About 2 years ago I set up a FreeNAS server for my local media. Today I noticed that there is quite a bit of disk activity that occurs in small bursts at roughly 30 second intervals, which coincides with network activity as indicated by the LEDs flashing on the switch that it's connected to. The problem is, I can't figure out what it's connecting to (or trying to connect to), or what is connecting to it. There should be nothing accessing it at that time of day. My local network is totally wired (no WiFi) and the connection to the Internet is via a router with a firewall that has NO ports open to the FreeNAS server.
My question is, for my own peace of mind is there any way I can tell what is going on, and whether someone or something is trying to connect to the server? And also, does FreeNAS try to connect to the outside world at regular intervals for some reason? Could it perhaps trying to connect to some server that no longer exists, maybe for software updates or something of that nature?
I never configured FreeNAS to do anything unusual, it was a pretty basic install and there is no additional software running on that box, and I pretty much set it up and forgot about it because it has been working so reliably up to this point. But it really bothers me that this is happening and I don't know why.
Thanks,
NASGuy
My question is, for my own peace of mind is there any way I can tell what is going on, and whether someone or something is trying to connect to the server? And also, does FreeNAS try to connect to the outside world at regular intervals for some reason? Could it perhaps trying to connect to some server that no longer exists, maybe for software updates or something of that nature?
I never configured FreeNAS to do anything unusual, it was a pretty basic install and there is no additional software running on that box, and I pretty much set it up and forgot about it because it has been working so reliably up to this point. But it really bothers me that this is happening and I don't know why.
Thanks,
NASGuy