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<strong>Buffer</strong> <strong>Pool</strong> Overview<br />

Basics <strong>and</strong> Terminology<br />

You Can Expect More<br />

• Area of memory into which database pages are read,<br />

modified, <strong>and</strong> held during processing<br />

– A hit occurs when required page is found in buffer pool<br />

– A miss occurs when required page not found in buffer pool<br />

• Pages in buffer pool exist in one of three states:<br />

1. In use<br />

2. Dirty<br />

3. Clean

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