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Just curious: why does status light suddenly switch to blinking green?

I understand the blinking green light signifies drive activity, but why does the light start blinking when all connected devices are off and the RAID and indexes have been updated? I get the solid blue, indicating sleep, then the blinking green starts up on its own.

Some sort of routine updating or some such? Just want to make sure this isn’t a sign of somebody somehow accessing the drive remotely…

Hi, I’m not sure, but twonky might be designed to scan the hard drive for new files after a determined time. 

If only it were Twonky.

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