The basic Globus transfer functionality has the following features:

Web App

Web interface provides easy account administration and one-time transfers.

Simplicity

Transfer settings and details are optimized without user intervention.

Speed

Data is transferred over multiple streams to optimize available bandwidth.

Fault Tolerance

Interrupted transfers are retried automatically.

Validation

By default, completed transfers are validated to ensure success.

Security

Encryption can easily be added to transfers for added security.

Additionally, Globus offers the following advanced functionality, which is described in Advanced Globus Data Transfer:

Scripting

Command Line Interface lets you add transfer commands to scripts.

Personal Servers

Transfer files directly to compute resources from Globus servers on personal computers.