Storage Overload Leading to Admission Control Throttling

When disk I/O queue depth exceeds 5-10 and LSM health degrades (L0 files >1000 or read-amp >20), admission control begins throttling requests, creating cascading latency spikes. This condition is often invisible until client timeouts start occurring.

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