ASP.NET Cache Location

Question

How / where is ASP.NET cache managed in IIS 7? I know that it is stored in server memory, but what process does it control? Is this the address space w3wp.exe or its address elsewhere? And does the session data use the cache, or is the session working differently?

Answer 1

You configure where session data is stored in web.config with the sessionState element. If set to InProc , it will be stored in memory during the w3wp.exe process, which corresponds to your App Pool application. You can also store it in an instance of SQL Server.

If this item is not listed in your configuration file, check the web.config machine level for your target version / architecture.