Impact of DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS on Memory � SQL in Sixty Seconds #085

July 11, 2019

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FreeCleanBuffer-800x453 Some concepts are so good in SQL Server, they keep on
coming back to me one way or another way. After reading my recent blog posts about
DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS lots of people wanted to see the demonstration of the same.
In this SQL in Sixty Seconds video, I will show you the Impact of DBCC
DROPCLEANBUFFERS on Memory.

To understand what actually CHECKPOINT and DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS do first we need

to understand a couple of more concepts which are what is a clean buffer and dirty
buffer in memory. I suggest you read the following blog post before continuing
reading this blog post.

Dirty Pages � How to List Dirty Pages From Memory in SQL Server?
What is Clean Buffer in DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS?

Now, that you have read the blog post, I am confident that you know how Clean Pages
and Dirty Pages work.

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The next task is to get the script which displays dirty pages and clean pages in
the buffer pool of the memory. Here is the blog post where I have written the blog
post about that topic. How Dirty or Clean is SQL SERVER�s Memory?

Once you run the query on that page, you will get output similar to what you see in
the video. Now is the time when you are ready to execute the keyword DBCC
DROPCLEANBUFFERS.

What this entire video over here:

If due to any reason, you are not able to watch the video, here is the blog post
which will walk you through the entire story of the blog post with the images and
scripts: SQL SERVER � Impact of CHECKPOINT and DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS on Memory.

Let me know what you think of this video. If you like similar videos, please leave
a comment and I will build a few more SQL in the Sixty Seconds. Meanwhile, if you
like to watch the longer video, I strongly suggest you watch my earlier video here
where I discuss Indexes Reduces the Performance of SELECT statement.