GridFTP: a brief history of high-speed scientific file transfer
QuantumNomad_ · hn · 2026-10-20
A Globus blog retrospective on GridFTP, the high-speed data transfer protocol born in the grid computing era that still underpins bulk scientific data movement across institutions. Covers its design choices — parallel streams, checkpoint restarts, grid security — and why its lessons remain relevant for today's large-scale data infrastructure.
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