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title: "Discussion on \"The ASYNC_NETWORK_IO Myth: Why Your Database Is Waiting on Slow Application Code\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"The ASYNC_NETWORK_IO Myth: Why Your Database Is Waiting on Slow Application Code\". Unclogging the data consumption pipeline: Why the network team isn't to blame for network wait states, how data buffers choke processing threads, and how to accelerate streaming throughput."
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# [The ASYNC\_NETWORK\_IO Myth: Why Your Database Is Waiting on Slow Application Code](https://tunedinstance.com/sql-server-async-network-io-wait-type-fix?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Unclogging the data consumption pipeline: Why the network team isn't to blame for network wait states, how data buffers choke processing threads, and how to accelerate streaming throughput.

Jul 6 · 7 min read · tunedinstance.com  
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