Globus Community

For more than 30 years AARNet has provided reliable telecommunications services, along with an expanding range of cyber security, data and collaboration services. Our network and services are designed to meet the specialised needs of Australia’s research and education sector.

Hosted by AARNet, Globus Community Australasia is a central hub for staff at Australian and New Zealand universities and research institutions who are using the Globus data movement service. The community aims to foster collaboration among IT administrators, researchers, and Globus group managers by providing a platform to share knowledge, resources, and best practices.

“Helping researchers solve complex data movement challenges is a key part of what we do at AARNet and partnering with organisations such as Globus helps us to do this.”

– Greg D’Arcy, Digital Research Product Manager, AARNet

Case Studies

National Transport Research Organisation Transforms Road Surveys with Globus

NTRO operates a fleet of advanced survey vehicles, including the Intelligent Pavement Assessment Vehicle (iPAVE), a prime mover with a trailer that uses heavy loading and precision sensors to measure pavement strength, along with other systems that collect detailed information on road assets and overall network performance. Each survey generates gigabytes of data per lane kilometre, creating both an opportunity for unprecedented insight and a challenge in moving and processing this information quickly and reliably.

To support this work, NTRO has integrated Globus, delivered by AARNet, into its data workflow. With each vehicle capturing and transmitting huge amounts of sensor data, Globus ensures that information can be securely and reliably transferred from the road to NTRO’s cloud systems. This innovation also enables real-time validation of captured and processed data, ensuring quality results as soon as they are uploaded. The shift means results that once took weeks or months to prepare are now available to clients within days.

Smooth Migration for BioCommons’ Apollo Service: AARNet and Globus support critical data transfer

The Australian Apollo Service migrated 15 TB of research data during an infrastructure change at the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre. Using Globus over AARNet’s high-speed network, they achieved a fast, secure, and disruption-free transfer, preserving metadata and ensuring life science researchers maintained seamless access to critical data and workflows throughout the transition.

Enabling Astronomy at Scale with AARNet and Globus

Astronomers studying long-period radio transients with South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope generate up to 2 TB per session. Using Globus over AARNet’s high-speed network, they transfer data to Australia quickly and reliably, enabling rapid analysis, refining observations, and sustaining scientific momentum across vast international distances.

Data Without Borders: the role of Globus in international genome research

Genetics technical specialists at the Biomolecular Resource Facility (BRF) are using Globus to transfer and share huge datasets through AARNet with national and international collaborators. Globus has greatly sped up their data delivery process, eliminating the need to spend time and resources to compress data into smaller files before sending them. For a recent project, they were able to transfer over 3 TB from their laboratory in Australia to a collaborator in New Zealand in only three hours using Globus.