Any ways to maximize throughtput for video delivery?

According to Adobe product specialists I have talked to you can max out a 1Gbit network connection at 70% CPU on a standard quad core 16GB Intel rack. How many connections this relates to depends on the quality of streaming you decide to allocate per connection. If you are just moving a small amounts of data around then they suggest capping the number of connections at 5000 per server. If you are serving video and your clients are stalling then its more likely to be a client connection path problem rather than a server configuration problem.