Re: HugePages

From: Mark J. Bobak <mark_at_bobak.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 10:13:36 -0500
Message-ID: <CAFQ5AC++4PncX=0kFAVAvj8hj44M+wy35OxcOFGA3hBJuYNRvg_at_mail.gmail.com>

More on Hugepages on my blog here:
http://markjbobak.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/if-youre-not-using-hugepages-youre-doing-it-wrong/

On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Wolfgang Breitling <breitliw_at_centrexcc.com> wrote:

> Read the series of blogs by Kevin Closson:
>
> http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/category/hugepages/
>
> Don't be concerned about the age of some of the blogs. There is precious
> little new to say about hugepages on Linux. By now everybody should know
> about it and use them. There is no excuse not to.
>
> Wolfgang Breitling
> breitliw_at_centrexcc.com
>
>
>
> On 2014-07-22, at 7:07 AM, April Sims <aprilcsims_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Anyone have some insight, knowledge, experience or best practices about
> huge pages in Linux?
>
> We have new hardware: 64-bit , 32GB Memory , Linux 6, Oracle 11.2.0.3,
> OS-encrypted filesystem, Native Network Encryption, 2 physical and logical
> standbys in this configuration.
> ERP system, lots of dedicated connections.
>
> We need to implement this quickly as the hardware is on site.
> My understanding is that we are a good candidate for this type of
> configuration and just don't want to make a major mistake along the way due
> to inexperience. Lots of blog posts out there but the ones I have seen are
> several years old.
>
> Current SGA is 8GB for a single database due to migrated to the new
> hardware along with a couple of smaller databases......we do see occasional
> CPU spikes on the current hardware but that is the only issue on the older
> system without huge pages.
>
>
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