How to copy a 200GB file faster?
Solution 1:
To be real down and dirty you can use netcat.
On the sender
cat {filename} | nc -l 3333
On the receiver
nc {sender_ip_address} 3333 > {filename}
Since there will be nearly no application overhead, you should only be limited by IO, whether disk or network.
Solution 2:
Use an unencrypted transfer method that doesn't do compression. I'd suggest FTP, given how simple it is to setup and the lack of chatty protocol, like Samba
Solution 3:
Good points from Matt again, you might also consider ensuring you have the latest VMtools installed on Server B.