Does moving a multi-gigabyte TIFF tile across standard 1Gb Ethernet seem too slow?

We build the best networks for graphic arts. Proactive Technologies specializes in high-speed 10 gigabit networking technologies,
and we're authorized resellers for Asante, Extreme Networks, and Hewlett-Packard's ProCurve Series.

For superior network performance, Proactive offers servers with TOE cards (TCP/IP offload engines), which relieve system CPUs of the processing burden associated with Ethernet traffic.