DocAve 6: svchost (968) A significant portion of the database buffer cache has been written out to the system paging file

Problem

You administer a SharePoint 2013 farm.  You have deployed DocAve 6 Manager for SharePoint to a dedicated server to help manage the farm (Windows Server 2012, 8GB RAM). During routine checks, you see the following warning appear in the that server's Application log:

svchost (968) A significant portion of the database buffer cache has been written out to the system paging file.  This may result in severe performance degradation.
See help link for complete details of possible causes.
Resident cache has fallen by 4010 buffers (or 100%) in the last ? seconds.
Current Total Percent Resident: 0% (0 of 4011 buffers)

Reviewing the server Application log, you find that this warning occurs about every few days, sometimes several times in a day.  Checking current memory usage, you find it to be a steady 36%.

 

Solution

• Increase RAM

References

• TechNet
• A significant portion of the database buffer cache has been written out to the system paging file. This may result in severe performance degradation

Notes

• Virtualized Windows Server 2012.  Static memory.