[GLLUG] TCP/IP protocol efficiency

[Mike Szumlinski]

I've currently gotten involved with a project that is requiring I  
reshare thousands of 12MB files out over TCP/IP from an XFS volume   
on SuSe for use with Windows systems.  I have tried sftp and found  
the transfer speed to be somewhat less than acceptable over gig-e and  
was wondering if anyone had any input into another method of sharing  
out the files that would be A) easier and B) faster.  Obviously samba  
comes to mind, but I'm wondering if there are other easier ways to  
tune this connection.  Any suggestions/ideas would be much appreciated.

-Mike