nfsrahead(5) — Linux manual page

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NAME

       nfsrahead - Configure the readahead for NFS mounts

SYNOPSIS

       nfsrahead [-F] [-d] <device>

DESCRIPTION

       nfsrahead is a tool intended to be used with udev to set the
       read_ahead_kb parameter of NFS mounts, according to the
       configuration file (see CONFIGURATION). device is the device
       number for the NFS backing device as provided by the kernel.

OPTIONS

       -F     Send messages to stderr instead of syslog

       -d     Increase the debugging level.

CONFIGURATION

       nfsrahead is configured in /etc/nfs.conf, in the section titled
       nfsrahead.  It accepts the following configurations.

       nfs=<value>
              The readahead value applied to NFSv3 mounts.

       nfs4=<value>
              The readahead value applied to NFSv4 mounts.

       default=<value>
              The default configuration when none of the configurations
              above is set.

EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION

       [nfsrahead]
       nfs=15000              # readahead of 15000 for NFSv3 mounts
       nfs4=16000             # readahead of 16000 for NFSv4 mounts
       default=128            # default is 128

SEE ALSO

       mount.nfs(8), nfs(5), nfs.conf(5), udev(7), bcc-readahead(8)

BUGS

       No known bugs.

AUTHOR

       Thiago Rafael Becker <trbecker@gmail.com>

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