Table of Contents
- Survey Results
- Users are invited to provide overall comments about NERSC:
- Here are the survey results:
- Respondent Demographics
- Overall Satisfaction and Importance
- All Satisfaction, Importance and Usefulness Ratings
- All Usefulness Topics
- Hardware Resources
- Software
- Visualization and Data Analysis
- HPC Consulting
- Services and Communications
- Web Interfaces
- Training
- Comments about NERSC
All Satisfaction, Importance and Usefulness Ratings
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All Satisfaction Topics - by Score
7=Very satisfied, 6=Mostly satisfied, 5=Somewhat satisfied, 4=Neutral, 3=Somewhat dissatisfied, 2=Mostly dissatisfied, 1=Very dissatisfied
Item | Num who rated this item as: | Total Responses | Average Score | Std. Dev. | Change from 2005 | Change from 2004 | Change from 2003 | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||
HPSS: Reliability (data integrity) | 2 | 22 | 69 | 93 | 6.70 | 0.59 | -0.03 | -0.04 | 0.09 | ||||
Account support services | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 147 | 202 | 6.64 | 0.76 | -0.09 | -0.04 | 0.25 | |
HPSS: Uptime (Availability) | 1 | 2 | 29 | 62 | 94 | 6.62 | 0.59 | -0.06 | -0.05 | 0.08 | |||
DaVinci SW: C/C++ compilers | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6.62 | 0.65 | |||||||
Jacquard: Uptime (Availability) | 2 | 2 | 26 | 55 | 85 | 6.58 | 0.66 | 0.73 | |||||
CONSULT: Timely initial response to consulting questions | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 136 | 198 | 6.57 | 0.81 | -0.08 | -0.13 | 0.02 | |
Network performance within NERSC (e.g. Seaborg to HPSS) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 72 | 116 | 6.53 | 0.75 | -0.08 | -0.07 | -0.01 | ||
OVERALL: Consulting and Support Services | 4 | 8 | 7 | 58 | 159 | 236 | 6.53 | 0.85 | -0.20 | -0.14 | 0.16 | ||
Bassi SW: Fortran compilers | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 50 | 73 | 6.52 | 1.02 | |||||
CONSULT: Followup to initial consulting questions | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 55 | 117 | 187 | 6.49 | 0.86 | -0.08 | -0.17 | -0.00 | |
CONSULT: overall | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 59 | 124 | 199 | 6.47 | 0.90 | -0.21 | -0.22 | 0.13 |
CONSULT: Quality of technical advice | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 66 | 113 | 193 | 6.46 | 0.84 | -0.16 | -0.13 | -0.08 | |
Seaborg SW: Fortran compilers | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 80 | 126 | 6.45 | 0.93 | -0.04 | 0.04 | 0.11 | |
PDSF SW: C/C++ compilers | 3 | 13 | 17 | 33 | 6.42 | 0.66 | -0.18 | 0.19 | -0.02 | ||||
NGF: Reliability | 3 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 6.42 | 0.99 | |||||||
WEB: Accuracy of information | 1 | 6 | 7 | 79 | 106 | 199 | 6.42 | 0.75 | 0.02 | 0.22 | 0.17 | ||
DaVinci SW: Software environment | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 6.42 | 0.83 | ||||||
NGF: File and Directory Operations | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 6.41 | 0.80 | ||||||
Seaborg SW: Software environment | 1 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 77 | 140 | 6.41 | 0.81 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.17 | ||
Bassi: Uptime (Availability) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 52 | 92 | 6.40 | 0.85 | |||||
Seaborg SW: C/C++ compilers | 1 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 55 | 90 | 6.40 | 0.93 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.18 | ||
WEB: NERSC web site overall (www.nersc.gov) | 2 | 4 | 8 | 92 | 105 | 211 | 6.39 | 0.74 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.39 | ||
HPSS: Overall satisfaction | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 58 | 104 | 6.38 | 0.96 | -0.13 | -0.18 | -0.08 | |
NGF: Overall | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 6.38 | 1.06 | |||||
