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Before you start installing the Globus Toolkit 4.1.0, 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-web services implementations of:
- Security (Pre-WS Authentication and Authorization)
- File Transfers GridFTP
- Resource Management (Pre-WS GRAM)
- Replica Location Service
- and Information Services (MDS2).
![[Important]](/docbook-images/important.gif) | Important |
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These all run on Unix platforms only. |
Additionally, there are WSRF implementations of:
- Security (Delegation Service, ...?)
- Resource Management (WS GRAM)
- Reliable File Transfer (RFT)
- and Information Services (Index Service).
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All the Java clients to these services run on both Windows and Unix. The WSRF 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.