Occurs when a backup task is waiting for data, or is waiting for a buffer in which to store data. This type is not typical, except when a task is waiting for a tape mount. Information from Microsoft®
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BACKUPBUFFER
Category: Other
SQL Server versions: 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017
What is BACKUPBUFFER?
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answered 3100 days ago
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This wait is very common for most instances
For each of 4207 instances, we ranked BACKUPBUFFER on how frequent it is compared to all other recent waits. The chart shows the total of all rankings.
Prevalence of BACKUPBUFFER across the Spotlight Population
For 57 % of hours with this wait, average wait time is less than 8.2 ms
For each instance, we found all the recent hours when it had a BACKUPBUFFER wait. We found the average latency for each of those hours.
2382 instances contributed data to this chart