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2011 NERSC User Survey (Read Only)

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Section 1: Overall Satisfaction with NERSC

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For each item you use, please indicate both your satisfaction and its importance to you.

Please rate:	How satisfied are you?	How important is this to you?
Overall satisfaction with NERSC
NERSC services
NERSC computing resources
NERSC data storage resources
HPC software

How long have you used NERSC?

Less than 1 year

1 year - 3 years

More than 3 years

What desktop systems do you use to access NERSC? Check all that apply.

Other

Section 2: HPC Resources

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Please rate the NERSC systems or resources you have used.

Cray XT5: Hopper Cray XT4: Franklin IBM IDataPlex Linux Cluster: Carver Sun Sunfire: Euclid GPU Testbed: Dirac Parallel Distributed Systems Facility: PDSF	High Performance Storage System: HPSS Global Homes File System NERSC /project File System Global Scratch File System NERSC Grid Resources NERSC Network

Cray XE6: Hopper

Please rate:	How satisfied are you?
Overall satisfaction
Uptime (Availability)
Batch wait time
Batch queue structure
Ability to run interactively
Disk configuration and I/O performance

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Cray XT4: Franklin

Please rate:	How satisfied are you?
Overall satisfaction
Uptime (Availability)
Batch wait time
Batch queue structure
Ability to run interactively
Disk configuration and I/O performance

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IBM iDataPlex Linux Cluster: Carver

Please rate:	How satisfied are you?
Overall satisfaction
Uptime (Availability)
Batch wait time
Batch queue structure
Ability to run interactively
Disk configuration and I/O performance

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Sun Sunfire: Euclid

Please rate:	How satisfied are you?
Overall satisfaction
Uptime (Availability)
Ability to run interactively
Disk configuration and I/O performance

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GPU Testbed: Dirac

Please rate:	How satisfied are you?
Overall satisfaction
Uptime (Availability)
Ability to run interactively
Disk configuration and I/O performance

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Parallel Distributed Systems Facility: PDSF

Please rate:	How satisfied are you?
Overall satisfaction
Uptime (Availability)
Batch system configuration
Ability to run interactively
Disk configuration and I/O performance
Programming environment
CHOS environment
STAR software environment
Applications software
Programming libraries
Performance and debugging tools
General tools and utilities

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High Performance Storage System: HPSS

Please rate:	How satisfied are you?
Overall satisfaction
Uptime (Availability)
Reliability (data integrity)
Data transfer rates
Data access time
User interface (hsi, pftp, ftp)

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Global Homes File System

In 2009 NERSC implemented Global Homes, where all NERSC computers share a common home directory. Previously, each system had a separate, local home file space.

Please rate:	How satisfied are you?
Overall satisfaction
Uptime (Availability)
Reliability (data integrity)
I/O bandwidth
File and directory (metadata) operations

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NERSC /project File System

The NERSC "Project" file system is globally accessible from all NERSC computers. Space in /project is allocated upon request for the purpose of sharing data among members of a research group.

Please rate:	How satisfied are you?
Overall satisfaction
Uptime (Availability)
Reliability (data integrity)
I/O bandwidth
File and directory (metadata) operations

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Global Scratch File System

Carver, Magellan, Dirac, and Euclid use the Global Scratch file system as their only $SCRATCH file system. Global scratch is also accessible from Hopper as $GSCRATCH.

Please rate:	How satisfied are you?
Overall satisfaction
Uptime (Availability)
Reliability (data integrity)
I/O bandwidth
File and directory (metadata) operations

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NERSC Grid Resources

Please rate:	How satisfied are you?
Access and authentication
File transfer
Job submission
Job monitoring

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NERSC Network

Please rate:	How satisfied are you?
Network performance within NERSC (e.g. Hopper to HPSS)
Remote network performance to/from NERSC (e.g. Hopper to your home institution)

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Section 3: Software

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Please rate software on NERSC systems. PDSF software was rated previously in the PDSF section of "HPC Rsources". For each of the software categories below, consider availability, usability, and robustness of the software. If you have specific concerns about particular software, please note them in Section 5. Comments of this survey.

NERSC Software

Please rate:	How satisfied are you?
Programming environment
Applications software
Programming libraries
Performance and debugging tools
Visualization software
Data analysis software

Section 4: Services

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HPC Consulting

For each item you use, please indicate both your satisfaction and its importance to you.

Please rate:	How satisfied are you?
Consulting overall
Quality of technical advice
Response time
Time to solution
Special requests (e.g. disk quota increases, etc.)
On-Line Help Desk

Accounts and Allocations

For each item you use, please indicate both your satisfaction and its importance to you.

Please rate:	How satisfied are you?
Account support and passwords
NIM web accounting interface
Allocations process

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Communications

The following questions relate to how you keep informed of NERSC changes and current issues.

Please rate:	How useful is this to you?
MOTD (Message of the Day)
E-mail announcements
Web site status page

Do you feel you are adequately informed about NERSC changes?

Yes

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Training

For each item you use, please indicate both your satisfaction and how useful it is to you.

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Web tutorials
New User's Guide
Workshops & Webinars

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NERSC Web Site

Please rate:	How satisfied are you?
NERSC web site overall
Ease of navigation
Timeliness of information
Accuracy of information
NERSC status information
Searching

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What additional services or information would you like to have on the NERSC web site?

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Security

Please rate:	How satisfied are you?
NERSC Security

Data Analysis and Visualization

Please rate:	How satisfied are you?	How important is this to you?
Data analysis and visualization assistance
Ability to perform data analysis

Where do you analyze data produced by your NERSC jobs?

All at NERSC	Most at NERSC
Half at NERSC, half elsewhere	Most elsewhere
All elsewhere	I don't need data analysis or visualization

Comments

If your data analysis and visualization needs are not being met, please explain why.

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Section 5: Comments

What does NERSC do well?
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What can NERSC do to make you more productive?

If there is anything important to you that is not covered in this survey, please tell us about it here.

2011 NERSC User Survey (Read Only)

Section 1: Overall Satisfaction with NERSC

Section 2: HPC Resources

Section 3: Software

Section 4: Services

Section 5: Comments

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