From fc41345116be2b066f4e46a36596d9e71fac6cd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antirez Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:18:26 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] README more specific about tcmalloc space benefits --- README | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index e3f3a354a..9ea1456f7 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: