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hawke84
Oct 09, 2016Tutor
Readynas OS 6.6 drives wont spindown
Hi, I recently upgraded to OS6.6 on my RN104, never had a problem with disk spindown before but soon as I have upgraded the disks dont really spindown anymore, they spindown for about 10 seconds then spinup again. I only had one app installed which was plex but I have disabelled that but its not fixed it. any suggestions would be great but im suspecting that this is a bug with OS6.6
Oct 08 12:46:24 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Enabling spindown for disk 3 [sda,0:2:ST2000DL003-9VT166:5YD3KGQ0:CC32:5900] Oct 08 12:46:24 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Enabling spindown for disk 2 [sdb,0:1:WDC_WD10EFRX-68PJCN0:WD-WCC4J6AX24A6:82.00A82:5400] Oct 08 13:00:13 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Error: Readahead /etc/resolv.conf failed. Oct 08 13:00:13 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 08 13:00:15 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spindown of disk 3 (/dev/sda) cancelled. Oct 08 13:14:07 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 08 13:14:20 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:10. Oct 08 13:19:21 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 08 13:19:34 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:10. Oct 08 13:22:15 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 08 13:24:38 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 08 14:44:16 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 1:19:35. Oct 08 14:44:16 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 1:21:59. Oct 08 14:51:37 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 08 14:51:45 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:05. Oct 08 14:52:56 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 08 14:56:49 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 08 16:56:12 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 2:03:14. Oct 08 17:01:13 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 08 17:17:42 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:16:27. Oct 08 17:17:47 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 2:20:55. Oct 08 17:22:48 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 08 17:23:01 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:10. Oct 08 17:34:12 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 08 17:34:25 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:10. Oct 08 17:46:57 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 08 17:46:59 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spindown of disk 2 (/dev/sdb) cancelled. Oct 08 18:00:20 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 08 18:00:23 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spindown of disk 2 (/dev/sdb) cancelled. Oct 08 21:15:13 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 08 21:15:16 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spindown of disk 2 (/dev/sdb) cancelled. Oct 08 21:26:27 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 08 21:26:40 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:10. Oct 08 21:44:13 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 08 21:44:15 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spindown of disk 2 (/dev/sdb) cancelled. Oct 08 21:52:56 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 08 21:53:09 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:10. Oct 08 22:25:34 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 08 22:25:36 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spindown of disk 3 (/dev/sda) cancelled. Oct 08 22:30:37 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 08 22:30:50 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:10. Oct 08 22:31:00 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 08 22:36:04 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 08 22:46:38 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:15:35. Oct 08 22:46:43 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:10:36. Oct 08 22:51:44 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 08 22:51:57 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:10. Oct 08 22:57:08 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 08 22:57:12 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 08 22:57:19 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:07. Oct 08 23:02:20 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 08 23:09:09 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:06:46. Oct 08 23:09:09 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:11:55. Oct 08 23:14:21 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 08 23:14:24 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 08 23:14:31 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 08 23:14:38 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:14. Oct 08 23:22:09 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 08 23:22:12 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 08 23:38:31 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:16:17. Oct 08 23:38:37 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:16:25. Oct 08 23:44:07 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 08 23:44:11 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 08 23:44:18 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:07. Oct 08 23:44:18 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 08 23:49:19 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 08 23:49:22 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 08 23:49:30 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:08. Oct 08 23:49:30 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 08 23:54:31 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 08 23:54:34 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 08 23:54:41 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 08 23:54:48 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:14. Oct 08 23:59:49 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 08 23:59:52 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 08 23:59:59 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:07. Oct 08 23:59:59 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 00:05:20 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 00:05:23 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 00:05:31 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 00:05:36 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:13. Oct 09 00:10:37 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 00:10:40 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 00:10:48 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 00:10:53 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:13. Oct 09 00:15:54 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 00:15:57 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 00:16:05 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 00:16:10 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:13. Oct 09 00:21:11 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 00:21:15 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 00:21:22 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 00:21:27 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:12. Oct 09 00:26:28 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 00:26:31 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 00:26:39 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 00:26:45 