biod - NFS client daemon for block-oriented input/output

biod is a client daemon for asynchronous block-oriented input/output. This daemon processes read and write jobs (read-ahead, write-behind) on an NFS client.

By default, four biod daemons are invoked automatically after starting NFS.

Authorization: The biod daemon can only be started with root authorization.

Path: /usr/lib/nfs

Syntax

biod[ nservers]

nservers

Number of daemons to be started. The default for nservers is four.