Hi,

Were there specific reasons for RFT being dropped ? It would be good
to know because then I can decide if our GridFTP setup should continue
with RFT or wait till the new online file transfer service comes out.

Thanks
Arn

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Stuart Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Arn,
>
> You can continue to use RFT from the 4.2 or 4.0 release for some time.  It 
> will still work with gridftp from gt5.
>
> We are working on a new globus.org (online) file transfer service.  It is 
> still in development.  Some high-level details about it are here: 
> http://globus.org/service/  We are hoping to be adding a few "beta" testers 
> in the March - April timeframe.
>
> -Stu
>
> On Jan 20, 2010, at Jan 20, 1:53 PM, Arn wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Why is RFT not included in GT 5.0.0 ? What if I need a reliable file
>> transfer system for GridFTP in 5.0 , what can I do ?
>>
>> According to the release notes some replacement is in development,
>> specifically which component will replace RFT.
>> However, the release notes for GridFTP in 5.0.0 indicate that some
>> reliability is built into GridFTP. So can someone please clarify about
>> what to do if a reliable file transfer is needed with GridFTP in GT
>> 5.0.0 ?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>> Arn
>
>

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