Respondent Demographics
Number of respondents to the survey: 209
- 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 |
16 |
7.7% |
| BER |
23 |
11.0% |
| BES |
49 |
23.4% |
| FES |
38 |
18.2% |
| HEP |
31 |
14.8% |
| NP |
50 |
23.9% |
| guests |
2 |
1.0% |
|
| User Role | Number | Percent |
|---|
| Principal Investigators |
55 |
26.3% |
| PI Proxies |
43 |
20.6% |
| Project Managers |
12 |
5.7% |
| Users |
99 |
47.4% |
|
Respondents by Organization:
| Organization Type | Number | Percent |
|---|
| Universities |
109 |
52.2% |
| DOE Labs |
82 |
39.2% |
| Other Govt Labs |
10 |
4.8% |
| Industry |
8 |
3.8% |
| Organization | Number | Percent |
|---|
| Berkeley Lab |
42 |
20.1% |
| UC Berkeley |
12 |
5.7% |
| Livermore |
10 |
4.8% |
| PPPL |
8 |
3.8% |
| Argonne |
7 |
3.3% |
| NCAR |
5 |
2.4% |
| Stanford |
5 |
2.4% |
| Oak Ridge |
4 |
1.9% |
| U. Maryland |
4 |
1.9% |
| U. Washington |
4 |
1.9% |
| U. Wisconsin |
4 |
1.9% |
| UC Santa Cruz |
4 |
1.9% |
|
| Organization | Number |
|---|
| General Atomics |
3 |
| Georgia IT |
3 |
| Johns Hopkins |
3 |
| MIT |
3 |
| NREL |
3 |
| New York U. |
3 |
| Ohio State |
3 |
| Stone Brook |
3 |
| Tech-X |
3 |
| U. Chicago |
3 |
| U. Colorado |
3 |
| UC Davis |
3 |
| Ames Lab |
2 |
| Auburn U. |
2 |
| Cal Tech |
2 |
| Hamburg U. |
2 |
| Northwestern |
2 |
| SLAC |
2 |
| U. Kentucky |
2 |
| U. Oklahoma |
2 |
| U. Tennessee |
2 |
| U. Utah |
2 |
| Yale |
2 |
| Other University |
31 |
| Other Gov. Labs |
6 |
| Other DOE Labs |
4 |
| Other Industry |
1 |
|
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 |
|---|
| IBM SP (Seaborg) |
173 |
| NERSC web site (www.nersc.gov) |
138 |
| NIM |
132 |
| HPSS |
115 |
| Consulting services |
93 |
| Account support services |
63 |
| PDSF |
37 |
| Visualization services |
20 |
| Computer and Network Operations |
11 |
| Math server (Newton) |
9 |
| NERSC CVS server |
8 |
| Vis server (Escher) |
8 |
| Grid services |
7 |
How long have you used NERSC?
| Time | Number | Percent |
|---|
| less than 6 months |
15 |
7.3% |
| 6 months - 3 years |
83 |
40.3% |
| more than 3 years |
108 |
52.4% |
What desktop systems do you use to connect to NERSC?
| System | Responses |
|---|
| UNIX Total |
223 |
| PC Total |
116 |
| Mac Total |
69 |
| Linux |
156 |
| Windows XP |
79 |
| OS X |
58 |
| Sun Solaris |
31 |
| Windows 2000 |
28 |
| IBM AIX |
16 |
| MacOS |
11 |
| SGI IRIX |
10 |
| Windows ME/98 |
9 |
| Compaq Tru-64 |
5 |
| HP HPUX |
5 |
Web Browser Used to Take Survey:
| Browser | Number | Percent |
|---|
| Mozilla |
110 |
52.6% |
| MSIE 6 |
41 |
19.6% |
| Safari |
26 |
12.4% |
| Netscape 4 |
17 |
8.1% |
| Firefox |
13 |
6.2% |
| Galeon |
2 |
1.0% |
Operating System Used to Take Survey:
| OS | Number | Percent |
|---|
| UNIX Total |
95 |
45.5% |
| Windows Total |
71 |
34.0% |
| MacIntosh Total |
43 |
20.6% |
| Linux |
80 |
38.3% |
| Windows XP |
47 |
22.5% |
| Mac OS X |
38 |
18.2% |
| Windows 2000 |
19 |
9.1% |
| SunOS |
10 |
4.8% |
| MacOS |
5 |
2.4% |
| Windows 98 |
4 |
1.9% |
| IRIX |
2 |
1.0% |
| AIX |
2 |
1.0% |
| HP-UX |
1 |
0.5% |
| Windows NT |
1 |
0.5% |
