diff --git a/changelog.d/11467.misc b/changelog.d/11467.misc new file mode 100644 index 000000000..84e8a5ab4 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/11467.misc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Add a note about postgres memory management and hugepages to postgres doc. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/docs/postgres.md b/docs/postgres.md index 083b0aaff..e4861c1f1 100644 --- a/docs/postgres.md +++ b/docs/postgres.md @@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ performance: Note that the appropriate values for those fields depend on the amount of free memory the database host has available. +Additionally, admins of large deployments might want to consider using huge pages +to help manage memory, especially when using large values of `shared_buffers`. You +can read more about that [here](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/kernel-resources.html#LINUX-HUGE-PAGES). ## Porting from SQLite