diff --git a/iac/provider-gcp/nomad-cluster/main.tf b/iac/provider-gcp/nomad-cluster/main.tf
index 4f312006ec..b9a825c41f 100644
--- a/iac/provider-gcp/nomad-cluster/main.tf
+++ b/iac/provider-gcp/nomad-cluster/main.tf
@@ -4,12 +4,22 @@ locals {
   nfs_mount_path   = "/orchestrator/shared-store"
   nfs_mount_subdir = "chunks-cache"
   nfs_mount_opts = join(",", [ // for more docs, see https://linux.die.net/man/5/nfs
-    "tcp",                     // docs say to avoid it on highspeed connections
     format("nfsvers=%s", var.filestore_cache_enabled ? module.filestore[0].nfs_version == "NFS_V3" ? "3" : "4" : ""),
-    "lookupcache=none", // do not cache file handles
-    "noac",             // do not use attribute caching
-    "noacl",            // do not use an acl
-    "nolock",           // do not use locking
+
+    "actimeo=600",          // cache attributes for 60 seconds
+    "async",                // delay writes until certain conditions are met
+    "hard",                 // retry nfs requests indefinitely until they succeed, never fail
+    "lookupcache=positive", // cache successful file handle lookups
+    "nconnect=7",           // use multiple connections
+    "noacl",                // do not use an acl
+    "nocto",                // skip "close-to-open" attribute checks
+    "nolock",               // do not use locking
+    "noresvport",           // use a non-privileged source port
+    "retrans=2",            // retry two times before performing recovery actions
+    "rsize=1048576",        // receive 1 MB per read request
+    "sec=sys",              // use AUTH_SYS for all requests
+    "timeo=600",            // wait 60 seconds (measured in deci-seconds) before retrying a failed request
+    "wsize=1048576",        // receive 1 MB per write request
   ])
 
   file_hash = {