Hey all.

I see a lot of questions from folks about what kind of PMS setup they have, the server, the storage, etc… I thought a Google Forms survey might be an easy way to collect/show the information. If enough folks answer we could provide stats and metrics that would be interesting to see.

I am in the process of creating the survey now. I wanted to get some input on what kinds of questions/data/statistics folks would be interested in seeing in a survey.

This is what I have so far:

System Class = Server, Desktop, Laptop, Small Factor

CPU Manufacturer = free form text

CPU Architecture = free form text

Number of CPU Cores = 1 - 10

CPU Speed (in ghz) = number

Amount of RAM (in GB) = number

RAM Speed (in ghz) = number

Primary/OS Storage Type = HDD, SSD

Primary/OS Storage Size (in GB) = number

Data Storage Type = HDD, SSD

Data Storage Location = Internal, External (USB), NAS/Network, Cloud

Data Storage Cloud Vendor = N/A, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, ???

Data Storage Size (in GB) = number

Any others?

And for now I am going to keep most of the questions free-form text fields because I don’t know what all options should would be appropriate/complete. If y’all have input for that please do share.

Or, if y’all think this is a dumb ass idea let me know and I won’t waste cycles on it.