GridFTP is a file transfer protocol that uses parallel streams to provide good bulk performance over LFNs. The underlying transport can be TCP or UDT. GridFTP is based of the Globus Toolkit. GridFTP used to depend on the Grid Security Infrastructure for authentication. Since the Globus 4.2 release in July 2008, GridFTP can alternatively use SSH for the control connection. This should make it easier to use GridFTP outside of the full Globus infrastructure.

References

• http://www.globus.org/toolkit/data/gridftp/ - GridFTP Portal
  • Tutorials - contains a tutorial on Configuring and Installing GridFTP, including donwloadable installers for Linux i386, Mac OS X ppc, and source
  • Success stories - testimonials from happy GridFTP users reporting impressive throughput numbers
• Feature - GridFTP moves your data and your news, R. Kettimuthu, iSGTW (International Science Grid This Week), July 2008
• GridFTP information on the Globus Toolkit 5.0.4 site:
  • documentation, May 2011
  • release notes, May 2011
  • GridFTP: System Userr's Guide, May 2011
  • GridFTP: System Administrator's Guide, May 2011

-- Main.SimonLeinen - 04 Jul 2008 - 09 Nov 2011