diff --git a/src/ml_flashpoint/checkpoint_object_manager/buffer_object/buffer_helper.cpp b/src/ml_flashpoint/checkpoint_object_manager/buffer_object/buffer_helper.cpp
index 4e54154..39862b7 100644
--- a/src/ml_flashpoint/checkpoint_object_manager/buffer_object/buffer_helper.cpp
+++ b/src/ml_flashpoint/checkpoint_object_manager/buffer_object/buffer_helper.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ absl::Status create_file_and_mmap(const std::string& object_id, size_t size,
     return ErrnoToStatus("mmap() failed for file: " + object_id);
   }
 
+  // On success, set kernel memory hints:
+  // MADV_WILLNEED: expect access in the near future, so can prefetch
+  // pages into memory in the background.
+  // MADV_HUGEPAGE: use huge pages when possible, to minimize TLB misses and
+  // improve read/write throughput.
+  madvise(ptr, size, MADV_WILLNEED | MADV_HUGEPAGE);
+
   // On success, set all the output parameters.
   out_fd = fd;
   out_data_size = size;
@@ -173,6 +180,13 @@ absl::Status open_file_and_mmap_ro(const std::string& object_id, int& out_fd,
     return ErrnoToStatus("mmap() failed for file: " + object_id);
   }
 
+  // On success, set kernel memory hints:
+  // MADV_WILLNEED: expect access in the near future, so can prefetch
+  // pages into memory in the background.
+  // MADV_HUGEPAGE: use huge pages when possible, to minimize TLB misses and
+  // improve read throughput.
+  madvise(ptr, size, MADV_WILLNEED | MADV_HUGEPAGE);
+
   // On success, set all the output parameters.
   out_fd = fd;
   out_data_size = size;
@@ -271,4 +285,4 @@ absl::Status unmap_and_close(int fd, void* data_ptr, size_t data_size,
 }
 
 }  // namespace
-   // ml_flashpoint::checkpoint_object_manager::buffer_object::internal
\ No newline at end of file
+   // ml_flashpoint::checkpoint_object_manager::buffer_object::internal