Thanks Thejas! I tried the patch that you mentioned, that solves issue https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-1815 It helps a little, but as I try more complex scripts, the multiquery failures come back. Below are the details.
I'm running pig compiled from http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/pig/branches/branch-0.8 checked out on Feb. 18, compiled with jdk1.6.0_24 My script does the following: - read from disk a relation where each tuple has 10 fields, one of which is a count - take each non-count field in turn, group by it, and sum the counts for each group. Initially my script computed 5 such group-by-and-sum, which failed on the non-patched pig-0.8. With the patch, this script worked just fine. I then ran a script that does 15 group-by-and-sum (grouping also by pairs of fields). In this run, a couple of reducer attempts failed (Map output copy failure : java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space) but the job as a whole succeeded. I then ran a script that also does 15 group-bys, but for each group it performs a more complex computation (I provide a code example below). This time the job fails, and quickly. Just like above, a bunch of reducers fail with the ³Java heap space² error; and the log of the entire job says: Failed Jobs: JobId Alias Feature Message Outputs job_201101201235_0292 merged_rules,statLR_ccounts,statLR_rules,statLR_rules_grouped,statLR_tcounts ,statLR_tcounts_grouped,statLR_totals,statL_ccounts,statL_rules,statL_rules_ grouped,statL_tcounts,statL_tcounts_grouped,statL_totals,statLt_ccounts,stat Lt_rules,statLt_rules_grouped,statLt_tcounts,statLt_tcounts_grouped,statLt_t otals,statR_ccounts,statR_rules,statR_rules_grouped,statR_tcounts,statR_tcou nts_grouped,statR_totals,statRt_ccounts,statRt_rules,statRt_rules_grouped,st atRt_tcounts,statRt_tcounts_grouped,statRt_totals,statTLR_ccounts,statTLR_ru les,statTLR_rules_grouped,statTLR_tcounts,statTLR_tcounts_grouped,statTLR_to tals,statTL_ccounts,statTL_rules,statTL_rules_grouped,statTL_tcounts,statTL_ tcounts_grouped,statTL_totals,statTLtRt_ccounts,statTLtRt_rules,statTLtRt_ru les_grouped,statTLtRt_tcounts,statTLtRt_tcounts_grouped,statTLtRt_totals,sta tTLt_ccounts,statTLt_rules,statTLt_rules_grouped,statTLt_tcounts,statTLt_tco unts_grouped,statTLt_totals,statTR_ccounts,statTR_rules,statTR_rules_grouped ,statTR_tcounts,statTR_tcounts_grouped,statTR_totals,statTRt_ccounts,statTRt _rules,statTRt_rules_grouped,statTRt_tcounts,statTRt_tcounts_grouped,statTRt _totals,statT_ccounts,statT_rules,statT_rules_grouped,statT_tcounts,statT_tc ounts_grouped,statT_totals MULTI_QUERY,COMBINER Message: Job failed! Input(s): Failed to read data from "hdfs://pig1/user/dmunteanu/RuleProcess.xTCxi/rules" Output(s): Counters: Blah-blah I¹m not sure why it complains about ³failed to read data²; my best guess is that it¹s because the job fails even before all mappers could be run. The exact same script runs just fine with ³no_multiquery², so the problem has to come from the multiquery optimization. Below is a sample of my script. Basically, it groups by something and then: * sums up all the counts for the members of the group * computes, for all members of the group, counts-of-counts (i.e. how many tuples in the group have the same count as the current tuple) The example shows the computation for one group; this is the code is then repeated (with different relation names) for the other groups -- compute totals statT_rules = FOREACH merged_rules GENERATE root, count; statT_rules_grouped = GROUP statT_rules BY root PARALLEL 30; statT_totals = FOREACH statT_rules_grouped GENERATE FLATTEN(group), SUM(statT_rules.count) AS total; -- compute truncated counts (tcounts) and counts-of-counts (ccounts) statT_tcounts = FOREACH statT_rules GENERATE root, count, (count >= 5 ? 5 : count) as tcount; statT_tcounts_grouped = GROUP statT_tcounts BY (root,tcount) PARALLEL 30; statT_ccounts = FOREACH statT_tcounts_grouped GENERATE FLATTEN(group), COUNT(statT_tcounts) AS ccount; -- join and print statT_joined = JOIN statT_totals BY group, statT_ccounts BY root; -- the join caused the root to appear twice (WHADJP,1L,WHADJP,1L,1L), get rid of the second statT_joined_filtered = FOREACH statT_joined GENERATE statT_totals::group AS root, statT_totals::total AS total, statT_ccounts::group::tcount AS tcount, statT_ccounts::ccount AS ccount; statT_joined_grouped = GROUP statT_joined_filtered BY (root,total) PARALLEL 30; statT_joined_print = FOREACH statT_joined_grouped GENERATE FLATTEN(group), statT_joined_filtered.(tcount,ccount); STORE statT_joined_print INTO 'RuleProcess.xTCxi.2/stats.root' using PigStorage; Many thanks, Dragos On 2/18/11 1:08 PM, "Thejas M Nair" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dragos, > You might be facing this issue - > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-1815, it has been resolved in pig > 0.8 branch after the official release. > We are likely to release a new 0.8 patch (pending discussion) with the > fixes. Does your pig jar have this fix ? > If not , can you please try building with > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/pig/branches/branch-0.8 and try again with > the new jar? > > > > > On 2/18/11 12:26 PM, "Dragos Munteanu" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I have a Pig script that only runs if I turn on "-no_multiquery". > > > >> >> My questions are: >> - is it expected that Pig's multiquery execution would create enough of an >> overhead that the execution should fail? > > It is not expected to fail. > >> - can someone explain (or point me to an explanation) of where the >> multiquery overhead comes from? I'd really like to understand it > > In case of multi-query you end up doing more computation per task, so an > issue such as one PIG-1815 might not be causing failures in the non > multiquery case. Also PIG-1815 is caused by physical plan copies not being > freed and multi-query physical plan will be larger. > >> - is there a better way to write the pig code to do that computation? Maybe >> I can re-structure my computation, or configure my cluster differently? Or >> am I stuck with a no_multiquery execution? > > If your query does not work with latest from 0.8 branch, please let us know. > -Thejas > </pre> <BR style="font-size:4px;"> <a href = "http://www.sdl.com/innovate";><img src="http://www.sdl.com/images/Innovate2011_emailsignature_final.png"; alt="www.sdl.com" border="0"/></a> <BR> <font face="arial" size="2"><a href ="http://www.sdl.com/innovate"; style="color:005740; font-weight: bold">www.sdl.com/innovate</a></font> <BR> <BR> <font face="arial" size="1" color="#736F6E"> <b>SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved.</b> If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us.<BR> SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207.<BR> Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. </font>
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