Probe Testbed at NERSC is used to test Grid extensions to HPSS

Existing Grid clients can access HPSS and improve throughput by using the NERSC Grid-enabled HPSS server. Users with larger data sets, who need even faster throughput to HPSS can install and use the Grid-enabled PFTP client.

  • PFTP accepts Grid credentials and authentication.
  • TCP buffer size is based on size of data set and the network topology.