SQL Server:Buffer Node

The Buffer Node object provides counters that complement counters provided by the Buffer Manager object. It allows you to monitor the SQL Server buffer pool page distribution for each non-uniform memory access (NUMA) node. There is an instance of the Buffer Node object for each NUMA node in use. On non-NUMA architecture, there will be a single instance of the Buffer Node object.

Buffer Node Performance Objects

This table describes the SQL Server Buffer Node performance objects.

SQL Server Buffer Node counters

Description

Database pages

Indicates the number of pages in the buffer pool on this node with database content.

Page life expectancy

Indicates the minimum number of seconds a page will stay in the buffer pool on this node without references.

Local Node page lookups/sec

Indicates the number of lookup requests from this node which were satisfied from this node.

Remote Note page lookups/sec

Indicates the number of lookup requests from this node which were satisfied from other nodes.

If SQL Server is running on non-NUMA hardware, the counters of Buffer Node and Buffer Manager objects should match.

On NUMA hardware, sums of respective counters of all Buffer Nodes should match their counterparts of Buffer Manager.

Note

The counter values and sums may not match precisely due to the dynamic nature of the counters and the sampling accuracy.

See Also

Reference

SQL Server, Buffer Manager Object

sys.dm_os_performance_counters (Transact-SQL)

Concepts

Server Memory Server Configuration Options

Monitor Resource Usage (System Monitor)