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NAME

6       nfsrahead - Configure the readahead for NFS mounts
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SYNOPSIS

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

14       nfsrahead is a tool intended to be used with udev to set the
15       read_ahead_kb parameter of NFS mounts, according to the configuration
16       file (see CONFIGURATION). device is the device number for the NFS back‐
17       ing device as provided by the kernel.
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OPTIONS

21       -F     Send messages to stderr instead of syslog
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CONFIGURATION

28       nfsrahead is configured in /etc/nfs.conf, in the section titled nfsra‐
29       head.  It accepts the following configurations.
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33              The readahead value applied to NFSv3 mounts.
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EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION

46       [nfsrahead]
47       nfs=15000              # readahead of 15000 for NFSv3 mounts
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49       default=128            # default is 128
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SEE ALSO

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

57       No known bugs.
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AUTHOR

61       Thiago Rafael Becker <trbecker@gmail.com>
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