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:14. Oct 09 00:32:56 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 00:32:59 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 00:33:06 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 00:33:11 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:12. Oct 09 00:38:12 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 00:38:15 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 00:38:23 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 00:38:29 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:14. Oct 09 00:44:10 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 00:44:13 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 00:44:20 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:07. Oct 09 00:44:20 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 00:51:42 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 00:51:45 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 00:51:52 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:07. Oct 09 00:51:52 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 00:56:53 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 00:56:56 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 00:56:58 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spindown of disk 2 (/dev/sdb) cancelled. Oct 09 00:57:08 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:12. Oct 09 01:05:20 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 01:05:23 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 01:05:30 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:07. Oct 09 01:05:30 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 01:10:31 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 01:10:44 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:10. Oct 09 01:14:25 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 01:14:38 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:10. Oct 09 01:15:48 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 01:19:42 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 01:19:54 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:10. Oct 09 01:20:00 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:04:09. Oct 09 01:25:01 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 01:25:04 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 01:25:11 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:07. Oct 09 01:25:11 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 01:30:12 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 01:30:15 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 01:30:23 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 01:30:29 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:14. Oct 09 01:35:30 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 01:35:33 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 01:35:40 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 01:35:45 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:12. Oct 09 01:40:46 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 01:40:49 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 01:40:57 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 01:41:03 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:14. Oct 09 01:46:04 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 01:46:07 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 01:46:14 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 01:46:20 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:13. Oct 09 01:51:20 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 01:51:24 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 01:51:31 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 01:51:37 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:13. Oct 09 01:56:38 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 01:56:41 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 01:56:48 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 01:56:54 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:13. Oct 09 02:01:55 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 02:01:58 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 02:02:05 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 02:02:11 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:13. Oct 09 02:07:12 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 02:07:15 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 02:07:22 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 02:07:28 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:13. Oct 09 02:12:29 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 02:12:32 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 02:12:39 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:07. Oct 09 02:12:39 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 02:17:40 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 02:17:43 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 02:21:11 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:03:25. Oct 09 02:21:21 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:03:38. Oct 09 02:26:22 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 02:26:36 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:11. Oct 09 02:26:36 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 02:31:39 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 06:25:06 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 3:58:28. Oct 09 06:25:12 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 3:53:30. Oct 09 06:30:23 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 06:30:26 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 06:30:33 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 06:30:39 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:13. Oct 09 06:35:40 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 06:35:43 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 06:35:50 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 06:35:56 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:13. Oct 09 06:40:57 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 06:41:00 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb). Oct 09 06:41:07 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:05. Oct 09 06:41:13 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:13. Oct 09 06:48:14 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning down disk 3 (/dev/sda). Oct 09 06:48:27 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Spinning up disk 3 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:10. Oct 09 06:49:12 Readynas noflushd[2161]: Quitting on signal...
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- dacweTutor
Interesting, I have the same problem: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/Spindown/m-p/1151489/highlight/true#M117348
- hawke84TutorHmm that's interesting. I've just been watching it for a bit and it is still just spin up and down. What is the Swindon time you have set? I've tried changing it but no joy
- hawke84TutorIs there a log of connections or some way to see what is waking the device, just to rule out external factors
- mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee Retired
If you are comfortable with SSH, an easy to enable the block_dump option to noflushd is to add it to the TIMEOUT variable in /etc/default/noflushd. For example, if the content of that file contains "TIMEOUT=5", change it to "TIMEOUT=5 -b".
Then `systemctl restart noflushd`.
The logs you get after enabling the block_dump option would be useful.
