Questionaire For UK HE Sites - Batch Processing Systems
Academic Computing Services , University Of Sheffield
Stuart Herbert (S.Herbert@Sheffield.ac.uk)Document copyright ©. All rights reserved.
Abstract
The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has funded a one-year
post to evaluate, and support, batch processing systems for UK
Higher Education. It would be of great help if you could complete
this questionaire and return it to me, by electronic mail, no later
than Monday 24th October.
Contents
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Questionaire
About Yourself
- Are you replying on behalf of:
site/department/self
General Attitudes
- Do you use any batch processing systems?
Monsanto-NQS/CERN-NQS/DQS/SGI 4D-NQS/Sterling NQS/
other (please specify)
- If not :
a) Why not?
no demand/low priority/low resources/cost/other (please specify)
- If yes :
a) Which platforms do you use them on?
IRIX/SunOS/Solaris/AIX/HPUX/ULTRIX/OSF/other (please specify)
b) How happy are you with your existing batch processing system?
Happy/unhappy (please explain why)
c) Do you think that public-domain/freeware systems are good enough?
Yes/no
d) If not, how much would you be prepared to pay in total for a
commercial system?
Requirements
What features do you want from a batch processing system?
- Ease of installation
not important/important/very important/okay as things stand
- Ease of configuration
not important/important/very important/okay as things stand
- Admin training material
not important/important/very important/okay as things stand
- User training material
not important/important/very important/okay as things stand
- Multi-processor support
not important/important/very important/okay as things stand
- Support for using more than one machine to run jobs on?
not important/important/very important/okay as things stand
- GUI-based tools for admin?
not important/important/very important/okay as things stand
- GUI-based tools for users?
not important/important/very important/okay as things stand
Any Other Comments
Any other comments:
Do you wish to be kept informed of future developments?
Yes/No
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Thank you for your time,
Stuart Herbert, (S.Herbert@Sheffield.ac.uk)
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