Hi All ,
While launching a cluster of CDH4 MRv1 from whirr-0.8.1, I had set the
following properties for heap size, as follows:
*mapred.child.java.opts=-Xmx800M
mapred.map.child.java.opts=-Xmx800M
mapred.reduce.child.java.opts=-Xmx800M*
So in the /etc/hadoop/conf/mapred-site.xml, I could see all these reflected.
AFAIK, mapred.child.java.opts is *deprecated* and so I had explicitly set
*mapred.{map|reduce}.child.java.opts* while launching the cluster.
However, while executing a job, I witnessed that the Job file (job.xml) of
a particular job, had
*mapred.child.java.opts=-Xmx200m* [ *not* as in mapred-site]
mapred.map.child.java.opts=-Xmx800M [as in mapred-site]
mapred.reduce.child.java.opts=-Xmx800M [as in mapred-site]
I have not set anything from the command line.
My question is why is it set to a different value other than the one set in
mapred-site.xml ? Is this an issue or have I missed anything or my
understanding is wrong?
I appreciate any help in this regard.
Thank You.
- Regards,
Swathi.V
DevOp Engineer
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