Erik Darling continues a series on interesting wait stats:
Hash spills are, as we’ll see, sometimes identified by a different wait than sort spills. In small quantities, spills are often not worth bothering with. But when they pile up, they can really cause some severe performance issues.
In this post, I want to show that both Hash Aggregate and Joins can cause the same wait type to show, along with some evidence that strings make things worse.
Click through for a good explanation of the wait stat you’re liable to see the most.