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SQL ServerTroubleshooting Page Life Expectancy DropsTroubleshooting Page Life Expectancy Drops
Page life expectancy is an instantaneous measure of how long (in seconds) a data file page is expected to remain in memory in the buffer pool (also referred to as the buffer cache). It is not a rolling average, so should be taken with a pinch of salt.
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