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: f/w 1.72 problems on TS-XEL/R5
: Mehanik April 19, 2019, 05:49:07 AM
Hello
This latest 1.72 firmware update has strange issues:
1) Dramatically slowing down LAN speed with BitTorrent enabled. No any torrents added, no any transmissions active. Just enabling BitTorrent causing problem. Transfer rate over LAN goes down from ~30 MB/s то 2-3 MB/s (SMB). How to fix it?
2) Very strange CPU load in System Log. It is rising up or going down, percent by percent during long period of time. During last month it is downing from 100%, 99%, 98%, 97%.... 68% as for today.  Why it is so?
Nothing unusual in usage. Nothing has been changed. But on f/w 1.66 there were no such problems.


Last days sample:
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Apr 17 20:30:02 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.24 0.08 0.02 : CPU Utilization= 71%
Apr 17 21:00:02 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 71%
Apr 17 21:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 71%
Apr 17 22:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 71%
Apr 17 22:15:19 NAS1 linkstation: log saved to NAND(cron)
Apr 17 22:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.01 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 71%
Apr 17 23:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.01 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 71%
Apr 17 23:30:02 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.02 0.02 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 71%
Apr 18 00:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 71%
Apr 18 00:15:08 NAS1 linkstation: [Success] Sync to ntp server
Apr 18 00:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.05 0.02 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 71%
Apr 18 01:00:02 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 71%
Apr 18 01:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.01 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 71%
Apr 18 02:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 71%
Apr 18 02:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 71%
Apr 18 03:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 71%
Apr 18 03:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 71%
Apr 18 04:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.02 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 71%
Apr 18 04:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 71%
Apr 18 04:49:02 NAS1 S40B_update_notifications.sh: deleting old settings...
Apr 18 04:49:02 NAS1 last message repeated 2 times
Apr 18 04:49:02 NAS1 S40B_update_notifications.sh: checking and registering to cron...
Apr 18 04:49:02 NAS1 S40B_update_notifications.sh: old xml file found. deleting...
Apr 18 04:49:04 NAS1 S40B_update_notifications.sh: starting f/w cheking process ...
Apr 18 04:49:06 NAS1 S40B_update_notifications.sh: step1 result=0
Apr 18 04:49:06 NAS1 S40B_update_notifications.sh: version_is_latest
Apr 18 04:49:06 NAS1 S40B_update_notifications.sh: deleting from lcd...
Apr 18 05:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 05:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.01 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 06:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 06:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 07:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.02 0.01 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 07:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 08:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 08:30:02 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 09:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.02 0.01 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 09:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.01 0.03 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 10:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.02 0.02 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 10:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.02 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 11:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 11:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 12:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.02 0.02 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 12:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.01 0.01 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 13:00:02 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.09 0.04 0.01 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 13:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 14:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 14:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.04 0.01 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 15:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 15:30:02 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 16:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.10 0.05 0.01 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 16:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.02 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 17:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.01 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 70%
Apr 18 17:30:02 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 18 18:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 18 18:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.08 0.05 0.01 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 18 19:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.09 0.04 0.01 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 18 19:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 18 20:00:02 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 1.13 0.89 0.41 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 18 20:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.12 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 18 21:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.01 0.01 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 18 21:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.03 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 18 22:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.01 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 18 22:20:20 NAS1 linkstation: log saved to NAND(cron)
Apr 18 22:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.04 0.04 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 18 23:00:02 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.03 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 18 23:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.02 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 19 00:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.01 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 19 00:15:08 NAS1 linkstation: [Success] Sync to ntp server
Apr 19 00:28:01 NAS1 S40B_update_notifications.sh: deleting old settings...
Apr 19 00:28:01 NAS1 last message repeated 2 times
Apr 19 00:28:01 NAS1 S40B_update_notifications.sh: checking and registering to cron...
Apr 19 00:28:02 NAS1 S40B_update_notifications.sh: old xml file found. deleting...
Apr 19 00:28:03 NAS1 S40B_update_notifications.sh: starting f/w cheking process ...
Apr 19 00:28:05 NAS1 S40B_update_notifications.sh: step1 result=0
Apr 19 00:28:05 NAS1 S40B_update_notifications.sh: version_is_latest
Apr 19 00:28:06 NAS1 S40B_update_notifications.sh: deleting from lcd...
Apr 19 00:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.03 0.03 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 19 01:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 19 01:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.01 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 19 02:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 19 02:30:02 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 19 03:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 19 03:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 19 04:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 19 04:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.03 0.01 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 19 05:00:02 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.01 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 19 05:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 19 06:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.05 0.02 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 19 06:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.02 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 69%
Apr 19 07:00:02 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 68%
Apr 19 07:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 68%
Apr 19 08:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 68%
Apr 19 08:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.06 0.04 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 68%
Apr 19 09:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.06 0.02 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 68%
Apr 19 09:30:02 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 68%
Apr 19 10:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.10 0.03 0.01 : CPU Utilization= 68%
Apr 19 10:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.04 0.03 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 68%
Apr 19 11:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.01 0.01 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 68%
Apr 19 11:30:02 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.01 0.01 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 68%
Apr 19 12:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.18 0.08 0.02 : CPU Utilization= 68%
Apr 19 12:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 68%
Apr 19 13:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.00 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 68%
Apr 19 13:30:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.00 0.02 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 68%
Apr 19 14:00:01 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.16 0.10 0.03 : CPU Utilization= 68%
Apr 19 14:30:02 NAS1 nas_status.sh: loadavg= 0.02 0.02 0.00 : CPU Utilization= 68%
: Re: f/w 1.72 problems on TS-XEL/R5
: oxygen8 April 19, 2019, 10:20:17 AM
enable telnet or ssh
connect with putty
analyse the output from
:
top
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Mem: 235328K used, 13204K free, 0K shrd, 2772K buff, 187140K cached
CPU:   2% usr   6% sys   0% nice  91% idle   0% io   0% irq   0% softirq
Load average: 0.01 0.02 0.05
  PID  PPID USER     STAT   VSZ %MEM %CPU COMMAND
 2618     1 root     S     2904   1%   1% /bin/bash /usr/local/sbin/diskmon_exec.sh start
  435 24614 root     S     7252   3%   0% sshd: root@pts/0
    3     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [ksoftirqd/0]
 3375     1 root     S    51188  21%   0% /opt/bin/transmission-daemon -g /mnt/disk1/share/.config/transmission-daemon
 1838     1 root     S    27024  11%   0% /usr/bin/python /usr/local/sbin/BuffaloXMLRPCServer.pyc --skip-auth
 2938     1 root     S    18148   7%   0% /usr/local/BootServer/rarpd
 6759 24568 root     S    17860   7%   0% /usr/local/sbin/smbd -D
24574 24568 root     S    13764   6%   0% /usr/local/sbin/smbd -D
24568     1 root     S    13756   6%   0% /usr/local/sbin/smbd -D
: Re: f/w 1.72 problems on TS-XEL/R5
: Eastmarch April 29, 2019, 06:06:56 PM
On these older ones, high CPU usage is usually a sign of one of your drives going bad (The RAID is working from parity). Check the SMART outputs in the CTRL ALT SHIFT B logs. How's your backup?