Add retries as option when working with data transfers #919
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Description
In the face of network faults, DataFed is canceling tasks. This needs to be controlled with an option. Instead, the default Globus behavior should be used, if a user specifically wants to cancel a transfer after a determined number of faults that is an option they can specify. This is particularly important when first testing a repository and attempting to detect network errors, but it is also useful to cancel tasks early in cases where there is high network traffic and an alternative transfer request to a different Globus endpoint might be preferable.
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Work time
Expected time: 24 hours