Average Latch Wait Time (ms)

Definition The average time, in milliseconds, that a latch dri request had to wait before it was serviced. Explanation A latch is a lightweight, short-term synchronization object that protects an action that does not need to be loc ed for the life of a transaction. !hen you have a high number of latch waits per second or a long average latch wait time, the system probably has a low cache hit ratio and has to perform physical "#$s. This ripples into an "#$ bottlenec . Corrective Action Add physical memory or increase the "#$ bandwidth.