Monthly Archives: March 2010

Managing the Size of the Security Cache (TokenAndPermUserStore) in SQL 2005

In an earlier post I walked through the diagnosis of a problem with TokenAndPermUserStore bloat in SQL 2005. In this post I will go through what I did to work through the issues and the results of those efforts. Continue reading

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My Adventures with the SQL 2005 Security Cache

This post describes the process of diagnosing a lesser known performance issue in SQL 2005 and higher on servers with a lot of physical memory. The performance issue is caused by security cache bloat and is very difficult to miss unless you know what you are looking for. Continue reading

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