- dacweTutor
Hi, okey, I think I found it. Running block dump during spindowns shows rnutil writing to disk each time it spins down (and up ~ 300 second delay beween each block of writes, same interval that I set them to spin down):
[152085.230218] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sda1 (1 sectors) [152085.230302] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sdb1 (1 sectors) [152087.341075] rnutil(18266): dirtied inode 7065 (event.sq3-journal) on md0 [152090.020301] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699200 on md0 (8 sectors) [152090.020382] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sda1 (1 sectors) [152090.020450] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sdb1 (1 sectors) [152092.220612] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699208 on md0 (8 sectors) [152092.220645] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699216 on md0 (8 sectors) [152092.220663] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699224 on md0 (8 sectors) [152092.220680] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699232 on md0 (8 sectors) [152092.220696] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699240 on md0 (8 sectors) [152092.220712] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699248 on md0 (8 sectors) [152092.220729] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699256 on md0 (8 sectors) [152092.223595] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699264 on md0 (8 sectors) [152092.440233] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sda1 (1 sectors) [152092.440310] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sdb1 (1 sectors) [152094.636059] rnutil(18269): dirtied inode 7065 (event.sq3-journal) on md0 [152094.700631] rnutil(18272): dirtied inode 7065 (event.sq3-journal) on md0 [152395.630210] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sda1 (1 sectors) [152395.630294] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sdb1 (1 sectors) [152397.740973] rnutil(18279): dirtied inode 7065 (event.sq3-journal) on md0 [152401.030310] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699400 on md0 (8 sectors) [152401.030393] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sda1 (1 sectors) [152401.030466] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sdb1 (1 sectors) [152403.415237] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699408 on md0 (8 sectors) [152403.415272] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699416 on md0 (8 sectors) [152403.415290] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699424 on md0 (8 sectors) [152403.415306] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699432 on md0 (8 sectors) [152403.415322] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699440 on md0 (8 sectors) [152403.415340] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699448 on md0 (8 sectors) [152403.415357] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699456 on md0 (8 sectors) [152403.418191] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699464 on md0 (8 sectors) [152403.640207] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sda1 (1 sectors) [152403.640256] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sdb1 (1 sectors) [152405.035925] rnutil(18282): dirtied inode 7065 (event.sq3-journal) on md0 [152405.100149] rnutil(18285): dirtied inode 7065 (event.sq3-journal) on md0 [152706.030227] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sda1 (1 sectors) [152706.030309] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sdb1 (1 sectors) [152708.131392] rnutil(18300): dirtied inode 7065 (event.sq3-journal) on md0 [152711.030303] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699592 on md0 (8 sectors) [152711.030384] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sda1 (1 sectors) [152711.030451] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sdb1 (1 sectors) [152713.299433] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699600 on md0 (8 sectors) [152713.299467] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699608 on md0 (8 sectors) [152713.299485] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699616 on md0 (8 sectors) [152713.299502] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699624 on md0 (8 sectors) [152713.299518] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699632 on md0 (8 sectors) [152713.299534] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699640 on md0 (8 sectors) [152713.299552] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699648 on md0 (8 sectors) [152713.302469] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699656 on md0 (8 sectors) [152713.520204] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sda1 (1 sectors) [152713.520263] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sdb1 (1 sectors) [152715.425875] rnutil(18303): dirtied inode 7065 (event.sq3-journal) on md0 [152715.490575] rnutil(18306): dirtied inode 7065 (event.sq3-journal) on md0 [153016.420218] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sda1 (1 sectors) [153016.420303] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sdb1 (1 sectors) [153018.531622] rnutil(18314): dirtied inode 7065 (event.sq3-journal) on md0 [153019.125033] readynasd(2303): dirtied inode 69756 (blkid.tab) on tmpfs [153022.030313] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699784 on md0 (8 sectors) [153022.030396] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sda1 (1 sectors) [153022.030468] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sdb1 (1 sectors) [153024.473808] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699792 on md0 (8 sectors) [153024.473841] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699800 on md0 (8 sectors) [153024.473859] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699808 on md0 (8 sectors) [153024.473875] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699816 on md0 (8 sectors) [153024.473890] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699824 on md0 (8 sectors) [153024.473906] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699832 on md0 (8 sectors) [153024.473924] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699840 on md0 (8 sectors) [153024.476758] jbd2/md0-8(887): WRITE block 3699848 on md0 (8 sectors) [153024.700232] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sda1 (1 sectors) [153024.700310] md0_raid1(872): WRITE block 8 on sdb1 (1 sectors) [153025.826268] rnutil(18317): dirtied inode 7065 (event.sq3-journal) on md0 [153025.890786] rnutil(18320): dirtied inode 7065 (event.sq3-journal) on md0
[153025.895052] rnutil(18320): READ block 414560 on md0 (8 sectors)Looking at /etc/noflushd/spindown.sh (spinup.sh is the same):
#!/bin/sh MSG='Disks sleeping..' DURATION=60 # Time in seconds. # Show message on LCD. /usr/bin/rnutil rn_lcd -s "$MSG" -p 1 -e $DURATION -k 478
rnutil shows something the LCD. I just bluntly commented that line and now my disks spin down perfectly (at least they spin down and stay for 10+ hours).
