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Globus Connect Server version 4

Globus Connect Server is the name of the software used to create Globus Connect Server endpoints, for allowing multiple users to access their files on a server (or the server’s connected storage). It is meant to be installed on multi-user machines, and on machines where multiple users have data (even if they can not log in directly).

Globus Connect Server requires:

  • A Public IP address.

    Even if you are only doing data transfer within Stanford, your system must be able to accept unsolicited connections from Globus.

    It is actually possible to use Globus Connect Server with a private IP address (for example, Globus Connect Server running on an EC2 instance). In this case, you must still have access to a public IP address, which is able to NAT the ports Globus needs.

  • Preferably, a server that you can dedicate to doing data transfer.

    Even with a single transfer, if configured appropriately, Globus will happily saturate a Gigabit or 10 Gigabit link.

Once you have the above items, you should read the Pre-Installation Planning guide for information on how to prepare your system, and how to install Globus Connect Server.

Globus Connect Server v4 (deprecated)