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LATCH_EX

Category: Latch
SQL Server versions: 2000, 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017

What is LATCH_EX?

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Occurs when waiting for an EX (exclusive) latch. This does not include buffer latches or transaction mark latches. A listing of LATCH_* waits is available in sys.dm_os_latch_stats. Note that sys.dm_os_latch_stats groups LATCH_NL, LATCH_SH, LATCH_UP, LATCH_EX, and LATCH_DT waits together. Information from Microsoft®
Very common

This wait is very common for most instances

For each of 4207 instances, we ranked LATCH_EX on how frequent it is compared to all other recent waits. The chart shows the total of all rankings.

Prevalence of LATCH_EX across the Spotlight Population

For 54 % of hours with this wait, average wait time is less than 0.3 ms

For each instance, we found all the recent hours when it had a LATCH_EX wait. We found the average latency for each of those hours.

3684 instances contributed data to this chart

Latency Distribution of LATCH_EX across the Spotlight Population