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SMB’s fine, but have you looked at Samba for cross-platform stuff? It’s basically server message block but less fussy with permissions.

For speed, make sure your NICs aren’t stuck at 100Mbps. Sounds dumb, but it happens. Also, Jumbo Frames can help if everything supports it.