Globus

Globus is a research data management platform developed at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, providing reliable file transfer and sharing for scientific research. The platform serves over 250,000 researchers across universities, national laboratories, and research institutions globally. Globus enables transfer of multi-terabyte datasets between research computing systems with automated retry, integrity checking, and authentication. Features include integration with HPC schedulers, identity federation across institutions, and data sharing capabilities for collaborative research. The platform is particularly valuable for genomics, physics, climate science, and other fields requiring transfer of massive datasets between supercomputing facilities and research collaborators worldwide.