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Monitors the number of

times per second that the
Lazy Writer process
moves dirty pages from
SQL Server: Buffer Lazy the buffer to disk. A lower
20
Manager Writes/sec number is better than a
higher number. Zero is
ideal. If this number is
greater than 20, more
memory is needed.

This is the average

number of seconds SQL
Server expects a data
page to remain in cache.
SQL Server: Buffer Page Life On an OLTP system, this
>300
Manager Expectancy should be at least 300 (or
5 minutes). If this is less
than 300, it could indicate
poor index design or a
shortage of memory.

SQL Server: Buffer Page Reads / Number of physical 90

Manager sec database page reads that
are issued per second. In
a normal OLTP system,
workloads can support 80-
90 per second. If the
value is higher than 90, it
could indicate poor index
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design or a shortage of
memory.

Number of database
pages physically written to
disk per second. In a
normal OLTP system,
workloads can support 80-
90 per second. If the
SQL Server: Buffer Page
values are higher than 90
Manager Writes/sec
this, check “lazy writes /
sec” and “checkpoint”
counters. If all three
values are high, this could
indicate insufficient
memory.

This counter monitors the

number of dirty pages per
second, which are flushed
to disk when SQL Server
invokes the checkpoint
SQL Server: Buffer Checkpoint Defined in
process. High values for
Manager Pages / sec Description
this counter may indicate
insufficient memory or that
the recovery interval (set
using sp_configure) is too
high.
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This monitors the number

of requests per second
where data requests stall
SQL Server: Buffer Free List because there are no
2
Manager Stalls / sec buffers available. Any
value greater than two
indicates that SQL Server
needs more memory.

This is the number of

processes per second that
Memory are waiting for a
SQL Server:
Grants workspace memory grant. 0 on average
Memory Manager
Pending Any value higher than
zero indicates a lack of
memory.

This is the maximum This should be

SQL Server: Target Server physical memory SQL close to the
Memory Manager Memory(KB) Server can consume on physical size of
the box. memory.

This is the amount of This should be

SQL Server: Total Server physical memory that is close to the Target
Memory Manager Memory (KB) currently assigned to SQL Server Memory
Server. (KB).
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This is the size, in bytes,

of memory that this
Defined in
Process Private Bytes process has allocated that
description
cannot be shared with any
other process.