NIM | 3 | 2 | 19 | 76 | 102 | 202 | 6.35 | 0.81 | 0.19 | 0.10 | 0.27 | ||
NGF: Uptime | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 6.35 | 1.16 | |||||
TRAINING: New User's Guide | 3 | 6 | 53 | 49 | 111 | 6.33 | 0.70 | -0.04 | 0.07 | 0.07 | |||
Seaborg SW: Programming libraries | 1 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 60 | 110 | 6.32 | 0.96 | -0.09 | 0.05 | 0.05 | ||
GRID: Job Submission | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 19 | 6.32 | 1.53 | -0.21 | ||||
OVERALL: Satisfaction with NERSC | 2 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 99 | 128 | 249 | 6.31 | 1.01 | 0.11 | 0.21 | -0.06 | |
NERSC security | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 72 | 134 | 235 | 6.30 | 1.11 | -0.31 | -0.18 | |
Bassi SW: Software environment | 2 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 44 | 81 | 6.30 | 1.17 | |||||
HPSS: Data transfer rates | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 52 | 96 | 6.29 | 1.10 | -0.11 | -0.11 | |
SERVICES: Allocations process | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 70 | 76 | 165 | 6.28 | 0.85 | 0.12 | 0.35 | 0.59 | |
Jacquard SW: Software environment | 4 | 6 | 29 | 34 | 73 | 6.27 | 0.84 | 0.15 | |||||
Jacquard: overall | 2 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 46 | 88 | 6.27 | 1.01 | 0.49 | ||||
Bassi SW: C/C++ compilers | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 27 | 48 | 6.27 | 1.18 | |||||
Bassi SW: Programming libraries | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 36 | 60 | 6.27 | 1.25 | ||||
CONSULT: Amount of time to resolve your issue | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 68 | 103 | 196 | 6.27 | 1.08 | -0.14 | -0.33 | -0.09 | |
OVERALL: Network connectivity | 8 | 10 | 19 | 69 | 124 | 230 | 6.27 | 1.02 | -0.18 | -0.11 | 0.04 | ||
Bassi: overall | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 57 | 99 | 6.26 | 1.23 | ||||
GRID: Access and Authentication | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 6.26 | 1.29 | -0.16 | |||||
Jacquard SW: C/C++ compilers | 2 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 28 | 54 | 6.26 | 1.10 | 0.11 | ||||
SERVICES: Response to special requests (e.g. disk quota increases, etc.) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 50 | 98 | 6.24 | 1.08 | -0.11 | 0.17 | -0.11 | |
Seaborg: Uptime (Availability) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 52 | 79 | 159 | 6.23 | 0.99 | -0.33 | -0.03 | -0.19 | |
DaVinci SW: Fortran compilers | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 6.22 | 1.44 | ||||||
On-line help desk | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 55 | 115 | 6.21 | 1.02 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.19 | |
WEB: Timeliness of information | 1 | 13 | 21 | 69 | 90 | 194 | 6.21 | 0.92 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.16 | ||
GRID: Job Monitoring | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 6.20 | 1.54 | -0.30 | |||||
OVERALL: Available Computing Hardware | 3 | 5 | 29 | 108 | 92 | 237 | 6.19 | 0.82 | 0.30 | 0.53 | 0.06 | ||
GRID: File Transfer | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 6.18 | 1.30 | -0.10 | ||||
SERVICES: E-mail lists | 2 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 42 | 89 | 6.18 | 1.03 | 0.10 | 0.06 | |||
Seaborg SW: Applications software | 1 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 91 | 6.18 | 0.97 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.18 | ||
NGF: I/O Bandwidth | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 6.17 | 0.98 | ||||||
Jacquard SW: General tools and utilities | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 47 | 6.17 | 0.82 | 0.19 | |||||
Jacquard SW: Programming libraries | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 56 | 6.16 | 1.17 | 0.24 | ||||
