OpenSees Workflows

In practice, there are four main ways to run OpenSees on DesignSafe:

1. Web Portal (Tapis Apps): Submit preconfigured jobs directly to HPC.

2. JupyterHub (local run): Run OpenSees interactively inside a Jupyter container.

3. JupyterHub (HPC submission): Stage and launch jobs to HPC using Tapis Apps from your notebooks.

4. SSH (manual SLURM): Log into HPC systems and submit custom batch jobs.

The diagram below illustrates how these workflows map onto the DesignSafe architecture:

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Recommendations

Because each workflow has trade-offs, here are some practical guidelines:

1. Run small to medium jobs within JupyterHub

• Fastest turnaround — no queue wait and no walltime limits.

• Each container provides 8 processors.

  

2. Submit medium to large jobs to HPC from JupyterHub

• Recommended for heavier workloads.

• Combines the convenience of Jupyter for file and script management with the scalability of HPC resources.