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3214 | 3214 | ### `--perf-prof-unwinding-info` |
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3216 | | -### `--max-old-space-size=SIZE` (in megabytes) |
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| 3218 | +<a id="--max-old-space-sizesize-in-megabytes"></a> |
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| 3220 | +### `--max-old-space-size=SIZE` (in MiB) |
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3218 | 3222 | Sets the max memory size of V8's old memory section. As memory |
3219 | 3223 | consumption approaches the limit, V8 will spend more time on |
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3226 | 3230 | node --max-old-space-size=1536 index.js |
3227 | 3231 | ``` |
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3229 | | -### `--max-semi-space-size=SIZE` (in megabytes) |
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| 3235 | +<a id="--max-semi-space-sizesize-in-megabytes"></a> |
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| 3237 | +### `--max-semi-space-size=SIZE` (in MiB) |
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3231 | 3239 | Sets the maximum [semi-space][] size for V8's [scavenge garbage collector][] in |
3232 | | -MiB (megabytes). |
| 3240 | +MiB (mebibytes). |
3233 | 3241 | Increasing the max size of a semi-space may improve throughput for Node.js at |
3234 | 3242 | the cost of more memory consumption. |
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1354 | 1354 | [`'close'` event]: #event-close |
1355 | 1355 | [`'exit'` event]: #event-exit |
1356 | 1356 | [`'online'` event]: #event-online |
1357 | | -[`--max-old-space-size`]: cli.md#--max-old-space-sizesize-in-megabytes |
1358 | | -[`--max-semi-space-size`]: cli.md#--max-semi-space-sizesize-in-megabytes |
| 1357 | +[`--max-old-space-size`]: cli.md#--max-old-space-sizesize-in-mib |
| 1358 | +[`--max-semi-space-size`]: cli.md#--max-semi-space-sizesize-in-mib |
1359 | 1359 | [`ArrayBuffer`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/ArrayBuffer |
1360 | 1360 | [`AsyncResource`]: async_hooks.md#class-asyncresource |
1361 | 1361 | [`Buffer.allocUnsafe()`]: buffer.md#static-method-bufferallocunsafesize |
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