Esxi – NFS Tuning
Set these values:
- Under NFS, Select NFS.MaxVolumes:
- ESXi 5.0/5.1/5.5: Set NFS.MaxVolumes to 256
- Under Net, Select Net.TcpipHeapSize: The amount of heap memory, measured in megabytes, which is allocated for managing VMkernel TCP/IP network connectivity. When increasing the number of NFS datastores, increase the default amount of heap memory as well:
- ESXi 5.0/5.1/5.5: Set Net.TcpipHeapSize to 32
- Under Net, Select Net.TcpipHeapMax: The maximum amount of heap memory, measured in megabytes, which can be allocated for managing VMkernel TCP/IP network connectivity. When increasing the number of NFS datastores, increase the maximum amount of heap memory as well, up to the maximum specific to the version of ESXi/ESX host:
- ESXi 5.0/5.1: Set Net.TcpipHeapMax to 128
- ESXi 5.5: Set Net.TcpipHeapMax to 512
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