# 100% HDD usage normal?

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/100-hdd-usage-normal/7628>\
**Category:** troubleshooting\
**Tags:** windows, hardware\
**Created:** [June 17, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/100-hdd-usage-normal/7628 "2020-06-17T20:56:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/100-hdd-usage-normal/7628/13 "2020-09-01T12:17:46Z")

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Please have a looks at this topic where responses from Storj are already available.

> [@Disk activity 100%, Pieces scan to update databases](https://forum.storj.io/t/disk-activity-100-pieces-scan-to-update-databases/8412):
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> Hello Storj Community, I discovered why my HDDs are working insanely, it’s due to the pieces scan executed oftenly. When the scan is launched, container scan each file with it name and update .db files As you can see disk activity is really high Is it possible to reduce disk usage at arround 20% introducing sleep times between each file lookup ? HDD are approximatively at 100% and operations are very intensive and may impact the HDD lifetime, HDD at 100% is not a good thing, readi…

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