The options to disable the convert, wdmcserver, wdphotodbmerger processes in the My Cloud Dashboard

The process named "convert" in WD My Cloud EX4 causes severe performance and availability problems as well as unnecessary wear of hard drives. After putting many files into the EX4 unit, the convert process begins to consume CPU 100% and cause many unnecessary I/O activities on the hard drives until the owner reboots the unit. (Update: Firmware 1.02.36 cut CPU consumption down to 40%.)
These severe symptoms have been experienced by many in the community:
http://community.wd.com/t5/WD-My-Cloud-EX4/Why-is-Convert-Process-Maxing-My-CPU/td-p/667863
http://community.wd.com/t5/WD-My-Cloud/Content-scan-never-finishes/td-p/643989
Like many others, I expect EX4 to be a 24x7 reliable storage system with good consistent performance. I do not need media streaming and cloud capabilities. I do not want to waste system resources to have my files analyzed to be classified whether they are videos or photos. I'd be more than happy if EX4 reported 100% of my files classified as "Other" without looking at any of them. Jumpman has made a good point on wdmcserver and thumbnail generation. If you agree, please also vote at http://community.wd.com/t5/Personal-Cloud-Ideas/Please-don-t-create-WDMC-TWONKY-folders/idi-p/693840
I would like WD to provide the owners of My Cloud EX4/EX2 with the Dashboard options to disable the "convert," "wdmcserver," "wdphotodbmerger," and other processes that generate metadata, thumbnails, and hidden folders so that they will never run again on a future firmware update.

I have an EX2 also. Firmware is 10.02.08 as of now and it states this is the latest. CPU is usually above 80% usage but it is not constant. . Struthio: I can tell you, that this device is waaaaaaay better than what I have tested from other companies!! The worst experience I had was with Seagate and believe me, I work with these devices. These small flaws are there, apparently WD doesnt test too much but all-in-all these are working at least. As I see most flaws are security related and can be solved with a soft update. Most other products at this price point doesn't offer half the services in reality and have loads of hardware flaws. May I suggest you this cool song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8OipmKFDeM

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