[GLLUG] TCP/IP protocol efficiency

[Sean O'Malley]

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Mike Szumlinski wrote:

> 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.

What is the nature of the access of the files?

Does the client have to download the file each time it accesses it,
or does it only have to access it once and process it? or are they
restricted sets of machines (internal to a business). How often do the
files get accessed? (is it like archive data?)

I am wondering if running something like an AFS server/client that does do
client side caching would be a more effective approach.