Increase application performance with libhugetlbfs
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Enable libhugetlbfs on MySQL
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Increase application performance with libhugetlbfs

About this Learning Path

Skill level:  Advanced
Reading time:  1 hr
Last updated:  23 Feb 2026
Skill level:
  Advanced
Reading time:
  1 hr
Last updated:
  23 Feb 2026
Author:Bolt Liu, Arm
Arm IP:Neoverse
Tags: Databases AWS Microsoft Azure Google Cloud Oracle Linux MySQL GCC Runbook
Author:
  • Bolt Liu, Arm
Arm IP:
Neoverse
Tags:
Databases AWS Microsoft Azure Google Cloud Oracle Linux MySQL GCC Runbook

Who is this for?

This is an advanced topic for engineers looking for ways to increase performance on Arm servers.

What will you learn?

Upon completion of this Learning Path, you will be able to:

  • Enable libhugetlbfs on an Arm server running Linux
  • Evaluate performance improvements for workloads such as MySQL.

Prerequisites

Before starting, you will need the following:

  • An Arm server or virtual machine instance from a cloud service provider with Ubuntu installed
  • Knowledge of how to build a MySQL server and run the sysbench benchmark test
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