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GridFTP: A Brief History of Fast File Transfer
Original: GridFTP: A Brief History of Fast File Transfer (2024)
The Globus project has published a retrospective on GridFTP, the high-performance file transfer protocol developed for moving massive scientific datasets across grids. The piece traces its origins, technical design, and its long-standing role in physics collaborations and large-scale research infrastructure, where moving terabytes quickly between institutions remains a daily challenge.
Why now: Researchers and systems enthusiasts are revisiting the history of a foundational tool for fast scientific data transfer.
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- GridFTP: A Brief History of Fast File Transfer (2024) · QuantumNomad_ · 17
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