X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/redis.git/blobdiff_plain/b882056c93f3e3afe5fde9d62fb569ce30a76a76..e8092bf6014a34b04d1903b05f27915f38b09189:/README diff --git a/README b/README index 1f0a1fe6..9ea1456f 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -27,6 +27,23 @@ After you build Redis is a good idea to test it, using: % make test +Buliding using tcmalloc +----------------------- + +tcmalloc is a fast and space efficient implementation (for little objects) +of malloc(). Compiling Redis with it can improve performances and memeory +usage. You can read more about it here: + +http://goog-perftools.sourceforge.net/doc/tcmalloc.html + +In order to compile Redis with tcmalloc support install tcmalloc on your system +and then use: + + % make USE_TCMALLOC=yes + +Note that you can pass any other target to make, as long as you append +USE_TCMALLOC=yes at the end. + Running Redis -------------