Hard Drive constantly writing

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xavicx
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Hard Drive constantly writing

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Hello,

yesterday evening I opened a folder that has 6 thousand photos with my Linux file browser. The NAS started to write on the disks and it has not stopped in 16 hours. I have checked the control panel and there are no tasks in the background.
I have taken a look at this post viewtopic.php?f=55&t=133516 and I have downloaded a drive monitoring script, and executing it the output is:

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===== Welcome to use blkdevMonitor_v2 on Wed Sep 22 10:11:25 CEST 2021 =====
Turn off/on VM block_dump & Clean dmesg
Countdown: 3 2 1 
Start...
============= 0/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:11:31 CEST 2021 ===============
<<7>[ 4678.362560] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<<7>[ 4678.362560] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)

============= 1/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:11:52 CEST 2021 ===============
<<<<<<<<<7>[ 4733.370933] kworker/u8:0(6): WRITE block 870416 on md9 (8 sectors)

============= 2/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:12:46 CEST 2021 ===============
<<<7>[ 4889.168827] rsyslogd(31581): dirtied inode 9901 (kmsg) on md9
<7>[ 4889.168851] rsyslogd(31581): dirtied inode 9901 (kmsg) on md9

============= 3/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:15:26 CEST 2021 ===============
^T<7>[ 5152.268697] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 5152.268763] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sdb1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 5152.268697] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 5152.268763] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sdb1 (1 sectors)

============= 4/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:19:46 CEST 2021 ===============
<7<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<7>[ 5423.961867] logrotate(9773): WRITE block 319856 on md9 (8 sectors)

============= 5/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:24:17 CEST 2021 ===============
<<<<<<<<<7>[ 5451.298251] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 5451.298296] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sdb1 (1 sectors)
<<<<<<<<<7>[ 5451.298251] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 5451.298296] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sdb1 (1 sectors)

============= 6/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:24:44 CEST 2021 ===============
<7>[ 5467.158668] kworker/u8:0(6): WRITE block 262416 on md9 (8 sectors)
<7>[ 5467.158717] kworker/u8:0(6): WRITE block 787272 on md9 (8 sectors)
<7>[ 5467.158738] kworker/u8:0(6): WRITE block 8 on md9 (8 sectors)
<7>[ 5467.158957] kworker/u8:0(6): WRITE block 475224 on md9 (8 sectors)

============= 7/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:25:00 CEST 2021 ===============
<<7<<7>[ 5566.550858] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 5566.550913] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sdb1 (1 sectors)
<<7<<7>[ 5566.550858] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 5566.550913] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sdb1 (1 sectors)

============= 8/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:26:39 CEST 2021 ===============
<7>[ 5753.930584] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 5753.930657] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sdb1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 5753.930584] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 5753.930657] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sdb1 (1 sectors)

============= 9/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:29:47 CEST 2021 ===============
<<<<<7>[ 5832.317511] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 5832.317566] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sdb1 (1 sectors)
<<<<<7>[ 5832.317511] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 5832.317566] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sdb1 (1 sectors)

============= 10/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:31:10 CEST 2021 ===============
<<<<<<<<<<7>[ 5983.028627] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 5983.028679] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sdb1 (1 sectors)
<<<<<<<<<<7>[ 5983.028627] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 5983.028679] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sdb1 (1 sectors)

============= 11/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:33:39 CEST 2021 ===============
<<<<7>[<7>[ 6005.138949] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<<<<7>[<7>[ 6005.138949] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)

============= 12/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:34:02 CEST 2021 ===============
<<<<<<7>[ 6221.448634] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sdb1 (1 sectors)
<<<<<<7>[ 6221.448634] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sdb1 (1 sectors)

============= 13/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:37:36 CEST 2021 ===============
<7>[ 6339.751276] kjournald(2041): WRITE block 476168 on md9 (8 sectors)

============= 14/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:39:33 CEST 2021 ===============
<7>[ 6368.803088] getcfg(2337): dirtied inode 20306 (vg1_snapshot_recycle.log) on md9

============= 15/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:40:02 CEST 2021 ===============
<<<<<7>[ 6461.049035] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 6461.049093] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sdb1 (1 sectors)
<<<<<7>[ 6461.049035] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 6461.049093] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sdb1 (1 sectors)

