# Manage HugePages — API

> Huge pages can be consumed via container level resource requirements using the resource name hugepages-, where is the most compact binary notation using integer values supported on a particular node.

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## Knowledge

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Huge pages can be consumed via container level resource requirements using the resource name hugepages-, where is the most compact binary notation using integer values supported on a particular node. For example, if a node supports 2048KiB and 1048576KiB page sizes, it will expose a schedulable resources hugepages-2Mi and hugepages-1Gi. Unlike CPU or memory, huge pages do not support overcommit. Note that when requesting hugepage resources, either memory or CPU resources must be requested as well.

A pod may consume multiple huge page sizes in a single pod spec. In this case it must use medium: HugePages- notation for all volume mounts.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: huge-pages-example
spec:
  containers:
  - name: example
    image: fedora:latest
    command:
    - sleep
    - inf
    volumeMounts:
    - mountPath: /hugepages-2Mi
      name: hugepage-2mi
    - mountPath: /hugepages-1Gi
      name: hugepage-1gi
    resources:
      limits:
        hugepages-2Mi: 100Mi
        hugepages-1Gi: 2Gi
        memory: 100Mi
      requests:
        memory: 100Mi
  volumes:
  - name: hugepage-2mi
    emptyDir:
      medium: HugePages-2Mi
  - name: hugepage-1gi
    emptyDir:
      medium: HugePages-1Gi
```

A pod may use medium: HugePages only if it requests huge pages of one size.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: huge-pages-example
spec:
  containers:
  - name: example
    image: fedora:latest
    command:
    - sleep
    - inf
    volumeMounts:
    - mountPath: /hugepages
      name: hugepage
    resources:
      limits:
        hugepages-2Mi: 100Mi
        memory: 100Mi
      requests:
        memory: 100Mi
  volumes:
  - name: hugepage
    emptyDir:
      medium: HugePages
``` …

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