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Originally created by @pin147 on GitHub (May 22, 2024).

The bug

immich is constantly writing to disk even when there is no user activity or content in the app. Fresh install, no images uploaded, no external libraries connected.

I'm bringing this up because it's impossible to put a spinning disk to sleep if immich is touching in some way that disk. Even when there is absolutely no user activity. I fire up immich only when I need to see some pictures and turn it off afterward.

Deleted all traces of immich on the server, restarted to reset the writes counts, and I Installed it using the official, unmodified docker-compose and .env files config on unRaid. On this server, I have the Docker files located on Cache and the immich database folder set to a folder in Memories_storage. So it must be something related to the database. The writes on Cache remained fixed after installation, while the writes count on Memories_storage is growing every second.

In just 15 minutes after installing immich the writes count went from 0 to 30.000. Simply by being installed and active. No activity whatsoever.

It's an old issue that, with every new release, I was hoping to see it squashed. But apparently, miracles don't happen by mistake.

image

The OS that Immich Server is running on

unRaid 6.12.10

Version of Immich Server

1.105.1

Version of Immich Mobile App

not_used

Platform with the issue

  • Server
  • Web
  • Mobile

Your docker-compose.yml content

#
# WARNING: Make sure to use the docker-compose.yml of the current release:
#
# https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/docker-compose.yml
#
# The compose file on main may not be compatible with the latest release.
#

name: immich

services:
  immich-server:
    container_name: immich_server
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    command: ['start.sh', 'immich']
    volumes:
      - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    env_file:
      - .env
    ports:
      - 2283:3001
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - database
    restart: always

  immich-microservices:
    container_name: immich_microservices
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    # extends: # uncomment this section for hardware acceleration - see https://immich.app/docs/features/hardware-transcoding
    #   file: hwaccel.transcoding.yml
    #   service: cpu # set to one of [nvenc, quicksync, rkmpp, vaapi, vaapi-wsl] for accelerated transcoding
    command: ['start.sh', 'microservices']
    volumes:
      - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    env_file:
      - .env
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - database
    restart: always

  immich-machine-learning:
    container_name: immich_machine_learning
    # For hardware acceleration, add one of -[armnn, cuda, openvino] to the image tag.
    # Example tag: ${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}-cuda
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-learning:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    # extends: # uncomment this section for hardware acceleration - see https://immich.app/docs/features/ml-hardware-acceleration
    #   file: hwaccel.ml.yml
    #   service: cpu # set to one of [armnn, cuda, openvino, openvino-wsl] for accelerated inference - use the `-wsl` version for WSL2 where applicable
    volumes:
      - model-cache:/cache
    env_file:
      - .env
    restart: always

  redis:
    container_name: immich_redis
    image: registry.hub.docker.com/library/redis:6.2-alpine@sha256:84882e87b54734154586e5f8abd4dce69fe7311315e2fc6d67c29614c8de2672
    restart: always

  database:
    container_name: immich_postgres
    image: registry.hub.docker.com/tensorchord/pgvecto-rs:pg14-v0.2.0@sha256:90724186f0a3517cf6914295b5ab410db9ce23190a2d9d0b9dd6463e3fa298f0
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
      POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME}
      POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME}
      POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: '--data-checksums'
    volumes:
      - ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    restart: always
    command: ["postgres", "-c" ,"shared_preload_libraries=vectors.so", "-c", 'search_path="$$user", public, vectors', "-c", "logging_collector=on", "-c", "max_wal_size=2GB", "-c", "shared_buffers=512MB", "-c", "wal_compression=on"]

volumes:
  model-cache:

Your .env content

# You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at https://immich.app/docs/install/environment-variables

# The location where your uploaded files are stored
UPLOAD_LOCATION=/mnt/user/Memories
# The location where your database files are stored
DB_DATA_LOCATION=/mnt/user/Memories/database

# The Immich version to use. You can pin this to a specific version like "v1.71.0"
IMMICH_VERSION=release

# Connection secret for postgres. You should change it to a random password
DB_PASSWORD=postgres

# The values below this line do not need to be changed
###################################################################################
DB_USERNAME=postgres
DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich

Reproduction steps

1. Install unRaid
2. Install immich using the official method
2. Watch the writes count going up and up

Relevant log output

If you tell me where to look, I will gladly provide anything that's helpful to track down the issue.

