Cache Cluster State

Cache Cluster State best practices report by SPDocKit determines whether the Distributed Cache Cluster is in a healthy state.

Issue description

This check determines whether the Distributed Cache Cluster is in a healthy state.

Explanation

Distributed Cache is a customized version of the Windows AppFabric deployed in SharePoint 2013.

The Distributed Cache service is either required or improves the performance of:

• Authentication

• Newsfeeds

• OneNote client access

• Security Trimming

• Page load performance

The Distributed Cache Cluster must be in a healthy state for SharePoint to work properly.

Solution

Verify the Distributed Cache Cluster state. To do so, start SharePoint 2013 Management Shell as Administrator. Run the following Windows PowerShell cmdlets:

Use-CacheCluster 
Get-AfCacheClusterHealth

To fix issues, please refer to the articles referenced in the Additional information section.

Additional information

Additional information can be found in the following articles:

• Manage the Distributed Cache service in SharePoint Server 2013

• SharePoint 2013: AppFabric and Distributed Cache Service

• Guest Post: Distributed Cache Service in SharePoint 2013