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20: .TH NFSIOD 8 "June 24, 1990"
21: .UC 7
22: .SH NAME
23: nfsiod \- local NFS asynchronous I/O server
24: .SH SYNOPSIS
25: .B nfsiod
26: [
27: .B numdaemons
28: ]
29: .SH DESCRIPTION
30: .I Nfsiod
31: runs on an
32: .SM NFS
33: client machine to service asynchronous I/O requests to its server.
34: It improves performance but is not required for correct operation.
35: The option
36: .I numdaemons
37: defines how many
38: .I nfsiod
39: daemons to start;
40: if unspecified, only a single daemon will be started.
41: A client should typically run enough daemons to handle
42: their maximum level of concurrency,
43: typically four to six.
44: .SH SEE ALSO
45: .IR nfsstat (1),
46: .IR async_daemon (2),
47: .IR mountd (8),
48: .IR portmap (8)
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