How do I mount an NFS filesystem using UDP instead of the default TCP in Linux?

[petulia3478]

To mount an NFS filesystem using UDP instead of the default TCP protocol:

From the command line:

# /bin/mount -o udp server1:/remote/data /local/data

Using /etc/fstab, add the following entry (the udp option is the key option):

server1:/remote/data /local/data nfs udp,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,intr