GridCopy: Moving Data Fast on the Grid

An important type of communication in grid and distributed computing environments is bulk data transfer. GridFTP has emerged as a de facto standard for secure, reliable, high-performance data transfer across resources on the Grid. GridCopy provides a simple GridFTP client interface to users and extensible configuration that can be changed dynamically by administrators to make efficient data movement in the Grid easier for users.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: IPPS
• Authors: Rajkumar Kettimuthu, William E. Allcock, Lee Liming, John-Paul Navarro, Ian T. Foster
• Keywords: Bulk Data, Distributed And Parallel Computing, Efficient Data Movement, Grid, IPPS 2007