
3.7 |
| Industry |
6 |
1.8 |
| Private Labs |
6 |
1.8 |
| Organization | Number | Percent |
|---|
| Berkeley Lab |
59 |
18.1 |
| UC Berkeley |
17 |
5.2 |
| Livermore |
11 |
3.4 |
| Oak Ridge |
9 |
2.8 |
| Argonne |
8 |
2.5 |
| Brookhaven |
8 |
2.5 |
| Stanford |
8 |
2.5 |
| U. South Carolina |
8 |
2.5 |
| UC Davis |
7 |
2.1 |
| U. Wisconsin - Madison |
7 |
2.1 |
| Yale |
7 |
2.1 |
| NREL |
6 |
1.8 |
| SLAC |
6 |
1.8 |
| U. Colorado |
6 |
1.8 |
| U. Washington |
6 |
1.8 |
| PNNL |
5 |
1.5 |
| UCLA |
5 |
1.5 |
| Ames Lab |
4 |
1.2 |
| Inst National de Physique |
4 |
1.2 |
| Ohio State |
4 |
1.2 |
| Purdue |
4 |
1.2 |
| U. Texas - Austin |
4 |
1.2 |
|
| Organization | Number |
|---|
| Auburn U. |
3 |
| Cal Tech |
3 |
| Georgia IT |
3 |
| Harvard |
3 |
| Max Planck Inst. |
3 |
| New York U. |
3 |
| UC San Diego |
3 |
| UC Santa Cruz |
3 |
| U. Oklahoma |
3 |
| Vanderbilt |
3 |
| City College NY |
2 |
| Inst NdFN Italy |
2 |
| Iowa State |
2 |
| Johns Hopkins |
2 |
| Joint Inst Nuc Research |
2 |
| Mississippi State |
2 |
| New Mexico State |
2 |
| NCAR |
2 |
| N. Carolina State |
2 |
| Northeastern U. |
2 |
| U. Chicago |
2 |
| U. Maryland |
2 |
| U. S. California |
2 |
| U. Utah |
2 |
| UC Irvine |
2 |
| UC Santa Barbara |
2 |
| Warsaw Tech |
2 |
| Other University |
38 |
| Other Gov. Labs |
8 |
| Industry |
6 |
| Other DOE Labs |
4 |
| Other Private Labs |
3 |
|
Which NERSC resources do you use?
Note that users did not always check all the resources they use -- compare the table below with How Satisfied are you? (sorted by Number of Responses).
| Resource | Responses |
|---|
| SP |
226 |
| HPSS |
145 |
| NIM |
87 |
| Consulting |
80 |
| PDSF |
79 |
| HPCF Website |
73 |
| Account Support |
55 |
| Computer Operations and Network Support |
26 |
| CVS |
16 |
| grid |
13 |
| Newton |
12 |
| Escher |
11 |
| Visualization Services |
9 |
| Alvarez |
9 |
| The lattice gauge connection |
1 |
| SCS |
1 |
| not yet |
1 |
How long have you used NERSC?
| Time | Number | Percent |
|---|
| less than 6 months |
61 |
19 |
| 6 months - 3 years |
161 |
51 |
| more than 3 years |
95 |
30 |
What desktop systems do you use to connect to NERSC?
| System | Responses |
|---|
| UNIX Total |
338 |
| PC Total |
195 |
| Mac Total |
60 |
| UNIX-linux |
229 |
| PC-win2000 |
84 |
| PC-winXP |
79 |
| UNIX-solaris |
54 |
| MAC-OSX |
41 |
| PC-win98 |
27 |
| UNIX-irix |
24 |
| MAC-macos |
19 |
| UNIX-aix |
15 |
| UNIX-tru64 |
10 |
| UNIX-hpux |
4 |
| PC-win95 |
3 |
| Cygwin |
2 |
| UNIX-other |
2 |
| PC-other |
2 |
| OSF1 |
1 |
| iMac |
1 |
| FreeBSD |
1 |
| alpha |
1 |
Web Browser Used to Take Survey:
| Browser | Number | Percent |
|---|
| Mozilla |
91 |
26.1 |
| MS Internet Explorer 6 |
90 |
25.9 |
| Netscape 4 |
59 |
17.0 |
| Netscape 7 |
46 |
13.2 |
| Safari |
22 |
6.3 |
| MS Internet Explorer 5 |
15 |
4.3 |
| Galeon |
9 |
2.6 |
| Konqueror |
7 |
2.0 |
| Netscape 6 |
6 |
1.7 |
| w3m (Text browser) |
1 |
0.3 |
| Opera 6.0 |
1 |
0.3 |
| Opera 7 |
1 |
0.3 |
OS Used to Take Survey:
| OS | Number | Percent |
|---|
| UNIX Total |
164 |
47.1 |
| Windows Total |
145 |
41.7 |
| MacIntosh Total |
39 |
11.2 |
| Linux |
136 |
39.1 |
| Windows XP Pro |
70 |
20.1 |
| Windows NT |
64 |
18.4 |
| Mac PowerPC |
39 |
11.2 |
| SunOS |
19 |
5.5 |
| Windows 98 |
10 |
2.9 |
| DEC OSF |
5 |
1.4 |
| SGI IRIX |
4 |
1.1 |
| Windows 2000 |
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