Name

biod − Start NFS asynchronous block I/O daemons

Syntax

/etc/biod [ndaemons]

Description

The biod daemon starts the specified number of asynchronous block I/O daemons. The ndaemons argument tells biod how many asynchronous block I/O daemons to start. The biod daemon is only useful to NFS clients.  This command is used by NFS clients to perform read-ahead and write-behind of remote file system blocks.  Like the nfsd() daemon, biod is normally invoked at boot time via the /etc/rc.local file.

Examples

 /etc/biod 2    /* start two biod daemons */

See Also

exports(5nfs), mountd(8nfs), nfsd(8nfs)