


NFSD(8)               MAINTENANCE COMMANDS                NFSD(8)



NAME
     nfsd, biod - NFS daemons

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/etc/nfsd [_n_s_e_r_v_e_r_s]

     /usr/etc/biod [_n_s_e_r_v_e_r_s]

DESCRIPTION
     nfsd  starts  the  daemons  that  handle  client  filesystem
     requests.   _n_s_e_r_v_e_r_s  is  the  number of file system request
     daemons to start.  This number should be based on  the  load
     expected on this server.  Eight seems to be a good number.

     biod starts _n_s_e_r_v_e_r_s asynchronous block I/O  daemons.   This
     command  is  used  on  a  NFS  client to buffer cache handle
     read-ahead and write-behind.  The magic number for  _n_s_e_r_v_e_r_s
     in here is also eight.

     When a file that is opened by a client is unlinked  (by  the
     server),  a  file with a name of the form .nfs_X_X_X (where _X_X_X
     is a number) is created by the client.  When the  open  file
     is  closed,  the  .nfs_X_X_X  file  is  removed.  If the client
     crashes before the file can be closed, the .nfs_X_X_X  file  is
     not removed.

FILES
     .nfs_X_X_X             client machine pointer to  an  open-but-
                         unlinked file

SEE ALSO
     exports(5), mountd(8C)























Sun Release 4.1   Last change: 8 September 1989                 1



