Memory Management with Go – Prometheus as a Case Study

Memory Management with Go – Prometheus as a Case Study

Explore memory management in Go using Prometheus as a case study in this conference talk from code::dive 2023. Delve into the limited memory management options in Go, focusing on the GOGC and GOMEMLIMIT environment variables introduced in Go 1.19. Learn about memory mapping in Go, including the mmap system call and its associated challenges. Gain insights from speaker Björn Rabenstein, a Grafana Labs engineer and Prometheus developer with extensive experience in site reliability and production engineering at companies like SoundCloud and Google.