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Constant Spinups when using Seagate 2TB ST32000542AS drives
I have been experiencing frequent disk spinups with my unit that are unrelated to any other activities in the system. No one is accessing the system at these times and no tasks are scheduled. For ex...
I'll do a test when I get a chance. Looking through my system.log did not find a spinning up before shut down pattern. Instead I found quite some of this:
Nov 21 09:38:41 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning down /dev/hdc.
Nov 21 09:38:41 nas noflushd[633]: Spindown of /dev/hdc cancelled.
Nov 21 10:51:04 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning down /dev/hdc.
Nov 21 10:51:11 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning up /dev/hdc after 0 minutes.
Nov 21 11:21:34 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning down /dev/hdc.
Nov 21 11:23:09 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning up /dev/hdc after 1 minutes.
Nov 21 11:53:32 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning down /dev/hdc.
Nov 21 11:56:58 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning up /dev/hdc after 3 minutes.
Nov 21 12:00:05 nas ntpdate[1464]: no server suitable for synchronization found
Nov 21 12:30:50 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning down /dev/hdc.
Nov 21 12:49:28 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning up /dev/hdc after 18 minutes.
Nov 21 13:19:50 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning down /dev/hdc.
Nov 21 16:41:40 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning up /dev/hdc after 201 minutes.
Nov 21 16:50:03 nas ntpdate[2051]: step time server 207.211.82.130 offset -0.062223 sec
Nov 21 19:08:46 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning down /dev/hdc.
Nov 21 19:08:46 nas noflushd[633]: Spindown of /dev/hdc cancelled.
Nov 21 19:40:18 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning down /dev/hdc.
Nov 21 19:40:25 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning up /dev/hdc after 0 minutes.
But I never remember I have heard anything abnormal like the log tells. Maybe I just did not notice. Weird.
Nov 21 09:38:41 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning down /dev/hdc.
Nov 21 09:38:41 nas noflushd[633]: Spindown of /dev/hdc cancelled.
Nov 21 10:51:04 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning down /dev/hdc.
Nov 21 10:51:11 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning up /dev/hdc after 0 minutes.
Nov 21 11:21:34 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning down /dev/hdc.
Nov 21 11:23:09 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning up /dev/hdc after 1 minutes.
Nov 21 11:53:32 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning down /dev/hdc.
Nov 21 11:56:58 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning up /dev/hdc after 3 minutes.
Nov 21 12:00:05 nas ntpdate[1464]: no server suitable for synchronization found
Nov 21 12:30:50 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning down /dev/hdc.
Nov 21 12:49:28 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning up /dev/hdc after 18 minutes.
Nov 21 13:19:50 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning down /dev/hdc.
Nov 21 16:41:40 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning up /dev/hdc after 201 minutes.
Nov 21 16:50:03 nas ntpdate[2051]: step time server 207.211.82.130 offset -0.062223 sec
Nov 21 19:08:46 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning down /dev/hdc.
Nov 21 19:08:46 nas noflushd[633]: Spindown of /dev/hdc cancelled.
Nov 21 19:40:18 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning down /dev/hdc.
Nov 21 19:40:25 nas noflushd[633]: Spinning up /dev/hdc after 0 minutes.
But I never remember I have heard anything abnormal like the log tells. Maybe I just did not notice. Weird.
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