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Why it is important

Disk reads/sec

A high number of disk reads may indicate that the SQL Server is executing poorly-performing queries.

Disk writes/sec

A high number of disk writes may indicate that the SQL Server is running low on allocated memory .

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SQL Server Physical I/O chart

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Why it is important

Checkpoint writes

A high number of checkpoint writes may indicate that pages are not written to disk quickly enough for optimal performance.

Lazy writer writes

A high number of lazy writer writes may indicate that the SQL Server is running low on allocated memory. .

Page Reads

A high number of page reads may indicate that the SQL Server is executing inefficient queries or that you should optimize the database indexes.

Page Writes

A high number of page writes may indicate that the SQL Server is executing inefficient queries or that you should optimize the database indexes.

Read ahead reads

A high number of read ahead reads may indicate that you should tune your query execution plan or that you should defragment the disk.

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