# Machine freezing for short periods

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/machine-freezing-for-short-periods/5739>\
**Category:** troubleshooting\
**Tags:** smr, windows, storagenode\
**Created:** [April 8, 2020, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/machine-freezing-for-short-periods/5739 "2020-04-08T09:11:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/machine-freezing-for-short-periods/5739/84 "2020-06-10T14:41:20Z")

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After roughly 1h15 with the `--filestore.write-buffer-size="4MiB"` option, the node is dying again it seems: `load average: 299.51, 282.63, 210.63`.

Besides, something really suspect happens time to time, not sure if it was the case with previous configurations, but it is little by little taking a very large amount of RAM (1000MB+) up to the point where it suddenly goes back to almost nothing, and it rises again (I saw it above 1580MB once).

When checking the logs, it appears that the start-up routine is triggered several times, not only at start-up time. For instance, here is a quote in the middle of this test “session”:

```nohighlight
[START OF THE LOG FILE]
2020-06-10T13:22:10.975Z INFO Configuration loaded {"Location": "/app/config/config.yaml"}
2020-06-10T13:22:10.980Z INFO Operator email {"Address": "..."}
2020-06-10T13:22:10.981Z INFO Operator wallet {"Address": "..."}
2020-06-10T13:22:11.842Z INFO Telemetry enabled
2020-06-10T13:22:11.946Z INFO db.migration Database Version {"version": 39}
2020-06-10T13:22:12.988Z INFO preflight:localtime start checking local system clock with trusted satellites' system clock.
2020-06-10T13:22:13.870Z INFO preflight:localtime local system clock is in sync with trusted satellites' system clock.
2020-06-10T13:22:13.871Z INFO trust Scheduling next refresh {"after": "5h41m38.286636482s"}
2020-06-10T13:22:13.871Z INFO bandwidth Performing bandwidth usage rollups
2020-06-10T13:22:13.871Z INFO Node 12VHJRHeqGmnHsD3bcV2bkpfbv8jwER8NtX7h2wpgED8qDD6oHS started
2020-06-10T13:22:13.871Z INFO Public server started on [::]:28967
2020-06-10T13:22:13.872Z INFO Private server started on 127.0.0.1:7778
2020-06-10T13:22:15.446Z INFO piecestore download started {"Piece ID": "O4PHHU64KAJOZINH255MGEWIUCG7XLY2YYKDF2OWN2ZR6ZA2FYIQ", "Satellite ID": "12EayR...
2020-06-10T13:22:16.326Z INFO piecestore downloaded {"Piece ID": "O4PHHU64KAJOZINH255MGEWIUCG7XLY2YYKDF2OWN2ZR6ZA2FYIQ", "Satellite ID": "12EayRS2V1kEsW...
[...]
2020-06-10T14:22:39.917Z INFO piecestore upload started {"Piece ID": "KZCZESNGC7CAXUKYTHUEQDN2DPOWEAG7ZA5ZSM6UNVTO6QIHFN2A", "Satellite ID": "12rfG3sh9NCWiX...
2020-06-10T14:22:40.271Z INFO piecestore upload started {"Piece ID": "BZW7E3WAVNX6QNH4EZI2W46ZEJBFV5RI47LS7WXGLT7HVFKPPETQ", "Satellite ID": "121RTSDpyNZVcE...
2020-06-10T14:23:34.760Z INFO Configuration loaded {"Location": "/app/config/config.yaml"}
2020-06-10T14:23:34.763Z INFO Operator email {"Address": "..."}
2020-06-10T14:23:34.763Z INFO Operator wallet {"Address": "..."}
2020-06-10T14:23:35.792Z INFO Telemetry enabled
2020-06-10T14:23:37.745Z INFO db.migration Database Version {"version": 39}
2020-06-10T14:23:43.470Z INFO preflight:localtime start checking local system clock with trusted satellites' system clock.
2020-06-10T14:23:44.382Z INFO preflight:localtime local system clock is in sync with trusted satellites' system clock.
2020-06-10T14:23:44.382Z INFO bandwidth Performing bandwidth usage rollups
2020-06-10T14:23:44.388Z INFO trust Scheduling next refresh {"after": "4h56m45.640427281s"}
2020-06-10T14:23:44.390Z INFO Node 12VHJRHeqGmnHsD3bcV2bkpfbv8jwER8NtX7h2wpgED8qDD6oHS started
2020-06-10T14:23:44.390Z INFO Public server started on [::]:28967
2020-06-10T14:23:44.390Z INFO Private server started on 127.0.0.1:7778
2020-06-10T14:23:44.603Z INFO piecestore upload started {"Piece ID": "ANB5SA53KLJYDQIS3XXIM5OOTLONEEEJ7KQPGYJUPVXNIMNIQHUA", "Satellite ID": "12L9ZFwhzVpuEK...
2020-06-10T14:23:44.662Z INFO piecestore upload started {"Piece ID": "BHQCQJ4IJSAK6CXMKHSB7YAVWPUZ2LBLGADZ7K7CQM76BPS4XIQQ", "Satellite ID": "12rfG3sh9NCWiX...
[...]

```

Is the `storagenode` software crashing, or something? (still running `v1.5.2` as it did not auto-update yet - watchtower is running).

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Maybe my disk is not in good shape. Or… SMR disks _really_ are bad, except for casual home users.

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