From: antirez Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:18:26 +0000 (+0200) Subject: README more specific about tcmalloc space benefits X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/redis.git/commitdiff_plain/fc41345116be2b066f4e46a36596d9e71fac6cd1 README more specific about tcmalloc space benefits --- diff --git a/README b/README index e3f3a354..9ea1456f 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ After you build Redis is a good idea to test it, using: Buliding using tcmalloc ----------------------- -tcmalloc is a fast and space efficient implementation 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 +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: