Answer by Brad McGehee

This is a classic example of a poorly-designed maintenance plan, where every option in the plan is selected. Unfortunately, the Maintenance Plan Wizard allows users to create such bad plans. Trying to explain all of the problems would take too long, so check out my free eBook on Maintenance Plans, which is available at: http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2010/01/free-ebook-on-sql-server-maintenance-plans-now-available/