Re: tcmalloc

Brett @Google wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering of anybody has used much of tcmalloc (from google
> performance tools) and has any opinion they care to share with regards
> to performance of berkeleydb/openldap toolset ?

Yes, tcmalloc is great.

http://highlandsun.com/hyc/malloc/

Old news...

> Seems about the same with as without for a simple slapadd, but i'd
> expect that wins would be more around a highly loaded server, not the
> initial load process?

slapadd re-uses most of its memory, and therefore doesn't make excessive calls 
to malloc.

> (investigations continue however, server loading is next)

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