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/*! @page tune_transparent_huge_pages Linux transparent huge pages

The performance of WiredTiger applications can be adversely affected
when transparent huge pages are enabled on Linux systems. Some Linux
systems enable transparent huge pages by default. See the RedHat
Enterprise Linux system documentation's
<a href="https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Performance_Tuning_Guide/s-memory-transhuge.html">
Huge Pages and Transparent Huge Pages</a> for more information.

To disable transparent huge pages run the following command as the root user:

@code
echo never > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled
@endcode

 */