OVERALL: Mass storage facilities | 4 | 17 | 13 | 52 | 86 | 172 | 6.16 | 1.08 | -0.16 | -0.20 | 0.04 | ||
TRAINING: Web tutorials | 4 | 10 | 44 | 31 | 89 | 6.15 | 0.79 | -0.07 | 0.05 | 0.08 | |||
CONSULT: Software bug resolution | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 60 | 120 | 6.14 | 1.16 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.50 |
PDSF SW: Fortran compilers | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 6.12 | 0.93 | -0.08 | 0.25 | 0.09 | |||
Jacquard SW: Visualization software | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 6.12 | 0.93 | 0.58 | |||||
Jacquard SW: Fortran compilers | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 34 | 64 | 6.11 | 1.30 | 0.38 | |||
Seaborg: overall | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 75 | 64 | 168 | 6.10 | 1.00 | 0.18 | 0.33 | -0.33 | |
Seaborg SW: General tools and utilities | 2 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 37 | 98 | 6.09 | 0.97 | -0.00 | 0.18 | 0.11 | ||
Jacquard SW: Applications software | 1 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 44 | 6.09 | 1.14 | 0.31 | ||||
Bassi: Disk configuration and I/O performance | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 30 | 76 | 6.08 | 1.16 | |||
HPSS: Data access time | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 38 | 91 | 6.08 | 1.17 | 0.08 | -0.17 | -0.38 |
DaVinci: overall | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 6.07 | 1.36 | 0.42 | 0.59 | 0.84 | ||
OVERALL: Hardware management and configuration | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 86 | 89 | 213 | 6.07 | 1.15 | 0.09 | 0.18 | -0.00 |
Jacquard: Disk configuration and I/O performance | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 30 | 68 | 6.06 | 1.16 | 0.18 | |||
OVERALL: Software management and configuration | 8 | 19 | 17 | 65 | 89 | 198 | 6.05 | 1.13 | -0.17 | -0.14 | 0.01 | ||
Bassi SW: General tools and utilities | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 52 | 6.04 | 1.17 | ||||
Off-hours 24x7 Computer and ESnet Operations support | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 47 | 88 | 6.03 | 1.37 | |||
Bassi SW: Applications software | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 49 | 6.02 | 1.18 | |||||
WEB: Ease of finding information | 1 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 90 | 72 | 209 | 6.02 | 0.99 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.22 | |
DaVinci SW: Visualization software | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 6.00 | 1.37 | 0.57 | ||||
NERSC CVS server | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 6.00 | 1.10 | -0.21 | 0.67 | ||||
PDSF: Batch queue structure | 1 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 38 | 5.97 | 0.97 | -0.03 | -0.34 | -0.03 | ||
OVERALL: Available Software | 6 | 24 | 22 | 85 | 82 | 219 | 5.97 | 1.08 | -0.22 | -0.26 | -0.08 | ||
Jacquard: Batch queue structure | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 79 | 5.95 | 1.14 | 0.49 | |||
PDSF: Batch wait time | 1 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 39 | 5.95 | 1.00 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.02 | ||
TRAINING: NERSC classes: in-person | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 5.94 | 1.26 | -0.18 | 0.46 | 1.06 | |||
Seaborg: Disk configuration and I/O performance | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 55 | 49 | 136 | 5.92 | 1.19 | -0.14 | -0.02 | -0.23 |
Bassi: Batch queue structure | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 29 | 86 | 5.92 | 1.16 | ||||
PDSF SW: Software environment | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 36 | 5.92 | 1.25 | -0.52 | -0.44 | -0.41 | ||
