Yes, there is a timeout defined by mapred.task.timeout default was 600 seconds. And here silent means the task (either map or reduce ) has not reported any status using the reporter you get with map/reduce function
Thanks, Lohit ----- Original Message ---- From: Edward J. Yoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: core-user@hadoop.apache.org Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 7:12:50 PM Subject: Map Task timed out? Hi, If map task is unexpectedly "silent" for a long time (e.g. wait for other application response), What happen? Is there any limit for staying? Thanks -- Best regards, Edward J. Yoon, http://blog.udanax.org
