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Subject: mapred.max.tracker.failures
From: Mohit Anchlia <mohitanchlia@gmail.com>
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I am wondering what the correct behaviour is of this parameter? If it's set
to 4 does it mean job should fail if a job has more than 4 failures?

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<p>I am wondering what the correct behaviour is of this parameter? If it&#39;s set to 4 does it mean job should fail if a job has more than 4 failures?</p>

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