They’re tied to the SparkContext (application) that launched them. Matei
On May 19, 2014, at 8:44 PM, Koert Kuipers <ko...@tresata.com> wrote: > from looking at the source code i see executors run in their own jvm > subprocesses. > > how long to they live for? as long as the worker/slave? or are they tied to > the sparkcontext and life/die with it? > > thx
