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 > >
