Occurs when the SQL Trace rowset trace provider waits for either a free buffer or a buffer with events to process. Information from Microsoft®
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The charts are based on 2.1 TB of data collected from 4207 instances uploaded by 323 Spotlight users over an 8 week period.
TRACEWRITE
Category: Idle
SQL Server versions: 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017
This is an idle wait and so it can be safely ignored.
What is TRACEWRITE?
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answered 3318 days ago
Spotlight Essentials
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I noticed this wait while running a SQL Profiler Trace with the intention of running the tuning advisor. The query I was running is very intensive and long (1+ minute) so I'm guessing that the trace was back-logged or something along those lines. [Steve Hilker]
answered 3311 days ago
Iain Shepherd
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This wait never occurs for most instances
For each of 4207 instances, we ranked TRACEWRITE on how frequent it is compared to all other recent waits. The chart shows the total of all rankings.
Prevalence of TRACEWRITE across the Spotlight Population
For 93 % of hours with this wait, average wait time is around 2 seconds
For each instance, we found all the recent hours when it had a TRACEWRITE wait. We found the average latency for each of those hours.
234 instances contributed data to this chart