Additional information

No response

Originally created by @pin147 on GitHub (May 22, 2024). ### The bug immich is constantly writing to disk even when there is no user activity or content in the app. Fresh install, no images uploaded, no external libraries connected. I'm bringing this up because it's impossible to put a spinning disk to sleep if immich is touching in some way that disk. Even when there is absolutely no user activity. I fire up immich only when I need to see some pictures and turn it off afterward. Deleted all traces of immich on the server, restarted to reset the writes counts, and I Installed it using the official, unmodified docker-compose and .env files config on unRaid. On this server, I have the Docker files located on Cache and the immich database folder set to a folder in Memories_storage. So it must be something related to the database. The writes on Cache remained fixed after installation, while the writes count on Memories_storage is growing every second. In just 15 minutes after installing immich the writes count went from 0 to 30.000. Simply by being installed and active. No activity whatsoever. It's an old issue that, with every new release, I was hoping to see it squashed. But apparently, miracles don't happen by mistake. ![image](https://github.com/immich-app/immich/assets/42554659/841d35c5-7f65-4c7a-9f61-ebbee4d81fed) ### The OS that Immich Server is running on unRaid 6.12.10 ### Version of Immich Server 1.105.1 ### Version of Immich Mobile App not_used ### Platform with the issue - [X] Server - [ ] Web - [ ] Mobile ### Your docker-compose.yml content ```YAML # # WARNING: Make sure to use the docker-compose.yml of the current release: # # https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/docker-compose.yml # # The compose file on main may not be compatible with the latest release. # name: immich services: immich-server: container_name: immich_server image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release} command: ['start.sh', 'immich'] volumes: - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro env_file: - .env ports: - 2283:3001 depends_on: - redis - database restart: always immich-microservices: container_name: immich_microservices image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release} # extends: # uncomment this section for hardware acceleration - see https://immich.app/docs/features/hardware-transcoding # file: hwaccel.transcoding.yml # service: cpu # set to one of [nvenc, quicksync, rkmpp, vaapi, vaapi-wsl] for accelerated transcoding command: ['start.sh', 'microservices'] volumes: - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro env_file: - .env depends_on: - redis - database restart: always immich-machine-learning: container_name: immich_machine_learning # For hardware acceleration, add one of -[armnn, cuda, openvino] to the image tag. # Example tag: ${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}-cuda image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-learning:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release} # extends: # uncomment this section for hardware acceleration - see https://immich.app/docs/features/ml-hardware-acceleration # file: hwaccel.ml.yml # service: cpu # set to one of [armnn, cuda, openvino, openvino-wsl] for accelerated inference - use the `-wsl` version for WSL2 where applicable volumes: - model-cache:/cache env_file: - .env restart: always redis: container_name: immich_redis image: registry.hub.docker.com/library/redis:6.2-alpine@sha256:84882e87b54734154586e5f8abd4dce69fe7311315e2fc6d67c29614c8de2672 restart: always database: container_name: immich_postgres image: registry.hub.docker.com/tensorchord/pgvecto-rs:pg14-v0.2.0@sha256:90724186f0a3517cf6914295b5ab410db9ce23190a2d9d0b9dd6463e3fa298f0 environment: POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD} POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME} POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME} POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: '--data-checksums' volumes: - ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/postgresql/data restart: always command: ["postgres", "-c" ,"shared_preload_libraries=vectors.so", "-c", 'search_path="$$user", public, vectors', "-c", "logging_collector=on", "-c", "max_wal_size=2GB", "-c", "shared_buffers=512MB", "-c", "wal_compression=on"] volumes: model-cache: ``` ### Your .env content ```Shell # You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at https://immich.app/docs/install/environment-variables # The location where your uploaded files are stored UPLOAD_LOCATION=/mnt/user/Memories # The location where your database files are stored DB_DATA_LOCATION=/mnt/user/Memories/database # The Immich version to use. You can pin this to a specific version like "v1.71.0" IMMICH_VERSION=release # Connection secret for postgres. You should change it to a random password DB_PASSWORD=postgres # The values below this line do not need to be changed ################################################################################### DB_USERNAME=postgres DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich ``` ### Reproduction steps ```bash 1. Install unRaid 2. Install immich using the official method 2. Watch the writes count going up and up ``` ### Relevant log output ```shell If you tell me where to look, I will gladly provide anything that's helpful to track down the issue. ``` ### Additional information _No response_
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