Features of Globus

Research Data Management (Globus)
With Globus, subscribers can  move, share, and discover data  via a single interface whether your files live on a supercomputer, lab cluster, tape archive, public cloud or your laptop, you can manage this data from anywhere, using your existing identities, via just a web browser.​

Developers can also use Globus to build applications and gateways leveraging advanced identity management, single sign-on, search, authorization, and automation capabilities. Pitt students, faculty, and staff can link their University Computing Accounts (UCA) to a Globus account to use the platform. Pitt Information Technology funds the annual subscription plan providing unlimited access, premium features, and technical support at no charge to the Pitt community.

Key Benefits

●  Transfer files:  From kilobytes to petabytes, with Globus you can efficiently, reliably, and securely move data between systems within your site or across an ocean.
●  Share files with others:  All you need is an email address to share data with colleagues – Globus manages authentication and access.
●  Develop applications and gateways:  The open REST APIs and Python SDK empower you to create an integrated ecosystem of research data services, applications, and workflows.

Globus Components

●  Globus Connect Server:  Software that creates an endpoint on multi-user systems such as lab servers, campus research computing clusters, and other high-performance computing or storage resources. Globus Connect Server is available for all POSIX-compliant filesystems, and many object stores and tape archives.
●  Globus Connect Personal:  Software that turns your laptop or other personal computer into a Globus endpoint with just a few clicks. With Globus Connect Personal you can share and transfer files to/from a local machine, campus server, or other computer even if it’s behind a firewall and you don’t have administrative privileges. Globus Connect Personal is available for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux operating systems.
●  Globus Transfer:  Is software-as-a-service (SaaS) for file transfer, and sharing. It is a cloud-hosted service, operated by the Globus development team, that acts as a third-party mediator/facilitator for managing data on storage systems (or endpoints) that are owned and managed by their respective owners.