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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,
Hello benscripps,
Does this happen when opening a specific share on the ReadyNAS or it happens as soon as you map the NAS and before selecting a share? Which file protocol do you use on finder by the way?
If you have some old snapshots that you no longer need, maybe you want to delete them too.
Regards,
It's after mapping the share; it's only when the Mac OS Finder is displaying a window showing the contents of the share. If the share is mounted but its contents aren't visible in any Finder windows, there's no activity. And I'm connecting using AFP; I tried with SMB and didn't see the activity, but SMB isn't really an option for my setup.
But...my initial assumption was that, since the problem was only happening when Finder was displaying the files, it might have been an issue with OS X itself and how it was accessing the drive. Prior to posting here, I filed it a couple weeks ago as a bug report with Apple's beta program on the off chance that it actually was something in the OS. This morning, there was a new beta build (10.12.5 beta 3 build 16F60a); after installing that, I'm not seeing the issue any more. There's still activity when I open a window, but only for a few seconds, well within what I might expect normally. There aren't any release notes with the new build, so I can't tell for certain, but I'm crossing my fingers that this is now resolved.
Thanks again for your help!
Hello benscripps,
If it does not happen when you open the share via another file protocol then it must be because of how Mac accesses the share via AFP. Or it could be the file types stored in that share. In case you find it resolved, you may pick one reply (yours or any) as an accepted solution or you may also reply with what exactly resolved it and click it as an accepted solution so this thread would help others who might encounter the same activity.
Regards,
Hello benscripps,
We’d greatly appreciate hearing your feedback letting us know if the information we provided has helped resolve your issue or if you need further assistance.If your issue is now resolved, we encourage you to mark the appropriate reply as the “Accept as Solution” or post what resolved it and mark it as solution so others can be confident in benefiting from the solution.
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Regards,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!
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