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Systemd startup script to automatically disable Transparent Huge Pages (THP) under Linux. This must be done before launching MySQL with the TokuDB storage engine or before launching MongoDB.
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disable_transparent_huge_pages.service
# Copy this file to /etc/systemd/system/
# Then run:
# systemctl enable disable_transparent_huge_pages.service
# systemctl start disable_transparent_huge_pages.service
[Unit]
Description=Disable transparent huge pages
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/echo never | /usr/bin/tee /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled"
ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/echo never | /usr/bin/tee /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag"
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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