LAZYWRITER_SLEEP

Description

This wait accumulates while the Lazy Writer is not performing work. The Lazy Writer is used when the SQL Server instance experiences memory pressure. As this is an idling wait high values of this wait type are safe to ignore. For more information on the Lazy Writer this the additional research section below

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  1. Safe to ignore

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