GDCtools should probably detect this in user environment and offer option of utilizing it, as long as it does not sacrifice the flexibility of our toolset (e.g. the download tool retrieves by UUID and manifest, and is suitable for large files like BAMs, but may not be as suitable for large collections of smaller, named files)
The GDC offers a "high-speed download tool"
https://gdc.cancer.gov/access-data/gdc-data-transfer-tool
GDCtools should probably detect this in user environment and offer option of utilizing it, as long as it does not sacrifice the flexibility of our toolset (e.g. the download tool retrieves by UUID and manifest, and is suitable for large files like BAMs, but may not be as suitable for large collections of smaller, named files)