Do I need that command? I'm on rn102.
- Doc_HollidayAspirant
Hi, same problem here with RN102 after upgrade to 6.6. Anything I can do at the moment? Or just wait for the next update?
Am having the same problem after 6.6 update. :(
-- Logs begin at Fri 2016-10-21 19:33:46 WEST, end at Fri 2016-10-21 21:02:09 WEST. -- Oct 21 19:37:26 YUAN-NAS noflushd[3976]: Enabling spindown for disk 1 [sda,0:0:TOSHIBA_HDWE140:Z5M8KE82F58D:FP2A:7200] Oct 21 19:37:26 YUAN-NAS noflushd[3976]: Error: Readahead /etc/resolv.conf failed. Oct 21 19:37:34 YUAN-NAS noflushd[3976]: Quitting on signal... Oct 21 19:37:34 YUAN-NAS noflushd[4012]: Enabling spindown for disk 1 [sda,0:0:TOSHIBA_HDWE140:Z5M8KE82F58D:FP2A:7200] Oct 21 19:37:34 YUAN-NAS noflushd[4012]: Error: Readahead /etc/resolv.conf failed. Oct 21 19:48:11 YUAN-NAS noflushd[4012]: Error: Readahead /etc/resolv.conf failed. Oct 21 19:48:11 YUAN-NAS noflushd[4012]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Oct 21 19:48:19 YUAN-NAS noflushd[4012]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:05. Oct 21 20:04:52 YUAN-NAS noflushd[4012]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Oct 21 20:04:59 YUAN-NAS noflushd[4012]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:05. Oct 21 20:15:00 YUAN-NAS noflushd[4012]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Oct 21 20:17:13 YUAN-NAS noflushd[4012]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:02:10. Oct 21 20:27:14 YUAN-NAS noflushd[4012]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Oct 21 20:44:49 YUAN-NAS noflushd[4012]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:17:32. Oct 21 20:51:04 YUAN-NAS noflushd[4012]: Quitting on signal... Oct 21 20:51:04 YUAN-NAS noflushd[6531]: Enabling spindown for disk 1 [sda,0:0:TOSHIBA_HDWE140:Z5M8KE82F58D:FP2A:7200] Oct 21 20:51:04 YUAN-NAS noflushd[6531]: Error: Readahead /etc/resolv.conf failed.
Any update guys?
The nas does not just wont spin down, it is constantly doing stuff on the hard drive which is not logged. So you hear the bloody hard drive "dip" reading/writing every few seconds.
This annoys me so much, especially when i tried to resolve this issue by rolling back to earlier readynas os version, which is not allowed.
So here comes the question to netgear, if you want to force stuff on ur customer, at least get the basics stuff correct?
