Itunes constantly copying a backup of my database

I have setup my Itunes to access the database and music folders from an external network drive. This works and there is no problem with that.
It is only because my Itunes is setup this way that I have been able to spot what Itunes is doing.
*Itunes appears to copy its own database file every 5 minutes whilst being used.* I can only see this because my network drive (Linkstation) keeps a copy of deleted files in its ‘trashbox’ (a sort of recycle bin that ensure you can recover what has been deleted from the network)
Why is Itunes doing this?

t seems to me that it would be a slicker program if it perhaps saved any changes in a temporary file and then updated the main database only once on exit?
The potential problem with this is the iTunes library.xml file is created by iTunes only for all other applications to access the library.
If this file is not updated until iTunes quits, then any updated info will not be available for other apps to use. If you renamed a song or updated a playlist, no other app would see any changes.

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