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ReadyNAS 104 Constant Activity from Mac OS
Wondering if anyone has any suggestions on a problem I'm seeing. I have several Macs across my intranet (all gigabit with cat 6 cabling); two of them typically talk to my ReadyNAS 104. One is a Mac...
So I think I have it figured out now. In the past, I've specifically added the share to my "Privacy" list in Spotlight's preferences to prevent it from being indexed. For whatever reason, OS X is forgetting that I've added it to the list of exclusions, so when I mount the share, Spotlight starts indexing it. Sometimes, as soon as I drag the icon for the share into Spotlight's "Privacy" list, the activity on the ReadyNAS stops; other times it doesn't, but Spotlight's "Privacy" list definitely always forgets that I've excluded that share as soon as the share is ejected, so the next time I mount the share, Spotlight starts indexing it again. I think it's connected to the issue reported here:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/Spotlight/m-p/931074#M70357
...where Spotlight is trying to reindex the share every time it's mounted.
I'm going to file this as a bug with Apple in the hopes they can get Spotlight to behave better.
Thanks again for your help!
Hello benscripps,
Do you have any backup job and apps running on the ReadyNAS?
Welcome to the community!
Regards,
Hi Jenn--
I don't have any apps running on the ReadyNAS (that includes the anti-virus). The only backup jobs are the snapshots that it does on its own.
I have disk tests and balancing running once per week on Saturday and Sunday respectively, and defrag running once a month, but the behavior I'm seeing happens outside of those times. I have Spotlight enabled on the Mac, but the ReadyNAS is included in its "Privacy" list of folders and volumes to ignore, and Time Machine has a dedicated external HD and doesn't talk to the ReadyNAS.
The high level of activity is directly timed to the opening of a Finder window on a connected machine; as soon as I open the window, it starts accessing, and as soon as I close it, it stops like clockwork.
Thanks!
-Ben
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