Pool Information¶

The Pool Information feature provides a comprehensive view of any ZFS pool's structure, health, and usage.

Accessing Pool Information¶

From the main menu, select Show zpool info.

Pool Selection¶

You'll be prompted to select which pool to view:

The tool shows all available pools (both imported and importable)
Use Up / Down or J / K to navigate
Press Enter to select

Unimported Pools

If you select a pool that isn't currently imported, the tool will automatically import it for you.

Encryption Handling¶

If the selected pool is encrypted and locked, you'll be prompted for the encryption password before viewing the information.

Information Displayed¶

The pool information view shows four sections:

Status¶

Output from zpool status, including:

Pool state (ONLINE, DEGRADED, etc.)
Device structure (mirrors, raidz, etc.)
Scrub/resilver status
Any errors detected

Usage¶

Output from zpool list -v, showing:

Total size
Allocated space
Free space
Fragmentation percentage
Capacity percentage
Individual device usage

Datasets¶

All datasets within the pool:

Name
Used space
Available space
Referenced space
Mountpoint

Snapshots¶

All snapshots within the pool:

Snapshot name
Used space
Referenced space
Creation date

The information is displayed in a scrollable viewport:

Key	Action
`J` / `Down`	Scroll down
`K` / `Up`	Scroll up
`Ctrl`+`D`	Page down
`Ctrl`+`U`	Page up
`G`	Go to top
`Shift`+`G`	Go to bottom
`Esc` / `Q`	Return to menu

The scroll percentage is shown at the bottom of the screen.

Example Output¶

Pool: NIXROOT
======================================================================

STATUS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
  pool: NIXROOT
 state: ONLINE
  scan: scrub repaired 0B in 00:27:41 with 0 errors on Sun Mar  1 00:54:59 2026
config:

        NAME                                                 STATE
        NIXROOT                                              ONLINE
          raidz1-0                                           ONLINE
            nvme-eui.e8238fa6bf530001001b448b40f0effc-part2  ONLINE
            nvme-eui.e8238fa6bf530001001b444a41037afa-part2  ONLINE

errors: No known data errors

USAGE
----------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME      SIZE  ALLOC   FREE  FRAG   CAP
NIXROOT  1.82T  1.40T   371G    8%   77%

DATASETS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME               USED  AVAIL  REFER  MOUNTPOINT
NIXROOT           1.40T   371G   192K  none
NIXROOT/home      1.19T   319G  1.17T  none
NIXROOT/nix        159G   141G   159G  /nix
NIXROOT/root      9.78G   371G  9.78G  /

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