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Sylphide444
Mar 06, 2017Aspirant
Stop spin-down
Hello,
I have disabled disk spinning in frontview but it seems that it is not really disabled...
spindown.log :
Mar 05 16:12:12 nas noflushd[9030]: Enabling spindown for disk 1 [sda,0:0:ST1000DM003-1ER162:W4Y0F8G0:CC43:7200]
Mar 05 16:12:12 nas noflushd[9030]: Enabling spindown for disk 2 [sdb,0:1:Hitachi_HDS721010CLA332:JP9911J817N01H:JP4OA3MA:7200]
Mar 05 16:18:37 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb).
Mar 05 16:18:46 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:06.
Mar 05 16:22:16 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda).
Mar 05 16:22:25 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:06.
Mar 05 16:23:55 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb).
Mar 05 16:24:05 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:07.
Mar 05 16:27:25 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda).
Mar 05 16:27:34 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:06.
Mar 05 16:29:05 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb).
Mar 05 16:29:14 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:06.
Mar 05 16:32:34 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda).
Mar 05 16:32:43 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:06.
Mar 05 16:34:14 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb).
Mar 05 16:34:24 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:07.
Mar 05 16:38:04 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda).
Mar 05 16:38:13 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:06.
Mar 05 16:39:33 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb).
Mar 05 16:39:42 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:06.
Mar 05 16:43:13 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda).
Mar 05 16:43:22 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:06.
Mar 05 16:44:42 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb).
Mar 05 16:44:52 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:07.
Mar 05 16:49:52 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb).
Mar 05 16:50:02 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:07.
Mar 05 16:58:13 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda).
Mar 05 16:58:18 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb).
Mar 05 16:58:27 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:09.
Mar 05 16:58:28 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:08.
Mar 05 17:04:30 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb).
Mar 05 17:04:40 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:06.
Mar 05 17:07:00 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning down disk 1 (/dev/sda).
Mar 05 17:07:09 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning up disk 1 (/dev/sda) after 0:00:06.
Mar 05 17:09:49 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning down disk 2 (/dev/sdb).
Mar 05 17:09:59 nas noflushd[9030]: Spinning up disk 2 (/dev/sdb) after 0:00:07.
Mar 05 17:10:16 nas noflushd[9030]: Quitting on signal...
And it keeps loading.
Can you please help me stop it?
Hello,
I am using last version : 6.6.1
Before troubleshooting many hours, I have just decided to make another default reset, and will never check that box again. Spin-down never worked for me anyway.
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- FramerVNETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi Sylphide444,
What firmware are you using?
Regards,
- jak0lantashMentor
I've used that in the past, but I'm entirely sure it's a clean solution: systemctl disable noflushd
Maybe someone will confirm.
- Sylphide444Aspirant
Hello,
I am using last version : 6.6.1
Before troubleshooting many hours, I have just decided to make another default reset, and will never check that box again. Spin-down never worked for me anyway.
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