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Measures reported by MsSqlWaitTest
This test reports key statistics pertaining to wait status.
Note:
This test reports measures only for Microsoft SQL Server version 2005 and above.
The measures made by this test are as follows:
| Measurement |
Description |
Measurement Unit |
Interpretation |
| Avg_wait_time |
Indicates the average duration of this wait type. |
Secs |
If a particular wait type is found to have persisted for a long time, it could indicate a processing overhead. |
| Wait_in_progress |
Indicates the number of processes currently waiting on this wait type. |
Number |
Closely monitoring Wait_in_progress along with Avg_wait_time over a period of time will reveal wait types that are locking critical system resources. |
| Waits_started_rate |
Indicates the number of waits started per second of this wait type. |
Waits/sec |
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| Agg_wait_time |
Indicates the percentage of time during the last measurement period wait events of this type occurred. |
Percent |
Compare the value of this measure across wait types to know which type of waits have occurred frequently during the last measurement period. |
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