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aspera connect server

universal file transfer server with web interface

Built upon Aspera Enterprise Server technology, the Aspera Connect Server is the ideal solution when files and directories are exchanged with a large number of users over the WAN.

With patented fasp™ transport at its core, the Aspera Connect Server delivers unmatched performance and includes all the exceptional transfer and user management capabilities of the industry-standard Enterprise Server.

Featuring a web-based directory listing that can be accessed from most standard browsers, the Aspera Connect Server lets authorized users upload and download data with the free, automatically-installed Aspera Connect web browser plug-in. Connections with Enterprise Servers, Point-to-point, Client and Mobile Uploader applications are also supported.

Thanks to a set of rich APIs that allow developers to embed the software into any web application, the Aspera Connect Server can serve as the high-speed backbone to any online service or system involving transfers of file-based data over the public Internet or private IP links.

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Applications

•    Global file exchange for large, distributed groups of users
•    Enterprise-wide file movement
•    Field and third-party content or data gathering
•    Uploads from customers, partners or end users
•    Underlying transfer for web applications such as digital asset management systems, and media content portals

Functionality at-a-glance

•    Transfer file and directory data with high-performance fasp™ transport
•    Solid throughput over high-loss and delay networks
    - From low capacity to multi-gigabit networks
•    Flexible per-transfer and aggregate bandwidth management
•    Highly scalable
    - Thousands of concurrent transfer sessions
    - Multi gigabit-per-second aggregate throughput
•    Complete state-of-the-art security in-transit and at-rest
•    Comprehensive automation and scheduling
•    Advanced user and server management
•    Complete monitoring and reporting, including auditable history
•    Supplied web portal and rich APIs for integration in any web application
•    Uploads and downloads via:
    - Web browser plug-in (free of charge)
    - Desktop application
    - Mobile application
    - Scriptable command line
    - Third-party embedded clients


New in version 2.7 (available now!)

•    Large file sessions
    - Individual transfer sessions are no longer limited to 6 TB and can be virtually limit-less

•    Optimized rate control mechanism for virtualized systems on VMware appliances
    - Protects against clock imprecision in virtual machines

•    Enhanced partial-file transfer management
    - Writes files being transferred with “.partial” extension and in-progress manifest files with “.in-progress” extension

•    Extended user and transfer management
    - Enhanced user management in Windows, with flexible handling of Active Directory domain aliases and improved support, security and feedback to user (in asconfigurator)
    - New ability to allow/deny transfer requests by client IP address and by cookie patterns
    - Improved proxy support

•    Augmented ascp features and new command options
    - SrcBase - preserve directory structure of source arguments
    - Manifest in-progress suffix
    - Symlink and overwrite/force modifiers
    - Command file now supports users with “@” and paths with “:”
    - ascp can now “auto-accept” server keys
    - ascp preserves source (owner) uid/gid on Unix
    - faspmanager - support for private ascp runs
    - ascmd file/directory creation mode in Unix, to change permissions when creating new files or directories, based on aspera.conf settings

•    Expanded SDK
    - new reliable query API for Web Services SDK, which manages persistence of transfer management data on the node and supports queries from third-party applications
    - Support for private ascp runs for faspmanager SDK
    - Persistent session “soft close” for faspmanager SDK