Remote network performance to/from NERSC (e.g. Seaborg to your home institution) | 1 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 64 | 63 | 166 | 5.89 | 1.33 | -0.24 | -0.23 | -0.23 |
Jacquard: Batch wait time | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 23 | 82 | 5.87 | 1.13 | 0.71 | |||
PDSF SW: Applications software | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 5.86 | 1.21 | -0.28 | 0.07 | -0.01 | ||
Bassi: Batch wait time | 3 | 7 | 16 | 40 | 25 | 91 | 5.85 | 1.02 | |||||
PDSF SW: Programming libraries | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 5.84 | 1.13 | -0.62 | -0.30 | -0.16 | ||
WEB: Searching | 3 | 13 | 18 | 41 | 35 | 110 | 5.84 | 1.09 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.40 | ||
PDSF: Uptime (availability) | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 5.83 | 1.31 | -0.06 | -0.57 | -0.52 | ||
HPSS: User interface (hsi, pftp, ftp) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 33 | 95 | 5.83 | 1.26 | -0.29 | -0.31 | -0.15 |
PDSF: Overall satisfaction | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 43 | 5.81 | 1.20 | -0.19 | -0.71 | -0.60 | |
Bassi SW: Performance and debugging tools | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 53 | 5.77 | 1.45 | |||
Seaborg: Batch queue structure | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 61 | 48 | 153 | 5.77 | 1.27 | 0.72 | 1.11 | 0.08 |
Jacquard: Ability to run interactively | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 68 | 5.76 | 1.29 | 0.20 | |||
Live classes on the web | 5 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 5.76 | 1.14 | 0.04 | 0.61 | 1.09 | |||
Seaborg: Ability to run interactively | 2 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 42 | 45 | 131 | 5.71 | 1.32 | 0.18 | 0.37 | 0.14 | |
Seaborg SW: Performance and debugging tools | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 28 | 95 | 5.69 | 1.31 | -0.31 | -0.14 | 0.12 | |
SERVICES: Visualization services | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 5.69 | 1.31 | -0.14 | 0.28 | 0.88 | ||
PDSF SW: General tools and utilities | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 34 | 5.62 | 1.33 | -0.58 | -0.21 | -0.31 | |
Jacquard SW: Performance and debugging tools | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 11 | 44 | 5.59 | 1.45 | 0.24 | |||
Bassi: Ability to run interactively | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 75 | 5.55 | 1.60 | |||
PDSF SW: Performance and debugging tools | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 5.48 | 1.52 | -0.52 | -0.29 | 0.17 | |
Seaborg SW: Visualization software | 1 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 42 | 5.45 | 1.19 | -0.08 | 0.05 | 0.37 | ||
PDSF: Ability to run interactively | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 41 | 5.39 | 1.30 | -0.40 | -0.29 | -0.38 |
OVERALL: Data analysis and visualization facilities | 2 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 47 | 23 | 128 | 5.37 | 1.22 | -0.28 | -0.04 | ||
Bassi SW: Visualization software | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 5.36 | 1.62 | ||||
PDSF: Disk configuration and I/O performance | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 39 | 5.10 | 1.54 | -0.04 | -0.49 | -0.59 | |
Seaborg: Batch wait time | 6 | 5 | 27 | 11 | 35 | 56 | 19 | 159 | 4.94 | 1.57 | 0.99 | 1.09 | -0.30 |
All Satisfaction Topics - by Number of Responses
7=Very satisfied, 6=Mostly satisfied, 5=Somewhat satisfied, 4=Neutral, 3=Somewhat dissatisfied, 2=Mostly dissatisfied, 1=Very dissatisfied
Item | Num who rated this item as: | Total Responses | Average Score | Std. Dev. | Change from 2005 | Change from 2004 | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||
OVERALL: Satisfaction with NERSC | 2 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 99 | 128 | 249 | 6.31 | 1.01 | 0.11 | 0.21 | |
