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NAME
       nfsrahead - Configure the readahead for NFS mounts


SYNOPSIS
       nfsrahead [-F] [-d] <device>


DESCRIPTION
       nfsrahead is a tool intended to be used with udev to set the
       read_ahead_kb parameter of NFS mounts, according to the configuration
       file (see CONFIGURATION). device is the device number for the NFS
       backing device as provided by the kernel.


OPTIONS
       -F     Send messages to stderr instead of syslog


       -d     Increase the debugging level.


CONFIGURATION
       nfsrahead is configured in /etc/nfs.conf, in the section titled
       nfsrahead.  It accepts the following configurations.


       nfs=<value>
              The readahead value applied to NFSv3 mounts.


       nfs4=<value>
              The readahead value applied to NFSv4 mounts.


       default=<value>
              The default configuration when none of the configurations above
              is set.


EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION
       [nfsrahead]
       nfs=15000              # readahead of 15000 for NFSv3 mounts
       nfs4=16000             # readahead of 16000 for NFSv4 mounts
       default=128            # default is 128


SEE ALSO
       mount.nfs(8), nfs(5), nfs.conf(5), udev(7), bcc-readahead(8)


BUGS
       No known bugs.


AUTHOR
       Thiago Rafael Becker <trbecker@gmail.com>

1.0                               08 Mar 2022                           man(5)