SQLTRACE_BUFFER_FLUSH

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Description:

TBD

(Books Online description: “Occurs when a task is waiting for a background task to flush trace buffers to disk every four seconds.”)

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Added in SQL Server version:

Pre-2005/2005

Removed in SQL Server version:

2008 R2

Extended Events wait_type value:

N/A

Other information:

This wait type is one that I usually filter out as a benign wait when doing wait statistics analysis.