SQL Server, Buffer Partition Object

The Buffer Partition object provides counters to monitor how SQL Server uses free pages.

This table describes the SQL Server Buffer Partition counters.

SQL Server Buffer Partition counters	Description
Free list empty/sec	Number of times per second a free page was requested and none was available.
Free list requests/sec	Number of times per second a free page was requested.
Free pages	Total number of pages on all free lists.

See Also

Reference

sys.dm_os_performance_counters (Transact-SQL)

Other Resources

Monitoring Resource Usage (System Monitor)