nfsiod(8)

NAME

nfsiod - local NFS asynchronous I/O server

SYNOPSIS

nfsiod [-n num_servers]

DESCRIPTION

The nfsiod utility is a kernel process which runs on an NFS

client
machine to service asynchronous I/O requests to its server.

It improves
performance but is not required for correct operation.

This program controls the maximum number of processes that

the kernel
runs.

The options are as follows:

-n Specify how many servers are permitted to be start

ed.

A client should run enough daemons to handle its maximum

level of concurrency, typically four to six.

If nfsiod detects that the running kernel does not include

NFS support,
it will attempt to load a loadable kernel module containing

NFS code,
using kldload(2). If this fails, or no NFS KLD was avail

able, nfsiod
exits with an error.

EXIT STATUS SEE ALSO

nfsstat(1), kldload(2), nfssvc(2), mountd(8), nfsd(8),

rpcbind(8)

HISTORY

The nfsiod utility first appeared in 4.4BSD.

BSD September 22, 1994

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