Globus Connect Personal is a tool for moving large data sets between hosts and facilities. Based on GridFTP, Globus has enhanced features such as parallel streams, increased security, and automatic restart to recover from network and server hiccups. What this means to the user is faster, more robust transfers of ever-growing data sets. Clients are available for Linux, Windows, and Mac, with the added benefit that you can do it yourself.

Getting Started

The first thing you will need to do is request an account from Globus.

1. Follow the link to Globus and click on the Sign Up option at the top of the page: https://www.globus.org
2. After your account is created, go to their download site to get the Globus Connect Personal software for your platform: https://www.globus.org/globus-connect-personal
3. Install the client on your system, following the installation instructions on their download site.
4. If you want to add your /project directory or any other directory for your downloads, go to Client Preferences and add those directories.