============= 16/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:41:34 CEST 2021 ===============
<<7><<7>[ 6502.988630] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 6502.988698] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sdb1 (1 sectors)
<<7><<7>[ 6502.988630] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 6502.988698] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sdb1 (1 sectors)

============= 17/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:42:17 CEST 2021 ===============
<7>[ 6558.428660] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 6558.428734] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sdb1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 6558.428660] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 6558.428734] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sdb1 (1 sectors)

============= 18/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:43:13 CEST 2021 ===============
<<7>[ 6633.478931] kjournald(2041): WRITE block 476480 on md9 (8 sectors)
<7>[ 6633.478991] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 6633.479066] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sdb1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 6633.478991] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 6633.479066] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sdb1 (1 sectors)

============= 19/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:44:27 CEST 2021 ===============
<<<<<<<<<7>[ 6677.108853] kjournald(2041): WRITE block 476528 on md9 (8 sectors)

============= 20/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:45:11 CEST 2021 ===============
<<<<<7>[ 6736.156994] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<<<<<7>[ 6736.156994] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)

============= 21/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:46:09 CEST 2021 ===============
<<<<7>[ 6754.380439] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 6754.380487] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sdb1 (1 sectors)
<<<<7>[ 6754.380439] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 6754.380487] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sdb1 (1 sectors)

============= 22/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:46:35 CEST 2021 ===============
<<<<<<<<<<7>[ 6854.710059] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 6854.710090] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sdb1 (1 sectors)
<<<<<<<<<<7>[ 6854.710059] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 6854.710090] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sdb1 (1 sectors)

============= 23/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:48:10 CEST 2021 ===============
<7>[ 6979.978716] kworker/u8:3(29497): WRITE block 476840 on md9 (8 sectors)
<7>[ 6979.978762] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 6979.978827] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sdb1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 6979.978762] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 6979.978827] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sdb1 (1 sectors)

============= 24/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:50:13 CEST 2021 ===============
<<7>[ 7039.448867] kjournald(2041): WRITE block 476904 on md9 (8 sectors)<<<<<<

============= 25/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:51:13 CEST 2021 ===============
<7>[ 7040.558654] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 7040.558726] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sdb1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 7040.579607] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 7040.558654] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 7040.579607] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 7040.558726] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sdb1 (1 sectors)

============= 29/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:57:40 CEST 2021 ===============
<7>[ 7490.168938] rsyslogd(31581): WRITE block 477352 on md9 (8 sectors)
<7>[ 7490.169161] kjournald(2041): WRITE block 9888 on md9 (8 sectors)
<7>[ 7490.169182] kjournald(2041): WRITE block 9896 on md9 (8 sectors)
<7>[ 7490.169398] kjournald(2041): WRITE block 9904 on md9 (8 sectors)

============= 30/100 test, Wed Sep 22 10:59:00 CEST 2021 ===============
<7>[ 7731.018657] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<7<<<<<<<<7>[ 7741.348622] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 7741.348684] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sdb1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 7731.018657] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<7<<<<<<<<7>[ 7741.348622] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sda1 (1 sectors)
<7>[ 7741.348684] md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sdb1 (1 sectors)

============= 31/100 test, Wed Sep 22 11:03:05 CEST 2021 ===============
<7>[ 7823.956139] kjournald(2041): WRITE block 477656 on md9 (8 sectors)
<7>[ 7823.956431] rsyslogd(31581): WRITE block 477656 on md9 (8 sectors)
<7>[ 7823.956635] kjournald(2041): WRITE block 12256 on md9 (8 sectors)
<7>[ 7823.956656] kjournald(2041): WRITE block 12264 on md9 (8 sectors)
<7>[ 7823.956676] kjournald(2041): WRITE block 12272 on md9 (8 sectors)

remarkable outputs are:
- many of this: md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060232 on sda1 (1 sectors)
- many of this: md9_raid1(2018): WRITE block 1060216 on sda1 (1 sectors)
- rsyslogd(31581): dirtied inode 9901 (kmsg) on md9

What can be the issue? The NAS has never been active for so long, even when copying GBs of data.

Thank you,
xavi
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