About GridFTP

GridFTP is a protocol for network transfers using grid frameworks. GridFTP is part of the globus toolkit and was designed for efficient and secure transfer of large amounts of data. GridFTP uses extensions to the FTP protocol to add enhancements such as parallel transfers and automatic restart of transfer after interruption.

See here for the official documentation.

GridFTP user documentation

Status of ARCS GridFTP services

Most ARCS GridFTP servers are deployed as part of the ngdata virtual machine. The GridFTP server in that deployment is part of VDT 1.6.1.

Roadmap

• Deploy ngdata with VDT 1.8.1. First quarter 2008.
• Refactor component packages of ngdata so that they can be deployed both within a VM or on to another existing system. Second quarter 2008.

ARCS GridFTP servers

technical documentation

-- StephenMcMahon - 22 Jan 2008