Best utilizing fat long pipes and large file transfer

Hi, I'm looking for input on the best practices for sending large files over a long fat pipe between facilities (gigabit private circuit, ~20ms RTT). I'd like to avoid modifying TCP windows and options on end hosts where possible (I have a lot of them). I've seen products that work as "transfe

Re: Best utilizing fat long pipes and large file transfer

point. GridFTP and bbcp look very useful too; I'll be exploring them as well. The presentation links Kevin O. sent were very interesting. I've looked at HPN-SSH before but haven't played with it much. I'll definitely try it out based on the feedback from this thread. Thanks aga