Transport protocols and bulk file transfer

[Raj Kettimuthu <>]

All,
I may not be able to join the call today but I would like this group to
discuss GridFTP as a choice for bulk transport service.

Thanks,
Raj


On Thu, 26 Jun 2008, Martin Swany wrote:

> Hi Susan, All,
>
> > This is the 1st formal meeting of this group since Stas left
> > Internet2. New Chairs -- Steve Senger and Chet Rusckzyk -- are going
> > to 'test' Martin Swany's Phoebus because the Stas-output (VFER)
> > didn't meet either VHP or e-VLBI needs.
> >
> > These calls are schedule for the 3rd Thursday of the month but this
> > one has been moved from last week to tomorrow.
> >
> > I hope to speak with you all soon,
>
> I'm at the same meeting as Jason, but I'd like to try to join.  I can
> try
> with Skype unless there is a possibility to use h323.
>
> Also, I think that the above characterization is not quite right.  I'm
> not
> sure that Steve and Chet are really going to test Phoebus against
> their particular applications, but rather that we as a group will
> discuss Phoebus as a bulk data transport service.  From the WG
> description:
>
> The Transport working group will address the need of the community for
> a bulk transport tool that is easy to use on today's advanced
> networks, is portable across a wide range of platforms, has high
> performance, can tolerate minor non-congestive packet loss, applicable
> to both static file transfer and interactive applications, and is TCP-
> friendly.
>
> I understand that there were some assumptions made early
> about how this tool would be structured, but I think that we
> should perhaps start by reevaluating some of those.   I would
> also contend that we might need to update the charter to mention
> use of DCN, as it is a concern of the community that has emerged
> since this charter was written.
>
> best,
> martin
>
>