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Subject: Re: Huge pages not working on PG 9.4
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On Jan 16, 2015, at 3:07 PM, Michael Heaney <mheaney@jcvi.org> wrote:
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> I've set a reasonable nr_hugepages value in /etc/sysctl.conf.  Is there s=
ome kernel mod or environment variable that I also need?

This?

<https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/h=
tml/Tuning_and_Optimizing_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_for_Oracle_9i_and_10g_Da=
tabases/sect-Oracle_9i_and_10g_Tuning_Guide-Large_Memory_Optimization_Big_P=
ages_and_Huge_Pages-Configuring_Huge_Pages_in_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_4_or=
_5.html>

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