Globus Toolkit 3.2: Installation Guide
Overview
>Before You Begin
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Installing GT 3.2
Configuring
Testing
Troubleshooting
Before You Begin
Before you start installing the Globus Toolkit 3.2, there are a few things you should consider. The toolkit contains many subcomponents, and you may only be interested in some of them.
There are non-webservices implementations of Security, GridFTP, Resource Management (GRAM), Replica Location Service, and Information Services (MDS2). These all run on Unix platforms only.
Additionally, there are OGSI implementations of Security, Resource Management (GRAM), Reliable File Transfer (RFT), and Information Services (Index). All the Java clients to these services run on both Windows and Unix. The OGSI GRAM service requires infrastructure that only runs on Unix systems.
Therefore, if you are new to the toolkit and want to experiment with all of the components, you may want to use a Unix system. If you are interested in the Windows development, you may restrict yourself to the Java-based software.
Conceptual Overview
This section is under construction.