procedure cache drop

  • I have a production sql server 2005 active/passive cluster that runs and OLTP app. Forever cache hit ratio at 99, proc cache at 89-90. THis morning all of a sudden user complaints of slowness and proc cache has dropped to 50%. CPU is 28-33 system queue length still around 0. Any ideas where to look?

  • was there a failover? This will clear proc cache as SQL will re-start.

    thanks

    SQL_EXPAT

  • Check the size of Procedure Cache, is Procedure Cache growing at the same time hit ratio goes down?

    Remember that a growing Procedure Cache would take space away from Data Cache and consequently negatively affect query performance.

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

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