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32.\"     From: @(#)nfsiod.8	8.2 (Berkeley) 2/22/94
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35.Dd September 22, 1994
36.Dt NFSIOD 8
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm nfsiod
40.Nd local
41.Tn NFS
42asynchronous I/O server
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Nm nfsiod
45.Op Fl n Ar num_servers
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47.Nm Nfsiod
48runs on an
49.Tn NFS
50client machine to service asynchronous I/O requests to its server.
51It improves performance but is not required for correct operation.
52.Pp
53Unless otherwise specified, a single server is started.
54.Pp
55The options are as follows:
56.Bl -tag -width indent
57.It Fl n
58Specify how many servers are to be started.
59.El
60.Pp
61A client should run enough daemons to handle its maximum
62level of concurrency, typically four to six.
63.Pp
64If
65.Nm
66detects that the running kernel does not include
67.Tn NFS
68support, it will attempt to load a loadable kernel module containing
69.Tn NFS
70code, using
71.Xr kldload 8
72by way of
73.Xr vfsload 3 .
74If this fails, or no
75.Tn NFS
76KLD was available,
77.Nm
78exits with an error.
79.Pp
80The
81.Nm
82utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
83.Sh SEE ALSO
84.Xr nfsstat 1 ,
85.Xr nfssvc 2 ,
86.Xr kldload 8 ,
87.Xr mountd 8 ,
88.Xr portmap 8
89.Sh HISTORY
90The
91.Nm
92utility first appeared in
93.Bx 4.4 .
94