Ajinkya Nahar wrote: > Hi all, > > > > What is the default memory allocation technique in memcached? > I updated the FAQ entry to be a little more clear. - The default is the slab allocator. - The 'USE_SYSTEM_MALLOC' define is what you have to set in order to short circuit the slab allocator. It's in slabs.c if you want to take a look. -Dormando