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Hard Drive noise on Time Machine
Hello, I have been using a WD Green 2TB on my readynas 102, and I use Time machine. But when Time machine is backing up, drive makes lots of noise. I just changed the hard drive for a brand new WD...
There are a lot of files in those Time Machine backup directories so if Apple accesses files based on some ordering scheme of their own it will cause a lot of seeks when reading what is there. Adding a second drive might divide the seeks over two disks and help with this. (the 102 must take 2 drives, right?) If you are willing you could just put the WD drive back in and let it sync (you'll lose whatever was on it).
The only other thing i can think of is maybe there is something wrong with your timemachine backup that is causing Apple to revalidate everything at each backup. You might try a new timemachine backup. I doubt this is it, but it's also not that hard to try.
steve
The only other thing i can think of is maybe there is something wrong with your timemachine backup that is causing Apple to revalidate everything at each backup. You might try a new timemachine backup. I doubt this is it, but it's also not that hard to try.
steve
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