Constant Disk Access

[pwilson]

I have TS-210 and the hard disks are constantly going like they're being accessed, even though I know for sure that they are not.
There have been other reports of similar behavior from many people.
In fact, this thread was running for something like 3 years before it was simply locked with no solution:
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=51741&p=264645#p264645

Unfortunately my financial circumstances prevent me from buying another NAS right now, but when I do, it wont another QNAP.

Using the Advanced Search (top right of your screen) nets some 108 results: See: spindown solved. These two words make excellent search terms for the search box in your situation.

I apologize if this comes off as rude, but yours is a common question, and it has been answered multiple times. Seriously, check out the Advanced Search function. It can be very helpful. Your spindown issue could be caused by many things, including QPKG's still running, etc. There are some troubleshooting steps that can be taken to determine which of these solutions applies in your case. Read through those messages, and I'm sure you'll learn a lot. There are some excellent suggestions in many of those older posts.

If you find that none of those messages cover your unique situation, then please post back here, but providing more information about your setup.

Good luck...

[schumaku]

I have TS-210 and the hard disks are constantly going like they're being accessed, even though I know for sure that they are not.
There have been other reports of similar behavior from many people.

...with the last entry dated 08 Jul 2010, 13:54 here...

In fact, this thread was running for something like 3 years before it was simply locked with no solution:
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=51741&p=264645#p264645[/quoe] It was locked for a while - simply because it bacame a pot for every kind of suspected issues with HDD - Constant Disk Access for example is certainly _not_ one of these. the problem here was a massive slow-down of the disk operations starting once the stroage volume is used to cetain levels. Much more, the issue in the other thread is resolved for the majority of community members.

Unfortunately my financial circumstances prevent me from buying another NAS right now, but when I do, it wont another QNAP.

Nobody wants you to buy a new NAS.

Understand your frustration - but please try to understand the heling community membrs have no Crystal Ball available.

We need much more information on your NAS - start with firmwae version. HDD installed (make. model, firmware), processes taking some CPU constantly (Ressource monitor - Processes or much better # top from the NAS Linux shell). Is the Download Station enabled? Are there services exposed to the Internet - ie. ftp, the admin Web UI, the Web server, ...? Consider to check the NAS event and connection logs (temporarely enable all opitons) to see any ongoing connections, ...