Over the past 2-3 years a number of scientific disciplines have purchased large instruments that are capable in generating appreciably large datasets. In addition to this increase in data production, there is a requirement for the produced data to be processed and analysed. Generation and processing capabilities are physically located in different locations around the UK, therefore there is a growing requirement from the community to transfer large (>1Tb) files, or multiple thereof, in the shortest possible time frame.

Here is a extremely well put together and useful web resource. The Energy Sciences network developed this Knowledge Base and provides advice around:

• Network Architecture, including the Science DMZ model
• Host Tuning
• Network Tuning
• Data Transfer Tools
• Network Performance Testing

The the knowledgebase can be found here http://fasterdata.es.net/

Here is an archive of an historic working group organised by Mark Leese at the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC), now known as STFC.

*The following text is taken from the web archive of the group*

Networks for Non-Networkers 2 (NFNN2) was a one and a half day workshop for people working at the technical level in high-bandwidth dependent science. It is not aimed at network researchers or networking experts, but at people trying to use the network for science; people who have questions like: