May 2020

How to upgrade Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Charanjit Cheema May 18, 2020 No Comments OpenSource, Technical Blog, Ubuntu OpenSource, Ubuntu

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS has released on April 23, 2020 (with code name “Focal Fossa”) by succeeding its Ubuntu 19.10 as a Latest Stable Linux OS. As Ubuntu 20.04 LTS has suffix “LTS” that’s means it has Long Term Support for 5 years from Ubuntu. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS has come with many features some key features it comprises as below: Linux Kernel 5.4 Faster boot speeds OEM logo displayed during boot Improved appearance Dark theme Fractional scaling setting Ships with GNOME …

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How to disable Transparent Huge Pages in Linux

Charanjit Singh May 11, 2020 No Comments OpenSource, SLES, Technical Blog OpenSource, SLES

Transparent Huge Pages (THP) is a feature available in mostly Linux distributions or distro which optimizes large memory of the systems as now days systems (computer systems) are coming with large memory. THP can enhance system performance by mapping memory with large physical pages this can be useful in case system is computing multiple processes, but this can prove adverse performance effect to memory intensive applications such as SAP HANA. In case of SAP HANA THP could cause HANA database …

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