Systems and methods for creating and updating data transfer strategies for massive amounts of data are provided. A method, according to one implementation, includes obtaining a first set of parameters pertaining to a data source configured as a first node in a communications system, obtaining a second set of parameters pertaining to a data sink configured as a second node in the communications system, and obtaining a third set of parameters pertaining to a plurality of network elements and links configured along one or more data paths between the data source and data sink. The method also includes the step of automatically creating a high-bandwidth data transfer strategy for transferring a massive amount of data from the data source to the data sink based on the first, second, and third sets of parameters.