Category: Wait Types

  • CXPACKET and CXCONSUMER Wait Types in SQL Server

    Part of the SQL Server Wait Types Library CXPACKET and CXCONSUMER appear whenever SQL Server runs a query using parallelism. They are the coordination overhead between parallel worker threads, not actual resource waits. They almost always appear together. If you’re on SQL Server 2016 or older, you’ll only see CXPACKET. Is This Wait Expected? Yes,…