Long delay when loading shell

we have 2 test servers here we are using for one of our clients. In theory, both are configured the same, but we are experiencing a long delay (2 or 3 minutes) when login on to the machine.
We get the delay when the shell is attempting to load. We get this issue if we login via ssh or if we do su - difuser.
su difuser does not cause the delay.
I've read about commenting out /usr/sbin/quota in /etc/profile, but that's not really an option for us.

We found the issue and why un-commenting quota fixed it.
We had a dead NFS mount. When the quota engin tried to check the quota on it, it would take forever to fail.

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