What Is TempDB Contention and What Causes It?

Senior MS SQL

Answer

TempDB contention occurs when multiple threads compete for the same allocation pages (PFS, GAM, SGAM) or metadata structures.

Typical causes include:

  • Too few TempDB data files
  • Heavy use of temp tables/table variables
  • Large sorting or hashing operations
  • High row versioning pressure

Fixes: increase file count, equal-size files, optimize workload, reduce spills.

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