Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-hbase-user-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-hbase-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 66D78C790 for ; Fri, 18 May 2012 10:43:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 92510 invoked by uid 500); 18 May 2012 10:43:32 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hbase-user-archive@hbase.apache.org Received: (qmail 92382 invoked by uid 500); 18 May 2012 10:43:29 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@hbase.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@hbase.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@hbase.apache.org Received: (qmail 92351 invoked by uid 99); 18 May 2012 10:43:28 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 18 May 2012 10:43:28 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.7 required=5.0 tests=FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of rmorgan466@gmail.com designates 209.85.216.169 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.216.169] (HELO mail-qc0-f169.google.com) (209.85.216.169) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 18 May 2012 10:43:20 +0000 Received: by qcsd16 with SMTP id d16so2788800qcs.14 for ; Fri, 18 May 2012 03:42:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=WLJ8DeS85p8YQtV5TJYdleDsOmTp7AoaTgfL++TVcnU=; b=ifsF2D53i1YrxS0zt4VoRWv1r7m7eQBW/feZ0AWJYqR/SEQSWHBODw5gfhlPZT3oeN hGk/vkIRRfsCbGUT1zukCaZbeOjaixhWEJfIIBF+CfOLglo01U9rahHZ9MTcVW/ghbAZ NbBcKLraWMAU78hZsi/HoI5bYSPJrMUQeieD4+NLNCM4j3mx72FMKJ8yTTO4lMb28ioH npnhLP5oFk+RbI8f69Y3z9KKlShqXSPKal4KFghvqp4rg/ZVV4aZF8i4IlkqU+R1Dgwc DoqonAWxXZ1KyNsXY+Sw2yM0zjiO8epFUVvMpDBNdr5tS63rNr3gCUGK72/FIXUXQWux jEkg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.39.68 with SMTP id f4mr21668654qae.3.1337337779637; Fri, 18 May 2012 03:42:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.123.195 with HTTP; Fri, 18 May 2012 03:42:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 06:42:59 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: large machine configuration From: Rita To: user@hbase.apache.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf3074b1ae4ccc2404c04d37ad --20cf3074b1ae4ccc2404c04d37ad Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mike, Where can I find your talk? On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Rita wrote: > most of the operations I do with MR are exporting tables and importing > tables. Does that still require a lot of memory and does it help to > allocate more memory for jobs like that? > > Yes, I have 12 cores also. Are there any HDFS/MR/Hbase tuning tips for > this many processors? > > btw, 64GB is a lot for us :-) > > > > On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Michael Segel wrote: > >> Funny, but this is part of a talk that I submitted to Strata.... >> >> 64GB and HBase isn't necessarily a 'large machine'. >> >> If you're running w 12 cores, you're talking about a minimum of 48GB jus= t >> for M/R. >> (4GB a core is a good rule of thumb ) >> >> Depending on what you want to do, you could set aside 8GB of heap and >> tune that, but even that might not be enough... >> >> >> On May 11, 2012, at 5:42 AM, Rita wrote: >> >> > Hello, >> > >> > While looking at, >> http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#important_configurations, >> > I noticed large machine configuration section still isnt completed. >> > =A8Unfortunately=A8, I am running on a large machine which as 64gb of = memory >> > therefore I would need some help tuning my hbase/hadoop instance for >> > maximum performance. Can someone please shed light on what I should lo= ok >> > into? >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > --- Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.-- >> >> > > > -- > --- Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.-- > --=20 --- Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.-- --20cf3074b1ae4ccc2404c04d37ad--