[ASP-GAU-Users] SCD Survey

Maura Hagan hagan at ucar.edu
Thu Feb 16 09:39:53 MST 2006


Hi all-
   SCD has requested that I fill out a survey on behalf of the ASP
GAU users which includes feedback on the performance and
capabilities of the SCD Supercomputers. I need your help with this.
Would you kindly provide your appraisal of the following four
computers (XXX), as appropriate:
Bluesky (IBM SP POWER 4)  Blackforest (IBM SP POWER3)  Lightning (IBM Linux) 
	Bluevista (IBM SP POWER5) 

by indicating whether you're
Very Dissatisfied	Dissatisfied	   Neutral	Satisfied 
	Very Satisfied		N/A

in response to the following criteria:

Capability of XXX
Ease of use of XXX
Ease of porting codes to XXX
Turnaround time on XXX for batch programs
Availability of XXX (i.e. uptime of computer)
Interactive performance on XXX
Debugging on XXX
Queuing system and scheduler on XXX
Compilers on XXX
Code parallelization on XXX
Mathematical software and other analysis tools available on XXX
Software engineering tools on XXX
Availability of /contrib on XXX for project-specific software that is 
managed by users
Sufficient temporary disk space on XXX
Sufficient home directory disk space on XXX

Please CC  Paula on your reply. Thanks in advance for your help.
--Maura

-- 
Maura Hagan
Director, Advanced Study Program
Senior Scientist, High Altitude Observatory
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, Colorado
+1-303-497-1537
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