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Huge pages are especially valuable to a workload where you cannot predict/control the memory access pattern into a large buffer. Transparent huge pages are gre
by wyldfire 8y ago
Huge pages are especially valuable to a workload where you cannot predict/control the memory access pattern into a large buffer.
Transparent huge pages are great for applications like the JVM example from the article. It's not terribly difficult to localize it for one buffer/pool if that's what's right for your application.
> Do not blindly follow any recommendation on the Internet, please! Measure, measure and measure again!
Amen!
- coherentpony 8y ago> Huge pages are especially valuable to a workload where you cannot predict/control the memory access pattern into a large buffer. They're also especially valuable to workloads where you can predict the memory access pattern.
- wyldfire 8y agoSure, if they're TLB-bound.