GT 4.0 Data Management

Data management tools are concerned with the location, transfer, and management of distributed data, as described in Data Management: Key Concepts.

GT4's primary data management tools are:

• GridFTP [pdf] for high-performance and reliable data transport
• Reliable File Transfer (RFT) service [pdf] for managing multiple transfers
• Replica Location Service (RLS) [pdf] for maintaining location information for replicated files
• Data Replication Service (DRS) [pdf]
• OGSA Data Access and Integration (OGSA-DAI) [pdf] for accessing and integrated structured and semistructured data