-- Logs begin at Wed 2016-11-02 07:05:33 WET, end at Wed 2016-11-02 18:27:42 WET. -- Nov 02 07:00:29 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1831]: Enabling spindown for disk 1 [sda,0:0:TOSHIBA_HDWE140:Z5M8KE82F58D:FP2A:7200] Nov 02 07:36:18 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1831]: Error: Readahead /etc/resolv.conf failed. Nov 02 07:36:18 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1831]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Nov 02 07:36:26 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1831]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:05. Nov 02 07:51:27 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1831]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Nov 02 07:51:35 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1831]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:05. Nov 02 08:06:36 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1831]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Nov 02 08:06:44 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1831]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:05. Nov 02 08:21:45 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1831]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Nov 02 08:21:52 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1831]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:05. Nov 02 08:36:53 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1831]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Nov 02 08:37:01 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1831]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:05. Nov 02 08:52:02 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1831]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Nov 02 08:52:09 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1831]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:05. Nov 02 09:00:19 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1831]: Quitting on signal... -- Reboot -- Nov 02 17:00:29 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1843]: Enabling spindown for disk 1 [sda,0:0:TOSHIBA_HDWE140:Z5M8KE82F58D:FP2A:7200] Nov 02 17:36:38 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1843]: Error: Readahead /etc/resolv.conf failed. Nov 02 17:36:38 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1843]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Nov 02 17:36:46 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1843]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:05. Nov 02 17:51:48 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1843]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Nov 02 17:51:55 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1843]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:05. Nov 02 18:06:57 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1843]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Nov 02 18:07:10 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1843]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:10. Nov 02 18:22:12 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1843]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Nov 02 18:22:20 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1843]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:05.
nop not fixed at all using dacwe's method. it seemed to performing spin down for a few of hours for a few times after i implemented the fix. but when i check the log today heres what i got. have to stop the spindown function now i dont think this will do hard drive any good.
seriously netgear, fix this sh*t.
- SkywalkerNETGEAR Expert
Nov 03 21:27:42 YUAN-NAS noflushd[2057]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Nov 03 21:31:10 YUAN-NAS noflushd[2057]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:03:25. Nov 03 21:38:12 YUAN-NAS noflushd[2057]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Nov 03 21:53:32 YUAN-NAS noflushd[2057]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:15:17. Nov 03 21:54:33 YUAN-NAS noflushd[2057]: Quitting on signal... Nov 03 21:54:33 YUAN-NAS noflushd[2754]: Enabling spindown for disk 1 [sda,0:0:TOSHIBA_HDWE140:Z5M8KE82F58D:FP2A:7200] Nov 03 22:10:19 YUAN-NAS noflushd[2754]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Nov 03 22:10:27 YUAN-NAS noflushd[2754]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:05. Nov 03 22:47:30 YUAN-NAS noflushd[2754]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Nov 03 22:47:37 YUAN-NAS noflushd[2754]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:05. Nov 03 23:00:06 YUAN-NAS noflushd[2754]: Quitting on signal... Nov 03 23:03:08 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1567]: Enabling spindown for disk 1 [sda,0:0:TOSHIBA_HDWE140:Z5M8KE82F58D:FP2A:7200] Nov 03 23:37:38 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1567]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Nov 03 23:37:46 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1567]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:05. Nov 03 23:52:46 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1567]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Nov 04 07:42:38 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1567]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 7:49:49. Nov 04 07:58:20 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1567]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Nov 04 07:58:28 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1567]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:05. Nov 04 08:13:30 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1567]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Nov 04 23:19:01 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1567]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 15:05:28. Nov 04 23:34:02 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1567]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Nov 04 23:34:10 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1567]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:05. Nov 04 23:49:11 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1567]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Nov 05 23:19:00 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1567]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 23:29:46. Nov 05 23:34:01 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1567]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda). Nov 06 16:07:32 YUAN-NAS noflushd[1567]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 16:33:28.
managed to revert back to version 6.4.2, and the spindown worked as normal.
so i think there is definitely something wrong with the current 6.6.0 version.
- mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee Retired
That's not a supported downgrade. You may run into some weird issues as a result.
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