From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Add a description of the 'nconnect' mount option on the 'nfs' generic manpage. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson <steved@xxxxxxxxxx> --- utils/mount/nfs.man | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/utils/mount/nfs.man b/utils/mount/nfs.man index 6ba9cef..84462cd 100644 --- a/utils/mount/nfs.man +++ b/utils/mount/nfs.man @@ -369,6 +369,23 @@ using an automounter (refer to .BR automount (8) for details). .TP 1.5i +.BR nconnect= n +When using a connection oriented protocol such as TCP, it may +sometimes be advantageous to set up multiple connections between +the client and server. For instance, if your clients and/or servers +are equipped with multiple network interface cards (NICs), using multiple +connections to spread the load may improve overall performance. +In such cases, the +.BR nconnect +option allows the user to specify the number of connections +that should be established between the client and server up to +a limit of 16. +.IP +Note that the +.BR nconnect +option may also be used by some pNFS drivers to decide how many +connections to set up to the data servers. +.TP 1.5i .BR rdirplus " / " nordirplus Selects whether to use NFS v3 or v4 READDIRPLUS requests. If this option is not specified, the NFS client uses READDIRPLUS requests -- 2.21.1
