biod(1M)                      UNIX System V(NFS)                       biod(1M)


NAME
      biod - NFS daemon

SYNOPSIS
      biod [ nservers ]

DESCRIPTION
      biod starts nservers asynchronous block I/O daemons.  This command is
      used on an NFS client to buffer read-ahead and write-behind. Four is the
      usual number for nservers.

      The biod daemons are automatically invoked in run level 3.

SEE ALSO
      mountd(1M), nfsd(1M), sharetab(4).







































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