OVERALL: Available Computing Hardware | 3 | 5 | 29 | 108 | 92 | 237 | 6.19 | 0.82 | 0.30 | 0.53 | ||
OVERALL: Consulting and Support Services | 4 | 8 | 7 | 58 | 159 | 236 | 6.53 | 0.85 | -0.20 | -0.14 | ||
NERSC security | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 72 | 134 | 235 | 6.30 | 1.11 | -0.31 | -0.18 |
OVERALL: Network connectivity | 8 | 10 | 19 | 69 | 124 | 230 | 6.27 | 1.02 | -0.18 | -0.11 | ||
OVERALL: Available Software | 6 | 24 | 22 | 85 | 82 | 219 | 5.97 | 1.08 | -0.22 | -0.26 | ||
OVERALL: Hardware management and configuration | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 86 | 89 | 213 | 6.07 | 1.15 | 0.09 | 0.18 |
WEB: NERSC web site overall (www.nersc.gov) | 2 | 4 | 8 | 92 | 105 | 211 | 6.39 | 0.74 | 0.10 | 0.07 | ||
WEB: Ease of finding information | 1 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 90 | 72 | 209 | 6.02 | 0.99 | 0.09 | 0.13 | |
Account support services | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 147 | 202 | 6.64 | 0.76 | -0.09 | -0.04 | |
NIM | 3 | 2 | 19 | 76 | 102 | 202 | 6.35 | 0.81 | 0.19 | 0.10 | ||
CONSULT: overall | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 59 | 124 | 199 | 6.47 | 0.90 | -0.21 | -0.22 |
WEB: Accuracy of information | 1 | 6 | 7 | 79 | 106 | 199 | 6.42 | 0.75 | 0.02 | 0.22 | ||
CONSULT: Timely initial response to consulting questions | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 136 | 198 | 6.57 | 0.81 | -0.08 | -0.13 | |
OVERALL: Software management and configuration | 8 | 19 | 17 | 65 | 89 | 198 | 6.05 | 1.13 | -0.17 | -0.14 | ||
CONSULT: Amount of time to resolve your issue | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 68 | 103 | 196 | 6.27 | 1.08 | -0.14 | -0.33 | |
WEB: Timeliness of information | 1 | 13 | 21 | 69 | 90 | 194 | 6.21 | 0.92 | 0.09 | 0.04 | ||
CONSULT: Quality of technical advice | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 66 | 113 | 193 | 6.46 | 0.84 | -0.16 | -0.13 | |
OVERALL: Mass storage facilities | 4 | 17 | 13 | 52 | 86 | 172 | 6.16 | 1.08 | -0.16 | -0.20 | ||
CONSULT: Followup to initial consulting questions | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 55 | 117 | 187 | 6.49 | 0.86 | -0.08 | -0.17 | |
Seaborg: overall | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 75 | 64 | 168 | 6.10 | 1.00 | 0.18 | 0.33 | |
Remote network performance to/from NERSC (e.g. Seaborg to your home institution) | 1 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 64 | 63 | 166 | 5.89 | 1.33 | -0.24 | -0.23 |
SERVICES: Allocations process | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 70 | 76 | 165 | 6.28 | 0.85 | 0.12 | 0.35 | |
Seaborg: Batch wait time | 6 | 5 | 27 | 11 | 35 | 56 | 19 | 159 | 4.94 | 1.57 | 0.99 | 1.09 |
Seaborg: Uptime (Availability) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 52 | 79 | 159 | 6.23 | 0.99 | -0.33 | -0.03 | |
Seaborg: Batch queue structure | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 61 | 48 | 153 | 5.77 | 1.27 | 0.72 | 1.11 |
Seaborg SW: Software environment | 1 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 77 | 140 | 6.41 | 0.81 | 0.02 | 0.07 | ||
Seaborg: Ability to run interactively | 2 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 42 | 45 | 131 | 5.71 | 1.32 | 0.18 | 0.37 | |
Seaborg: Disk configuration and I/O performance | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 55 | 49 | 136 | 5.92 | 1.19 | -0.14 | -0.02 |
OVERALL: Data analysis and visualization facilities | 2 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 47 | 23 | 128 | 5.37 | 1.22 | -0.28 | -0.04 | |
Seaborg SW: Fortran compilers | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 80 | 126 | 6.45 | 0.93 | -0.04 | 0.04 | |
CONSULT: Software bug resolution | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 60 | 120 | 6.14 | 1.16 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
