Using mapPartitions and passing the big index object as a parameter to it was not the best option, given the size of the big object and my RAM. The workers died before starting the actual computation.
Anyway, creating a singleton object worked for me: http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/How-to-share-a-NonSerializable-variable-among-tasks-in-the-same-worker-node-td11048.html#a11315 The big index was loaded once per each node. -- View this message in context: http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/Avoid-broacasting-huge-variables-tp14696p14766.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
