The FCCN service for securely sending large files has seen a significant increase in usage, according to the Infrastructure Manager of the FCT's National Scientific Computing Unit, João Rosa.
During the month of April 2020, almost 9 thousand files were sent through Filesender – a figure that represents an increase of 181% compared to the previous year. This significant increase, explains the infrastructure manager of the FCCN Unit, João Rosa, is the result of the “high demand for collaborative tools from the community” served by the National Scientific Computing Unit of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCCN Unit).
In total, during the first four months of 2020, around 23 thousand files were sent through Filesender – an increase of 57% compared to the same period in 2019. João Rosa explains that the most significant increase is recorded from March onwards, “finding maximum expression in April”.
Filesender offers a secure solution for sending and temporarily sharing large files (up to 100GB) between RCTS users. This web application allows users authenticated through the RCTSaai service to send and temporarily store large files.
Although the service is intended for the community served by institutions affiliated with RCTS, it also allows file sharing between an RCTSaai (non-federated) user and another user without any authentication. "This is a very useful solution for those situations where the file you want to send is too large to be sent via email," explains João Rosa.
For more information, see the filesender page.
