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nfsd

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NAME

nfsd - The remote NFS compatible server  

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/nfsd [-t num_tcpthreads] [-u num_udpthreads]

The following form of the nfsd command is not recommended and is supported only for backward compatibility:

/usr/sbin/nfsd [numthreads]  

FLAGS

Specifies a number of TCP server threads to spawn. A value of 8 is recommended as a start. Specifies a number of UDP server threads to spawn. A value of 8 is recommended as a start.  

DESCRIPTION

The nfsd daemon runs on a server machine to service NFS requests from client machines. The daemon spawns a number of server threads that process NFS requests from client machines. At least one server thread must be running for a machine to operate as a server.

There are two types of server threads: a server thread that processes NFS requests sent using TCP and a server thread that processes NFS requests sent using UDP. This is necessary because the kernel paths for UDP and TCP NFS messages are different. The -t option specifies the number of TCP threads to run and the -u option specifies the number of UDP threads to run. The optimal number of TCP server threads and UDP server threads depends on many factors. See nfsiod(8) for more information.

The server threads are implemented as kernel threads; they are part of Process ID 0, not the nfsd process. The ps axml command displays idle server threads under PID 0. Idle threads will be waiting on nfs_udp_wait or nfs_tcp_wait. Therefore, if 16 server threads are configured only 1 nfsd process is displayed in the output from the ps command, although 16 server threads are available to handle NFS requests.

Files that are larger than 2 gigabytes are exported as 2 gigabyte files when accessed by NFS Version 2. NFS Version 2 is a 32-bit protocol, therefore, the size and offset fields are 32-bit quantities (on Alpha AXP UFS they are 64-bit quantities). Use caution when accessing files larger than 2 gigabytes from NFS clients.  

EXAMPLES

In the following example, 16 threads are run (8 for TCP and 8 for UDP): nfsd -t 8 -u 8  

FILES

Specifies the command path Specifies the file for logging startup errors (before the server threads are started). Specifies the file for logging NFS errors (after the server threads are started).  

RELATED INFORMATION

Commands: mount(8), mountd(8), nfsstat(8), portmap(8)

System calls: nfssvc(2) delim off


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
FLAGS
DESCRIPTION
EXAMPLES
FILES
RELATED INFORMATION

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