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joel80
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Dec 02, 2015
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RN314 randomly freezing shared folder - due to different hard disk drives?

When i copy a big amount of data to a smb share, the copy process freezes fro about 20 seconds (!) randomly during the copy process again and again.   While freezing the hard disk LED is on permane...
  • StephenB's avatar
    Dec 02, 2015

    A mix of hard drives won't cause your problem.

     

    An unreliable drive of course will.  Have you checked the SMART stats?  A drive error that creates  20 second pause would almost certainly increase reallocated sectors, pending sectors, or ATA errors.

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