Re: zfs with operations like rm -rf takes a very long time recently

On Sun, 16 Oct 2022, at 16:51, Warner Losh wrote:

> The only thing that looks high here is the load cycle count and maybe 
> the power off retract count. With
> 40k power on hours, that's a power off every 90 hours? That seems a 
> little weird. And the load cycle
> is almost 20 times the power on hours, suggesting it's going on every 
> few minutes. That's higher than
> I'd expect as well. The power cycle count is also high for the number 
> of hours. Your disk is pushing 4 years
> old too, which may mean its past expected life. So this profile 
> suggests possible signs of fatigue.

Thanks for the explainer. The disk is a dedicated ruggedised external disk. Before it was used in a stationary context with the pi, it'd be lugged around with a netbook or
laptop, hence the large number of powercycles.