developerWorks: Transferring Files with GridFTP

“Computational Grids provide the infrastructure for powerful new
tools for investigation, including desktop computing, smart
instruments, collaboration, and distributed computing. The Globus
Project is currently engaged in defining and developing a
persistent data Grid with the following capabilities:

• “High-performance, secure, robust data transfer
  mechanisms.
• “A set of tools for creating and manipulating replicas of large
  datasets.
• “A mechanism for maintaining a catalog of dataset
  replicas.

“The GridFTP protocol and family of tools were born out of a
realization that the Grid environment needed a fast, secure,
efficient, and reliable transport mechanism. A computational Grid
is so large and decentralized that it requires a robust transport
mechanism…”

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