I think that you want to use the `soft` mount option for your NFS mount: https://linux.die.net/man/5/nfs
It has some risks, but it will prevent those freezes. >>Is there anything I can do against this? > >Figure out how to mount NFS in such a way that I/O becomes >interruptable and accessing stale mounts (those where the server is not >responding, for instance suspended) don't block indefinitely.
