Re: When does SparkContext.defaultParallelism have the correct value?

[Sean Owen]

If not set explicitly with spark.default.parallelism, it will default
to the number of cores currently available (minimum 2). At the very
start, some executors haven't completed registering, which I think
explains why it goes up after a short time. (In the case of dynamic
allocation it will change over time.) You can set it explicitly to
match what you set the executor count and cores to.

On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 10:35 PM Stephen Coy
 wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I have found that if I invoke
>
> sparkContext.defaultParallelism()
>
> too early it will not return the correct value;
>
> For example, if I write this:
>
> final JavaSparkContext sparkContext = new 
> JavaSparkContext(sparkSession.sparkContext());
> final int workerCount = sparkContext.defaultParallelism();
>
> I will get some small number (which I can’t recall right now).
>
> However, if I insert:
>
> sparkContext.parallelize(List.of(1, 2, 3, 4)).collect()
>
> between these two lines I get the expected value being something like 
> node_count * node_core_count;
>
> This seems like a hacky work around solution to me. Is there a better way to 
> get this value initialised properly?
>
> FWIW, I need this value to size a connection pool (fs.s3a.connection.maximum) 
> correctly in a cluster independent way.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve C
>
>
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When does SparkContext.defaultParallelism have the correct value?

[Stephen Coy]

Hi there,

I have found that if I invoke

sparkContext.defaultParallelism()

too early it will not return the correct value;

For example, if I write this:

final JavaSparkContext sparkContext = new 
JavaSparkContext(sparkSession.sparkContext());
final int workerCount = sparkContext.defaultParallelism();

I will get some small number (which I can’t recall right now).

However, if I insert:

sparkContext.parallelize(List.of(1, 2, 3, 4)).collect()

between these two lines I get the expected value being something like 
node_count * node_core_count;

This seems like a hacky work around solution to me. Is there a better way to 
get this value initialised properly?

FWIW, I need this value to size a connection pool (fs.s3a.connection.maximum) 
correctly in a cluster independent way.

Thanks,

Steve C


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