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MS_SQL_Cache_Hit_Ratio_Crit  
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Situation Description
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Situation Description

The Cache Hit Ratio is less than 70 and greater than or equal to 0.

 

Possible Causes

The data cache hit ratio being monitored is the ratio of data cache hits to total requests. The effectiveness of the data cache is represented by this ratio. For optimal performance, the ratio should be approximately 95% or greater. If the ratio falls below the desired threshold, the data cache should be tuned by correctly sizing the memory available to the database server.

 

Suggested Actions

Possible actions to consider include the following:

  1. Check the dynamic memory allocation configuration. Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 both provide a dynamic memory allocation mechanism, which should be used in most cases.
  2. If other critical processes are running on the same machine as the database server and these processes are consuming large amounts of memory to the detriment of the database server, then use the "max server memory" and "min server memory" database server configuration options to explicitly define the database server's memory needs.

 

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