Network performance within NERSC (e.g. Seaborg to HPSS) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 72 | 116 | 6.53 | 0.75 | -0.08 | -0.07 | ||
On-line help desk | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 55 | 115 | 6.21 | 1.02 | 0.04 | 0.05 | |
TRAINING: New User's Guide | 3 | 6 | 53 | 49 | 111 | 6.33 | 0.70 | -0.04 | 0.07 | |||
Seaborg SW: Programming libraries | 1 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 60 | 110 | 6.32 | 0.96 | -0.09 | 0.05 | ||
WEB: Searching | 3 | 13 | 18 | 41 | 35 | 110 | 5.84 | 1.09 | 0.14 | 0.20 | ||
HPSS: Overall satisfaction | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 58 | 104 | 6.38 | 0.96 | -0.13 | -0.18 | |
Bassi: overall | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 57 | 99 | 6.26 | 1.23 | |||
Seaborg SW: General tools and utilities | 2 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 37 | 98 | 6.09 | 0.97 | -0.00 | 0.18 | ||
SERVICES: Response to special requests (e.g. disk quota increases, etc.) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 50 | 98 | 6.24 | 1.08 | -0.11 | 0.17 | |
HPSS: Data transfer rates | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 52 | 96 | 6.29 | 1.10 | -0.11 | -0.11 |
HPSS: User interface (hsi, pftp, ftp) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 33 | 95 | 5.83 | 1.26 | -0.29 | -0.31 |
Seaborg SW: Performance and debugging tools | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 28 | 95 | 5.69 | 1.31 | -0.31 | -0.14 | |
HPSS: Uptime (Availability) | 1 | 2 | 29 | 62 | 94 | 6.62 | 0.59 | -0.06 | -0.05 | |||
HPSS: Reliability (data integrity) | 2 | 22 | 69 | 93 | 6.70 | 0.59 | -0.03 | -0.04 | ||||
Bassi: Uptime (Availability) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 52 | 92 | 6.40 | 0.85 | ||||
Bassi: Batch wait time | 3 | 7 | 16 | 40 | 25 | 91 | 5.85 | 1.02 | ||||
HPSS: Data access time | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 38 | 91 | 6.08 | 1.17 | 0.08 | -0.17 |
Seaborg SW: Applications software | 1 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 91 | 6.18 | 0.97 | 0.01 | 0.04 | ||
Seaborg SW: C/C++ compilers | 1 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 55 | 90 | 6.40 | 0.93 | 0.03 | 0.14 | ||
SERVICES: E-mail lists | 2 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 42 | 89 | 6.18 | 1.03 | 0.10 | 0.06 | ||
TRAINING: Web tutorials | 4 | 10 | 44 | 31 | 89 | 6.15 | 0.79 | -0.07 | 0.05 | |||
Computer and Network Operations | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 47 | 88 | 6.03 | 1.37 | -0.57 | -0.47 |
Jacquard: overall | 2 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 46 | 88 | 6.27 | 1.01 | 0.49 | |||
Bassi: Batch queue structure | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 29 | 86 | 5.92 | 1.16 | |||
Jacquard: Uptime (Availability) | 2 | 2 | 26 | 55 | 85 | 6.58 | 0.66 | 0.73 | ||||
Jacquard: Batch wait time | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 23 | 82 | 5.87 | 1.13 | 0.71 | ||
Bassi SW: Software environment | 2 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 44 | 81 | 6.30 | 1.17 | ||||
Jacquard: Batch queue structure | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 79 | 5.95 | 1.14 | 0.49 | ||
Bassi: Disk configuration and I/O performance | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 30 | 76 | 6.08 | 1.16 | ||
Bassi: Ability to run interactively | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 75 | 5.55 | 1.60 | ||
Bassi SW: Fortran compilers | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 50 | 73 | 6.52 | 1.02 | ||||
Jacquard SW: Software environment | 4 | 6 | 29 | 34 | 73 | 6.27 | 0.84 | 0.15 | ||||
Jacquard: Ability to run interactively | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 68 | 5.76 | 1.29 | 0.20 | ||
