Globus

Collaboration Computing & Cloud Storage FIPPA Compliant

Big Data, File Transfer, and Globus

Description

Fast, secure, sharing and fire-and-forget file transfers. Globus can be used for moving data between any two resources, whether it is a small number of very large (even terabyte-sized) files or a very large number of small files.

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Who can use it

Authorized Students, Faculty

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Support

Contact

Contact ARC

Contact Compute Canada

Self service links and Resources

Learn more about Globus

Features

Rather than copying data, you request a transfer; Tailored towards moving large volumes of data; Allows you to have a personal endpoint to share data with anyone in the globus network

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Associated Costs

None

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Alternatives

FTP

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Related university supported tools/services

• FTP/SFTP endpoints

  File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or SSH(Secure) File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) available servers. Provides file access, file transfer, and file management. Potentially self-managed, allowing transfer access to storage.