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Excessive Disk I/O from systemd-journald Due to Large Log Line Sizes on ext4 and btrfs

The GitHub issue highlights excessive disk I/O caused by systemd-journald, where a single log line generates 49KB+ on ext4 and 110KB+ on btrfs. This leads to high IOPS even with low log volume, affecting system performance.

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