Thanks Sean. This is how I set this memory. I set it when I start to run the job
java -Xms64g -Xmx64g -cp /root/spark/lib/spark-assembly-1.0.0-hadoop1.0.4.jar:/root/scala/lib/scala-library.jar:./target/MyProject.jar MyClass Is there some problem with it? On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 2:03 PM, Sean Owen <so...@cloudera.com> wrote: > How are you setting this memory? You may be configuring the wrong > process's memory, like the driver and not the executors. > On Oct 1, 2014 9:37 PM, "anny9699" <anny9...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> After reading some previous posts about this issue, I have increased the >> java heap space to "-Xms64g -Xmx64g", but still met the >> "java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded" error. Does >> anyone >> have other suggestions? >> >> I am reading a data of 200 GB and my total memory is 120 GB, so I use >> "MEMORY_AND_DISK_SER" and kryo serialization. >> >> Thanks a lot! >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/still-GC-overhead-limit-exceeded-after-increasing-heap-space-tp15540.html >> Sent from the Apache Spark User List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@spark.apache.org >> >>