@@TOTAL_READ (Transact-SQL)

Returns the number of disk reads, not cache reads, by SQL Server since SQL Server was last started.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

@@TOTAL_READ

Return Types

integer

Remarks

To display a report containing several SQL Server statistics, including read and write activity, run sp_monitor.

Examples

The following example shows returning the total number of disk read and writes as of the current date and time.

SELECT @@TOTAL_READ AS 'Reads', @@TOTAL_WRITE AS 'Writes', GETDATE() AS 'As of'

Here is the result set.

Reads       Writes      As of                 
----------- ----------- ----------------------
7760        97263       12/5/2006 10:23:00 PM 

See Also

Reference

sp_monitor (Transact-SQL)

System Statistical Functions (Transact-SQL)

@@TOTAL_WRITE (Transact-SQL)