Data management tools are concerned with the location, transfer, and management of distributed data.
See Key Concepts for more important high-level information about data management components.
| If you want to: | see: |
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transfer and manage files | GridFTP |
| transfer large datasets reliably | Reliable File Transfer (RFT) Service |
| maintain location information for replicated files | Replica Location Service (RLS) |
| maintain location information for replicated files via a WS interface | WS Replica Location Service (WS RLS) |
| use a WS interface to both Replica Location Service (RLS) and Reliable File Transfer (RFT) Service in one intregated service (to locate, register replicas AND transfer data reliably) | Data Replication Service (DRS) |