From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Matt Garman <matthew.garman@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: linux disk access when idle
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:59:35 -0500
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On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 06:45:45AM +1200, Richard Scobie wrote:
> Matt Garman wrote:
>> So what I'm trying to figure out is, what is causing the disk
>> access?  It could be any one of:
>>
>>     - Kernel
>>     - RAID subsystem (i.e. md)
>>     - XFS filesystem
>>     - NFS
>>     - Samba
>>     - ???
>
> Are you running smartd? It polls the drives every 30minutes.

I was running smartd, until I received your post :)

Unfortunately, this does not help keep the heads parked any longer.

Nonetheless, thank you for the hint.

Matt