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Hi.

On 20.10.2016 21:17, Steven Hartland wrote:
> Do you have atime enabled for the relevant volume?
I do.
>
> If so disable it and see if that helps:
> zfs set atime=off <volume>
>
Nah, it doesn't help at all.

Thanks.
Eugene.