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What is huge pages and when are they beneficial?
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The correct answer is A) Pages larger than 4KB reducing TLB pressure for memory-intensive workloads
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Correct Answer
Pages larger than 4KB reducing TLB pressure for memory-intensive workloads
Explanation
Huge pages (2MB or 1GB on x86) cover more memory with fewer TLB entries, reducing TLB misses in workloads with large working sets (databases, JVMs). Linux Transparent Huge Pages (THP) automates this.
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