How to permanently disable THP

March 4, 2015 2.8k views
Configuration Management System Tools Linux Basics MongoDB Debian
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Is there a way to permanently disable THP (Transparent Huge Pages) on debian 7 x64 guest setting transparenthugepagedefrag=never in order to calm down mongodb warnings on perfomance degrade connected with their use.
Have tried rc.local command and grub config kernel parameter with no luck. Think KVM settings override those of mine.

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kamaln7 MOD April 14, 2015

What commands have you added to /etc/rc.local? Unfortunately droplets do not use grub so editing its config file won't have any effect.

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pjngtwn July 28, 2017

The best choice is sysfsutils. See this answer.

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