• The plan cache, as well as all the other caches are part of the buffer pool.

    The pre-allocate of MemToLeave is only on 32-bit SQL and the memory management has changed significantly in 2012 anyway

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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