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Disk IO very slow
P Performance
Medium
🔴 Error Message
File operations extremely slow
📖 What This Means
Disk thrashing or wrong scheduler.
🔧 Step-by-Step Fix
- Check IO: iotop
- Check disk health: smartctl -a /dev/sda
- In VM: use SSD-backed storage
- Tune: echo deadline > /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler