Difference between Backupbuffer and BACKUP I/O wait stats

  • Hello,

    Maybe it's a big noob question, but can anybody tell me the difference between the Backupbuffer and Backup I/O wait stats?

    The SQL Server 2005 waits and queues best practices article tells me no difference between them.

    Description: 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.

    Description (for both)

    Check backup tape drive

    The only difference so fas I've found was that backupbuffer is a new wait stat in SQL Server 2005.

    I checked google and Sqlservercentral forums, but couldn't find a satisfying answer. Sorry if I haven't looked deep enough.

    Thank you for the help in advance!

    Tim

  • Backup I/O wait stats means sql server is waiting for IO to complete for the backup process.

    No idea about the other one.



    Pradeep Singh

  • Thank you very much for the reply!

    Can anybody else clarify the backupbuffer?

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