biod(1M)                           (NFS)                           biod(1M)

NAME
     biod - NFS daemon for asynchronous I/O

SYNOPSIS
     biod [nservers]

DESCRIPTION
     biod starts the number of daemons for asynchronous block I/O specified
     by nservers. This command is used on an NFS client to accelerate read
     and write access (read-ahead, write-behind). The usual value for
     nservers is 4.

     The biod daemons are automatically invoked in run level 3.

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







































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