The heap size tends to be controlled by options passed to the JVM. Try setting HADOOP_HEAPSIZE in hadoop-env.sh.
On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 4:57 AM, Clement Jebakumar <jeba.r...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello, > > What does this mean in Webinterface? Especially the heap size. Is it 888MB > is allocated for Hadoop and it uses 40MB. Is there a way to shrink it? > Because it seems it only need 40MB* > > 3339 files and directories, 3970 blocks = 7309 total. Heap Size is 37.19 MB > / 888.94 MB (4%) > > > > **Clement Jebakumar,* > 111/27 Keelamutharamman Kovil Street, > Tenkasi, 627 811 > http://www.declum.com/clement.html >