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BufFileTruncate

Short Description

Waiting for a buffered file to be truncated.

Additional Information​

Buffered files in PostgreSQL are primarily temporary files. Temporary files are used for sorts and hashes. BufFileTruncate is seen when these files are being initialized.

How to reduce this wait​

Ensure the IO subsystem and CPU have sufficient resources.

PostgreSQL Docs - Wait Events of Type IO

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