redhat man page for nfsd

rpc.nfsd(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       rpc.nfsd(8)

NAME
       rpc.nfsd - NFS server process

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd [-p port] nproc

DESCRIPTION
       The  rpc.nfsd program implements the user level part of the NFS service. The main functionality is handled by the nfsd.o kernel module; the
       user space program merely starts the specified number of kernel threads.

       The rpc.mountd server provides an ancially service needed to satisfy mount requests by NFS clients.

OPTIONS
       -p port
	      specify a diferent port to listen on for NFS requests. By default, rpc.nfsd will listen on port 2049.

       nproc  specify the number of NFS server threads. By default, just one thread is started. However, for optimum performance  several  threads
	      should be used. The actual figure depends on the number of and the work load created by the NFS clients, but a useful starting point
	      is 8 threads. Effects of modifying that number can be checked using the nfsstat(8) program.

SEE ALSO
       rpc.mountd(8), exportfs(8), rpc.rquotad(8), nfsstat(8).

AUTHOR
       Olaf Kirch, Bill Hawes, H. J. Lu, G. Allan Morris III, and a host of others.

								    31 May 1999 						       rpc.nfsd(8)