BI performance counter: Current Disk Queue Length

Applies to

Operating System

Description

Returns the number of requests queued on the volume.

Due to SANs and virtualization this counter is no longer valid to use.

Resolved by

DBAs

Suggested solutions

  1. To determine disk performance issues, refer to Avg. Disk Read / sec and Avg. Disk Write / sec counters

Additional research

Examining and Tuning Disk Performance
SQL Server disk performance metrics

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