• buffer cache and proc cache are separate so I don't think it would affect PLE directly. Are you actually seeing any memory related error messages?

    with such a large CACHESTORE_SQLCP you should test with sp_configure option 'optimise for ad-hoc workloads' turned on, this will reduce bloat.

    Also SP1 is way out of date, you should patch to SP4, there may be improvements\fixes that will help

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