Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-core-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 13303 invoked from network); 22 Oct 2008 00:03:41 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 22 Oct 2008 00:03:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 70956 invoked by uid 500); 22 Oct 2008 00:03:37 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-core-dev-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 70944 invoked by uid 500); 22 Oct 2008 00:03:37 -0000 Mailing-List: contact core-dev-help@hadoop.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: core-dev@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list core-dev@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 70933 invoked by uid 99); 22 Oct 2008 00:03:37 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:03:37 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2000.0 required=10.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received: from [140.211.11.140] (HELO brutus.apache.org) (140.211.11.140) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:02:35 +0000 Received: from brutus (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by brutus.apache.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E9B8234C244 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:02:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1356688199.1224633764583.JavaMail.jira@brutus> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:02:44 -0700 (PDT) From: "Robert Chansler (JIRA)" To: core-dev@hadoop.apache.org Subject: [jira] Updated: (HADOOP-4018) limit memory usage in jobtracker In-Reply-To: <1787086759.1219689704288.JavaMail.jira@brutus> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-4018?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Robert Chansler updated HADOOP-4018: ------------------------------------ Release Note: Introduced new configuration parameter mapred.max.tasks.per.job to specifie the maximum number of tasks per job. was: A new configuration parameter named mapred.max.tasks.per.job that specifies the maximum number of tasks per job. > limit memory usage in jobtracker > -------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-4018 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-4018 > Project: Hadoop Core > Issue Type: Bug > Components: mapred > Reporter: dhruba borthakur > Assignee: dhruba borthakur > Fix For: 0.19.0 > > Attachments: maxSplits.patch, maxSplits10.patch, maxSplits2.patch, maxSplits3.patch, maxSplits4.patch, maxSplits5.patch, maxSplits6.patch, maxSplits7.patch, maxSplits8.patch, maxSplits9.patch > > > We have seen instances when a user submitted a job with many thousands of mappers. The JobTracker was running with 3GB heap, but it was still not enough to prevent memory trashing from Garbage collection; effectively the Job Tracker was not able to serve jobs and had to be restarted. > One simple proposal would be to limit the maximum number of tasks per job. This can be a configurable parameter. Is there other things that eat huge globs of memory in job Tracker? -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.