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SQL Server: Buffer cache
The
buffer cache
is also referred to as
buffer pool
.
The purpose of the buffer cache is to reduce disk I/O and thus increase the performance of an
SQL Server instance
. This is achieved by caching the content of
pages
in
memory
.
The content of the buffer cache is revealed in the
sys.dm_os_buffer_descriptors
view
.
See also
sys.allocation_units
architecture
checkpoint
,
page
Compare with
Oracle's buffer cache
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