Default Parallelism Cost Threshold
The parallelism cost threshold is a setting that SQL Server uses to determine when to run a query using multiple threads. Setting it too low can cause the query optimizer to spend more time planning how to run queries using multiple threads, rather than running the query itself. Setting it too high threshold could cause SQL Server to only ever run queries in single threads, potentially causing slower performing queries.
Suggested Action
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Consider increasing the parallelism cost threshold.
How to Alter the Default Cost Threshold for Parallelism in SQL Server
EXEC sys.sp_configure N'cost threshold for parallelism', N'50'
GO
RECONFIGURE
GO
Further Reading
VMWare recommend a setting of 50 | Architecting Microsoft SQL Server on VMware vSphereĀ®
PureStorage recommend 15-20 for OLTP and default (5) for OLAP | Pure1 Support
Tuning ācost threshold for parallelismā from the Plan Cache | SQLskils