Globus

Globus is a robust data management platform designed to facilitate the secure and efficient transfer of large datasets across institutions and collaborators.

Registering for a Globus Account

In order to make use of the Globus platform, you will need to create an account. Most users will do so by using their institutional login (e.g., MIT Kerberos), which will be tied to your email.

If you are not affiliated with an academic or research institution listed, you can create your own unique login Globus login, which will take the form [e-mail].

For a step-by step guide on how to login to Globus and transfer files, please see here.

Accessing KI Core Collections

There are several public guest collections available in Globus, through which you will be able to access generated core data:

1. Koch Institute Histology Data

2. Koch Institute Imaging Data

3. Koch Institute Microscopy Data

4. Koch Institute Nano Data

Once you have created a Globus account, you can reach out to the core responsible for your data to request access to one of these collections, and a link will be shared with you via email after approval.

Until you are provided access, you will not be able to browse the collections via the links above.

Transfer Requests

If you require assistance with moving data to or from an external collaborator and local KI storage, we can help to facilitate that. This is the information that we'll need from you:

Incoming Transfers

1. What is the volume (size, number of files) of data being moved?

2. Which storage host is the data located on, and what is the absolute path to it? This will depend on your lab association.

3. What is the requested delivery date? This should be at least two weeks in advance in order to accommodate for network and filesystem performance.

Outgoing Transfers

1. What is the volume (size, number of files) of data being moved?

2. Does the destination institution use Globus? If so, has the destination Globus collection been created yet? If not, the data can be transferred to local storage using Globus Connect Personal, which will need to be configured prior to the transfer.

3. What is the requested delivery date? This should be at least two weeks in advance in order to accommodate for network and filesystem performance.

For additional assistance or questions, we can be reached at [e-mail].

Resources

• https://docs.globus.org/guides/tutorials/manage-files/transfer-files/

• https://globus.stanford.edu/scenarios.html

• https://docs.globus.org/faq/security/

• https://docs.globus.org/faq/transfer-sharing/