Reducing CPU usage of gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor daemon with network mounts
Issue
When using GNOME Desktop Environment and:
- Mounting a large number of NFS shares (e.g., 200 mount points), the
gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitorprocess monitors all mount points and may consume CPU cycles at regular intervals. This can be impactful on high-performance systems where CPU resources must remain available for critical and time-sensitive applications. - Users accessing these systems do not need to mount local and remote filesystems using Nautilus.
- The system administrator wants to prevent mount points from appearing in Nautilus.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- GNOME Desktop Environment
- gvfs
- udisks2
- Network File System (NFS)
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