AppFabric 1.1 Caching: Important hotfixes for the Caching Service should be installed

This topic is intended to address a specific issue identified by a Best Practices Analyzer scan. You should apply the information in this topic only to computers that have had the AppFabric 1.1 Caching Best Practices Analyzer run against them and are experiencing the issue addressed by this topic. For more information about best practices and scans, see Best Practices Analyzer.

Important

The hotfixes described in this topic are not required if your cache host server is Windows Server 2012 or if .NET Framework 4.5 is installed on the cache host server.

Operating System

Windows Server 2008 R2

Product/Feature

Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server Caching

Severity

Warning

Category

Performance

Issue

Your cache hosts are missing important hotfixes. The following two hotfixes are recommended.

Important

The hotfixes described in this topic are not required if your cache host server is Windows Server 2012 or if .NET Framework 4.5 is installed on the cache host server.

KB2527387

FIX: .NET Framework 4-based WCF service may crash when many client web applications access the service if the TCP protocol is used.

KB983182

A hotfix is available for performance issues in Windows Communication Foundation for the .NET Framework 4.0.

Impact

Cache performance might be negatively impacted and could result in service crashes.

Resolution

Install the recommended hotfixes on the cache hosts.

Important

The hotfixes described in this topic are not required if your cache host server is Windows Server 2012 or if .NET Framework 4.5 is installed on the cache host server.

Additional references

Install Critical Windows Updates

  2013-08-14