Force variable type;Ensure minimum default value for storage_benchmark;Fix type mismatch

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/roles/disks/tasks/main.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 - name: Calculate crude storage benchmark
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    storage_benchmark: "{{ (end_time | int - start_time | int) }}"
+    storage_benchmark: "{{ [storage_benchmark, (end_time | int - start_time | int)] | max }}"
 - debug:
     var: storage_benchmark
 

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/roles/metacluster/tasks/assets.yml

@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
     label: "{{ item | basename }}"
   # Probably should add a task before that ensures K3s node is fully initialized before starting imports; currently K3s goes away briefly during this loop
   retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
-  delay: "{{ (storage_benchmark * playbook.delay.short) | int }}"
+  delay: "{{ ((storage_benchmark | float) * playbook.delay.short) | int }}"
   until: import_result is not failed

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/roles/preflight/tasks/vcenter.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         schema: vsphere
       register: vcenter_info
       retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
-      delay: "{{ (storage_benchmark * playbook.delay.short) | int }}"
+      delay: "{{ ((storage_benchmark | float) * playbook.delay.short) | int }}"
       until: vcenter_info is not failed
 
   module_defaults:

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/vars/defaults.yml

@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ playbook:
     long: 2
     medium: 1
     short: 0.5
+
+# This default value is updated during the playbook, based on an I/O intensive operation
+storage_benchmark: 30