fastet way to transfer(upload/download) smb/nfs/ftp/scp -- help

[needee]

I have to transfer very large files, which one is the fastest (upload/download)
1, ftp server (put/get)
2, ssh server (scp)
3, samba server(mount and then copy or upload/download)
4, nfs server (mount and then copy or upload/download)

security is not an issue for me.

[jledhead]

I don't know much about nfs, but samba has a cap on transfer speed, its not a very robust protocol in that respect (3-4m/s I think). I would think ftp and scp are similar in speed, but ftp is resumeable so you don't want the transfer to break in the middle and have to start over. I would go with ftp

[needee]

thanks

[ynilesh]

If both source and targer boxes are unix boxes.... i will recommend `rsync`. Which is fastest way to transfer files/directories.