Globus Connect Versions
Globus Connect comes in two flavors: Globus Connect Personal is designed for use by a single user on a personal machine; Globus Connect Server is designed to be installed by a system administrator on multi-user computing and storage resources. Please select from one of the versions below—if you're not sure which one is right for you, start with Globus Connect Personal.
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Researchers and other end users
Globus Connect Personal
Creates a Globus endpoint on your laptop or other personal computer and allows you to transfer and share files, even if you don't have administrative privileges on your machine. Globus Connect Personal is available for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux operating systems.
Network and System Administrators
Globus Connect Server
Creates a Globus endpoint on multi-user systems such as a lab servers, campus research computing clusters, and other high-performance computing or storage resources. Globus Connect Server is available for all POSIX-compliant filesystems, and many object stores and tape archives.