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Andrew Sherman resolved IMPALA-6658.
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Resolution: Fixed
Fix Version/s: Impala 3.1.0
> Parquet RLE encoding can waste space with small repeated runs
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> Key: IMPALA-6658
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IMPALA-6658
> Project: IMPALA
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Backend
> Reporter: Csaba Ringhofer
> Assignee: Andrew Sherman
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: parquet, ramp-up
> Fix For: Impala 3.1.0
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> Currently RleEncoder creates repeated runs from 8 repeated values, which can
> be less space efficient than bit-packed if bit width is 1 or 2. In the worst
> case, the whole data page can be ~2X larger if bit width is 1, and ~1.25X
> larger if bit is 2 compared to bit-packing.
> A comment in rle_encoding.h writes different numbers, but it probably does
> not calculate with the overhead of splitting long runs into smaller ones
> (every run adds +1 byte for its length):
> [https://github.com/apache/impala/blob/8079cd9d2a87051f81a41910b74fab15e35f36ea/be/src/util/rle-encoding.h#L62]
> Note that if the data page is compressed, this size difference probably
> disappears, but the larger uncompressed buffer size can still affect
> performance.
> Parquet RLE encoding is described here:
> [https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/blob/master/Encodings.md#run-length-encoding-bit-packing-hybrid-rle-3]
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