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SQLTRACE_FILE_BUFFER

Category: Other
SQL Server versions: 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017

What is SQLTRACE_FILE_BUFFER?

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Occurs during synchronization on trace buffers during a file trace. Information from Microsoft®

Somewhat common

This wait is somewhat common for most instances

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

Prevalence of SQLTRACE_FILE_BUFFER across the Spotlight Population

For 73 % of hours with this wait, average wait time is less than 9.9 ms

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

3466 instances contributed data to this chart

Latency Distribution of SQLTRACE_FILE_BUFFER across the Spotlight Population