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ReadyNAS 102
new to the forum. I have a ReadyNAS 102 with two WD 3TB hard drives running the latest firmware 6.10.3 connected to a wired ethernet network. The drives are continuously being accessed even when no backup or other activity is being performed. The log is uninformative. Has anyone else had this problem or any ideas as to why it should be?
Thanks again. My set up is that the NAS is connected to a switch which is in turn connected to a 4G WiFi Hub. I have ReadyCloud but no other cloud services enabled. No port forwarding and DHCP on the WiFi hub. When I disconnect the switch from the WAN disk activity ceases. I have disabled Readycloiud and reonnected teh WAN and still no abnormal activity so I guess the issue was with ReadyCLoud which I will now stop using. Thanks for your help!
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Is the NAS resyncing?
Does the disk activity drop off when you disconnect the NAS from the network?
Thanks for your reply. It doesnt seem to be resynching as when I look under admin on the volumes screen it shows both disks as healthy and in RAID1 but no mention of resynch. Disconnecting the network lead seems to help in that the continuous access ceasesand is replaced by occassional noises. I have no backups scheduled although there are (inactive) timemachine shares set up. Perhaps I shoud remove the data that I have and reset/reformat the whole thing? I always worry that someone may be accessing the disks from elsewhere but have no other reason than paranoia to suspect this!
rmgvstd wrote:
Perhaps I should remove the data that I have and reset/reformat the whole thing?
I wouldn't do that yet.
You might try blocking internet access, but keep it connected to your local network. If your router doesn't let you do that, you can do a brief test by simply disconnecting the cable on the router's WAN port. Or configure the NAS to use a static IP address, and misconfigure the router field (using an IP on your local subnet that isn't used).
Do you have any ports forwarded to the NAS in your router?
Is ReadyCloud or any other cloud service enabled?
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