Thanks for the input Aljoscha and Ufuk! I will try out the #2 approach and report back.
Thanks, Zach On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 7:26 AM Ufuk Celebi <u...@apache.org> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 10:12 AM, Aljoscha Krettek <aljos...@apache.org> > wrote: > > IMHO the only change for 2) is that you possibly get better machine > utilization because it will use more parallel threads. So I think it’s a > valid approach. > > > > @Ufuk, could there be problems with the number of network buffers? I > think not, because the connections are multiplexed in one channel, is this > correct? > > I would not expect it to become a problem. If it does, it's easy to > resolve by throwing a little more memory at the problem. [1] > > – Ufuk > > [1] > https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-master/setup/config.html#configuring-the-network-buffers >