Where does Disk Utility define NFS mounts?

Hi, I used to use Disk Utility to define a NFS mount point for my Drobo, but then I sold the Drobo and deleted the mount point from Disk Utility.  However, my system.log file shows that rpc.statd is trying to find the Drobo once every hour still.  I double checked and there is nothing listed in auto_master, so the only place I can think of that Disk Utility defines the mounts within is Directory Services but I can't find where.  Does anyone know where Disk Utility defines NFS mounts and how I can clear it out?

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