Fastest way to bulk insert rows into sql server

Question

Via a web service, remote computers will be sending a set of rows to insert into our central sql server.

What is the best way (performance wise) to insert these rows? T

Answer 1

What kind of web service is this?

If it's .Net, usually the best way is to load the input into a DataTable, then shoot it up to the SQL server using the SqlBulkCopy class