[Samba] Time take to copy file from Samba to Windows XP

[Komal Shah]

Hello,

How much time should it take to copy 1Gb to 5Gb from from Samba server 
to Windows Xp in gigabit network?

Default Samba configs, a single copy of a 1GB file takes about 70 
seconds to complete, about 14MBps, 117Mbps, about 11% network utilization.

A Windows 2003 server, similar hardware, same network connection, can 
transfer the same 1GB file in about 28 seconds, 36MBps, 292Mbps, almost 
30% network utilization.

Apache takes 16 seconds, 64MBps, 512Mbps, over 50% network utilization.

What can be done to speed up transfer rate?

Regards,

Komal