Jacquard: Disk configuration and I/O performance | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 30 | 68 | 6.06 | 1.16 | 0.18 | ||
Jacquard SW: Fortran compilers | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 34 | 64 | 6.11 | 1.30 | 0.38 | ||
Bassi SW: Programming libraries | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 36 | 60 | 6.27 | 1.25 | |||
Jacquard SW: Programming libraries | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 56 | 6.16 | 1.17 | 0.24 | |||
Jacquard SW: C/C++ compilers | 2 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 28 | 54 | 6.26 | 1.10 | 0.11 | |||
Bassi SW: Performance and debugging tools | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 53 | 5.77 | 1.45 | ||
Bassi SW: General tools and utilities | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 52 | 6.04 | 1.17 | |||
Bassi SW: Applications software | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 49 | 6.02 | 1.18 | ||||
Bassi SW: C/C++ compilers | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 27 | 48 | 6.27 | 1.18 | ||||
Jacquard SW: General tools and utilities | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 47 | 6.17 | 0.82 | 0.19 | ||||
Jacquard SW: Applications software | 1 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 44 | 6.09 | 1.14 | 0.31 | |||
Jacquard SW: Performance and debugging tools | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 11 | 44 | 5.59 | 1.45 | 0.24 | ||
PDSF: Overall satisfaction | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 43 | 5.81 | 1.20 | -0.19 | -0.71 | |
PDSF: Uptime (availability) | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 5.83 | 1.31 | -0.06 | -0.57 | ||
Seaborg SW: Visualization software | 1 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 42 | 5.45 | 1.19 | -0.08 | 0.05 | ||
PDSF: Ability to run interactively | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 41 | 5.39 | 1.30 | -0.40 | -0.29 |
PDSF: Batch wait time | 1 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 39 | 5.95 | 1.00 | 0.15 | 0.08 | ||
PDSF: Disk configuration and I/O performance | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 39 | 5.10 | 1.54 | -0.04 | -0.49 | |
PDSF: Batch queue structure | 1 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 38 | 5.97 | 0.97 | -0.03 | -0.34 | ||
PDSF SW: Software environment | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 36 | 5.92 | 1.25 | -0.52 | -0.44 | ||
PDSF SW: General tools and utilities | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 34 | 5.62 | 1.33 | -0.58 | -0.21 | |
PDSF SW: C/C++ compilers | 3 | 13 | 17 | 33 | 6.42 | 0.66 | -0.18 | 0.19 | ||||
PDSF SW: Performance and debugging tools | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 5.48 | 1.52 | -0.52 | -0.29 | |
PDSF SW: Programming libraries | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 5.84 | 1.13 | -0.62 | -0.30 | ||
DaVinci: overall | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 6.07 | 1.36 | 0.42 | 0.59 | ||
SERVICES: Visualization services | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 5.69 | 1.31 | -0.14 | 0.28 | ||
PDSF SW: Applications software | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 5.86 | 1.21 | -0.28 | 0.07 | ||
NGF: Overall | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 6.38 | 1.06 | ||||
NGF: Uptime | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 6.35 | 1.16 | ||||
NGF: Reliability | 3 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 6.42 | 0.99 | ||||||
DaVinci SW: Software environment | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 6.42 | 0.83 | |||||
NERSC CVS server | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 6.00 | 1.10 | -0.21 | 0.67 | |||
GRID: Access and Authentication | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 6.26 | 1.29 | -0.16 | ||||
