diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16f2dc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.csv
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/collect.sh b/collect.sh
index 404768d..5d46e8f 100755
--- a/collect.sh
+++ b/collect.sh
@@ -8,12 +8,23 @@ echo "Will auto upload to iXsystem when completed."
 echo "Airgapped Systems will need to exfiltrate /root/*.csv"
 echo ""
 
-python3 ./collect.zpool.iostat.py --minutes $minutes &
 
-echo "running gstat"
-timeout "$minutes"m gstat -C -s -d -o -p -I 60s > /root/gstat.csv
 
-cp /root/zpool_iostat.csv /root/gstat.csv /var/log
+iostat="python3 ixiostat.py "
+gstat="gstat -C -s -d -o -p -I 60s >> /root/gstat.csv"
+
+iterations=$1
+
+for (( i=1; i<=$iterations; i++ )); do
+  # Execute the command
+    $gstat
+    $iostat
+
+  # Wait for 60 seconds before the next iteration
+  sleep 60
+done
+
+cp *.csv /var/log
 
 DEBUGFILE=`midclt call system.debug_generate -job` && export DEBUGFILE
 curl --user customer:ixcustomer -T $DEBUGFILE ftp.ixsystems.com/debug-`hostname`-`date +%Y%m%d%H%M`.tgz
diff --git a/ixiostat.py b/ixiostat.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0373bfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ixiostat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+import subprocess
+import re
+import csv
+import os
+from datetime import datetime
+
+
+def convert_to_machine_readable(date_string):
+    # Define the format string considering the time zone information (EDT)
+    format_string = "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %p %Z %Y"
+    try:
+        # Parse the date string using the format string
+        datetime_obj = datetime.strptime(date_string, format_string)
+        return datetime_obj
+    except ValueError:
+        print(
+            f"Error: Invalid date format. Please provide a string in the format '{format_string}'."
+        )
+        return None
+
+
+# Define your shell command
+command = ["zpool", "iostat", "-Td", "-l", "-p", "-v", "-y", "1", "1"]
+
+headerRow = [
+    "time",
+    "capacity_alloc",
+    "capacity_free",
+    "ops_read",
+    "ops_write",
+    "bandwidth_read",
+    "bandwidth_write",
+    "total_wait_read",
+    "total_wait_write",
+    "disk_wait_read",
+    "disk_wait_write",
+    "syncq_wait_read",
+    "syncq_wait_write",
+    "asyncq_wait_read",
+    "asyncq_wait_write",
+    "scrub_wait",
+    "trim_wait",
+]
+
+
+def runZpoolIostat():
+    # Run the command and capture output
+    result = subprocess.run(command, capture_output=True, text=True)
+
+    # Check the return code (0 for success)
+    if result.returncode == 0:
+        # Access the captured output as a string
+        output = result.stdout
+
+        # split output by pools
+        pools = re.split(r"^-", output, flags=re.MULTILINE)
+
+        i = 0
+        for pool in pools:
+            if i == 0:
+                # get timestamp
+                timestamp = pool.splitlines()[0].strip()
+
+                if timestamp:
+                    timestamp = str(convert_to_machine_readable(timestamp))
+
+            else:
+                # remove ------ lines
+                pool = re.sub("^---.*", "", pool).strip()
+
+                # turn - values into 0
+                pool = re.sub(" -", "0", pool)
+
+                y = 0
+
+                poolbyline = re.split("\n", pool)
+
+                for line in poolbyline:
+                    lineData = line.split()
+
+                    if not lineData:
+                        break
+
+                    if y == 0:
+                        poolname = lineData[0]
+                        filename = poolname + "-zio.csv"
+
+                        # Check if the file exists
+                        if not os.path.exists(filename):
+                            # Create the file in write mode ('w') if it doesn't exist
+                            with open(filename, "w", newline="") as csvfile:
+                                csv_writer = csv.writer(csvfile)
+                                # Write the header row (optional)
+                                csv_writer.writerow(headerRow)
+
+                    # Now open the file in append mode ('a')
+                    with open(filename, "a", newline="") as csvfile:
+                        csv_writer = csv.writer(csvfile)
+                        lineData.insert(0, timestamp)
+                        csv_writer.writerow(lineData)
+
+                    y += 1
+
+            i += 1
+
+    else:
+        print(f"Error running command: {result.stderr}")
+
+
+def main():
+    runZpoolIostat()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()