Re: Postgres 8.x on Linux : how to use HugePages

[Boszormenyi Zoltan <zb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: Postgres 8.x on Linux : how to use HugePages

Hi,

2012-05-02 11:28 keltezéssel, STERBECQ Didier írta:

We think of using Linux HugePages to isolate shared memory used by Postgres, hoping that we got more performance.

I see some souce code samples for doing that, but I do not see any information
        about compatibility :   Postgres 7.x, 8.x, 9.x
        about recommandations

Thanks by advance.
Didier Sterbecq.
Mail : didier.sterbecq@xxxxxxx

if you are using a kernel older than 2.6.38, you can use this with LD_PRELOAD:
http://oss.linbit.com/hugetlb/

With 2.6.38 and up, HugePages are used automatically in giant allocations.

Best regards,
Zoltán Böszörményi

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