NGF: I/O Bandwidth | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 6.17 | 0.98 | |||||
Bassi SW: Visualization software | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 5.36 | 1.62 | |||
GRID: File Transfer | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 6.18 | 1.30 | -0.10 | |||
NGF: File and Directory Operations | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 6.41 | 0.80 | |||||
Live classes on the web | 5 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 5.76 | 1.14 | 0.04 | 0.61 | |||
GRID: Job Monitoring | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 6.20 | 1.54 | -0.30 | ||||
DaVinci SW: Visualization software | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 6.00 | 1.37 | 0.57 | |||
GRID: Job Submission | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 19 | 6.32 | 1.53 | -0.21 | |||
DaVinci SW: Fortran compilers | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 6.22 | 1.44 | |||||
TRAINING: NERSC classes: in-person | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 5.94 | 1.26 | -0.18 | 0.46 | |||
Jacquard SW: Visualization software | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 6.12 | 0.93 | 0.58 | ||||
PDSF SW: Fortran compilers | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 6.12 | 0.93 | -0.08 | 0.25 | |||
DaVinci SW: C/C++ compilers | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6.62 | 0.65 |
All Importance Topics
Importance Ratings: 3=Very important, 2=Somewhat important, 1=Not important
Satisfaction Ratings: 7=Very satisfied, 6=Mostly satisfied, 5=Somewhat satisfied, 4=Neutral, 3=Somewhat dissatisfied, 2=Mostly dissatisfied, 1=Very dissatisfied
Item | Num who rated this item as: | Total Responses for Importance | Average Importance Score | Std. Dev. | Total Responses for Satisfaction | Average Satisfaction Score | Std. Dev. | Change from 2005 | Change from 2004 | Change from 2003 | ||
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OVERALL: Satisfaction with NERSC | 31 | 202 | 233 | 2.87 | 0.34 | 249 | 6.31 | 1.01 | 0.11 | 0.21 | -0.06 | |
OVERALL: Available Computing Hardware | 3 | 31 | 189 | 223 | 2.83 | 0.41 | 237 | 6.19 | 0.82 | 0.30 | 0.53 | 0.06 |
Account support services | 2 | 40 | 144 | 186 | 2.76 | 0.45 | 202 | 6.64 | 0.76 | -0.09 | -0.04 | 0.25 |
SERVICES: Allocations process | 3 | 31 | 119 | 153 | 2.76 | 0.47 | 165 | 6.28 | 0.85 | 0.12 | 0.35 | 0.59 |
OVERALL: Consulting and Support Services | 4 | 52 | 167 | 223 | 2.73 | 0.48 | 236 | 6.53 | 0.85 | -0.20 | -0.14 | 0.16 |
OVERALL: Network connectivity | 5 | 49 | 159 | 213 | 2.72 | 0.50 | 230 | 6.27 | 1.02 | -0.18 | -0.11 | 0.04 |
SERVICES: Response to special requests (e.g. disk quota increases, etc.) | 4 | 26 | 59 | 89 | 2.62 | 0.57 | 98 | 6.24 | 1.08 | -0.11 | 0.17 | -0.11 |
OVERALL: Hardware management and configuration | 7 | 68 | 122 | 197 | 2.58 | 0.56 | 213 | 6.07 | 1.15 | 0.09 | 0.18 | -0.00 |
OVERALL: Software management and configuration | 10 | 75 | 104 | 189 | 2.50 | 0.60 | 198 | 6.05 | 1.13 | -0.17 | -0.14 | 0.01 |
OVERALL: Available Software | 9 | 90 | 109 | 208 | 2.48 | 0.58 | 219 | 5.97 | 1.08 | -0.22 | -0.26 | -0.08 |
NERSC security | 21 | 83 | 121 | 225 | 2.44 | 0.66 | 235 | 6.30 | 1.11 | -0.31 | -0.18 | |
OVERALL: Mass storage facilities | 31 | 71 | 80 | 182 | 2.27 | 0.74 | 172 | 6.16 | 1.08 | -0.16 | -0.20 | 0.04 |
Off-hours 24x7 Computer and ESnet Operations support | 14 | 38 | 38 | 90 | 2.27 | 0.72 | 88 | 6.03 | 1.37 | |||
SERVICES: E-mail lists | 19 | 40 | 24 | 83 | 2.06 | 0.72 | 89 | 6.18 | 1.03 | 0.10 | 0.06 | |
OVERALL: Data analysis and visualization facilities | 54 | 57 | 45 | 156 | 1.94 | 0.80 | 128 | 5.37 | 1.22 | -0.28 | -0.04 | |
SERVICES: Visualization services | 26 | 15 | 13 | 54 | 1.76 | 0.82 | 29 | 5.69 | 1.31 | -0.14 | 0.28 | 0.88 |
NERSC CVS server | 23 | 11 | 6 | 40 | 1.57 | 0.75 | 24 | 6.00 | 1.10 | -0.21 | 0.67 |