Thanks TonyPh12345. You clearly know a lot more about this stuff than I do. Many thanks for joining the hunt.
But my findings are different from yours. Have a look at this:
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SSH ‘top’ - Nothing accessing My Cloud:
ZERO instance of ‘smbd’ running
30105 root 20 0 2664 1196 804 R 0.7 0.5 0:00.76 top
2199 root 20 0 0 0 0 D 0.3 0.0 7:47.64 pfe_ctrl_timer
1 root 20 0 1688 108 84 S 0.0 0.0 0:12.06 init
2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 kthreadd
3 root 20 0 0 0 0 D 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cpu1_hotplug_th
4 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 2:17.41 ksoftirqd/0
7 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0
8 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/1
9 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:24.90 kworker/1:0
10 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 1:47.83 ksoftirqd/1
11 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cpuset
12 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khelper
13 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 kworker/u:1
38 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:23.43 kworker/1:1
215 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.02 sync_supers
217 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.03 bdi-default
219 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd
225 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ata_sff
236 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.21 khubd
242 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 md
265 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rpciod
278 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 9:08.44 kswapd0
279 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 fsnotify_mark
280 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 nfsiod
281 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 crypto
319 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_0
322 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_1
325 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.09 kworker/u:2
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SSH ‘top’ - COPYING files from My Cloud to PC on LAN:
ONE instance of ‘smbd’ running (I think I briefly saw 2 instances of smbd running)
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
30209 nobody 20 0 18276 10m 9.8m S 28.8 4.7 0:14.46 smbd
30284 root 20 0 2664 1148 804 R 0.7 0.5 0:00.99 top
10 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.3 0.0 1:48.00 ksoftirqd/1
2199 root 20 0 0 0 0 D 0.3 0.0 7:48.16 pfe_ctrl_timer
18071 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.3 0.0 0:02.62 kworker/0:1
1 root 20 0 1688 108 84 S 0.0 0.0 0:12.07 init
2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 kthreadd
3 root 20 0 0 0 0 D 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cpu1_hotplug_th
4 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 2:17.42 ksoftirqd/0
7 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0
8 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/1
9 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:24.90 kworker/1:0
11 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cpuset
12 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khelper
13 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 kworker/u:1
38 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:23.50 kworker/1:1
215 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.02 sync_supers
217 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.03 bdi-default
219 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd
225 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ata_sff
236 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.21 khubd
242 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 md
265 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rpciod
278 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 9:08.52 kswapd0
279 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 fsnotify_mark
280 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 nfsiod
281 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 crypto
319 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_0
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SSH ‘top’ - FINISHED copying files from My Cloud to PC on LAN:
ZERO instance of ‘smbd’ running, once again (normal resting state)
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Continued in next post…
