Everything works smoothly if I do the 99%-removal filter in Hive first. So,
all the baggage from garbage collection was breaking it.

Is there a way to filter() out 99% of the data without having to garbage
collect 99% of the RDD?

On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Arun Luthra <arun.lut...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I tried a shorter simper version of the program, with just 1 RDD,
>  essentially it is:
>
> sc.textFile(..., N).map().filter().map( blah => (id,
> 1L)).reduceByKey().saveAsTextFile(...)
>
> Here is a typical GC log trace from one of the yarn container logs:
>
> 54.040: [GC [PSYoungGen: 9176064K->28206K(10704896K)]
> 9176064K->28278K(35171840K), 0.0234420 secs] [Times: user=0.15 sys=0.01,
> real=0.02 secs]
> 77.864: [GC [PSYoungGen: 9204270K->150553K(10704896K)]
> 9204342K->150641K(35171840K), 0.0423020 secs] [Times: user=0.30 sys=0.26,
> real=0.04 secs]
> 79.485: [GC [PSYoungGen: 9326617K->333519K(10704896K)]
> 9326705K->333615K(35171840K), 0.0774990 secs] [Times: user=0.35 sys=1.28,
> real=0.08 secs]
> 92.974: [GC [PSYoungGen: 9509583K->193370K(10704896K)]
> 9509679K->193474K(35171840K), 0.0241590 secs] [Times: user=0.35 sys=0.11,
> real=0.02 secs]
> 114.842: [GC [PSYoungGen: 9369434K->123577K(10704896K)]
> 9369538K->123689K(35171840K), 0.0201000 secs] [Times: user=0.31 sys=0.00,
> real=0.02 secs]
> 117.277: [GC [PSYoungGen: 9299641K->135459K(11918336K)]
> 9299753K->135579K(36385280K), 0.0244820 secs] [Times: user=0.19 sys=0.25,
> real=0.02 secs]
>
> So ~9GB is getting GC'ed every few seconds. Which seems like a lot.
>
> Question: The filter() is removing 99% of the data. Does this 99% of the
> data get GC'ed?
>
> Now, I was able to finally get to reduceByKey() by reducing the number of
> executor-cores (to 2), based on suggestions at
> http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/java-lang-OutOfMemoryError-java-lang-OutOfMemoryError-GC-overhead-limit-exceeded-td9036.html
> . This makes everything before reduceByKey() run pretty smoothly.
>
> I ran this with more executor-memory and less executors (most important
> thing was fewer executor-cores):
>
> --num-executors 150 \
> --driver-memory 15g \
> --executor-memory 110g \
> --executor-cores 32 \
>
> But then, reduceByKey() fails with:
>
> java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Arun Luthra <arun.lut...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The Spark UI names the line number and name of the operation (repartition
>> in this case) that it is performing. Only if this information is wrong
>> (just a possibility), could it have started groupByKey already.
>>
>> I will try to analyze the amount of skew in the data by using reduceByKey
>> (or simply countByKey) which is relatively inexpensive. For the purposes of
>> this algorithm I can simply log and remove keys with huge counts, before
>> doing groupByKey.
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Aaron Davidson <ilike...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> All stated symptoms are consistent with GC pressure (other nodes timeout
>>> trying to connect because of a long stop-the-world), quite possibly due to
>>> groupByKey. groupByKey is a very expensive operation as it may bring all
>>> the data for a particular partition into memory (in particular, it cannot
>>> spill values for a single key, so if you have a single very skewed key you
>>> can get behavior like this).
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Paweł Szulc <paul.sz...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> But groupbykey will repartition according to numer of keys as I
>>>> understand how it works. How do you know that you haven't reached the
>>>> groupbykey phase? Are you using a profiler or do yoi base that assumption
>>>> only on logs?
>>>>
>>>> sob., 28 lut 2015, 8:12 PM Arun Luthra użytkownik <
>>>> arun.lut...@gmail.com> napisał:
>>>>
>>>> A correction to my first post:
>>>>>
>>>>> There is also a repartition right before groupByKey to help avoid
>>>>> too-many-open-files error:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> rdd2.union(rdd1).map(...).filter(...).repartition(15000).groupByKey().map(...).flatMap(...).saveAsTextFile()
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Arun Luthra <arun.lut...@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The job fails before getting to groupByKey.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I see a lot of timeout errors in the yarn logs, like:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 15/02/28 12:47:16 WARN util.AkkaUtils: Error sending message in 1
>>>>>> attempts
>>>>>> akka.pattern.AskTimeoutException: Timed out
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 15/02/28 12:47:49 WARN util.AkkaUtils: Error sending message in 2
>>>>>> attempts
>>>>>> java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException: Futures timed out after [30
>>>>>> seconds]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and some of these are followed by:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 15/02/28 12:48:02 ERROR executor.CoarseGrainedExecutorBackend: Driver
>>>>>> Disassociated [akka.tcp://sparkExecutor@...] ->
>>>>>> [akka.tcp://sparkDriver@...] disassociated! Shutting down.
>>>>>> 15/02/28 12:48:02 ERROR executor.Executor: Exception in task 421027.0
>>>>>> in stage 1.0 (TID 336601)
>>>>>> java.io.FileNotFoundException:
>>>>>> ..../hadoop/yarn/local/......../spark-local-20150228123450-3a71/36/shuffle_0_421027_0
>>>>>> (No such file or directory)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 9:33 AM, Paweł Szulc <paul.sz...@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would first check whether  there is any possibility that after
>>>>>>> doing groupbykey one of the groups does not fit in one of the executors'
>>>>>>> memory.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To back up my theory, instead of doing groupbykey + map try
>>>>>>> reducebykey + mapvalues.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Let me know if that helped.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Pawel Szulc
>>>>>>> http://rabbitonweb.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> sob., 28 lut 2015, 6:22 PM Arun Luthra użytkownik <
>>>>>>> arun.lut...@gmail.com> napisał:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So, actually I am removing the persist for now, because there is
>>>>>>>> significant filtering that happens after calling textFile()... but I 
>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>> keep that option in mind.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I just tried a few different combinations of number of executors,
>>>>>>>> executor memory, and more importantly, number of tasks... *all
>>>>>>>> three times it failed when approximately 75.1% of the tasks were 
>>>>>>>> completed
>>>>>>>> (no matter how many tasks resulted from repartitioning the data in
>>>>>>>> textfile(..., N))*. Surely this is a strong clue to something?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Burak Yavuz <brk...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Not sure if it can help, but `StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK_SER`
>>>>>>>>> generates many small objects that lead to very long GC time, causing 
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> executor losts, heartbeat not received, and GC overhead limit exceeded
>>>>>>>>> messages.
>>>>>>>>> Could you try using `StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK` instead? You
>>>>>>>>> can also try `OFF_HEAP` (and use Tachyon).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Burak
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Arun Luthra <
>>>>>>>>> arun.lut...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> My program in pseudocode looks like this:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>     val conf = new SparkConf().setAppName("Test")
>>>>>>>>>>       .set("spark.storage.memoryFraction","0.2") // default 0.6
>>>>>>>>>>       .set("spark.shuffle.memoryFraction","0.12") // default 0.2
>>>>>>>>>>       .set("spark.shuffle.manager","SORT") // preferred setting
>>>>>>>>>> for optimized joins
>>>>>>>>>>       .set("spark.shuffle.consolidateFiles","true") // helpful
>>>>>>>>>> for "too many files open"
>>>>>>>>>>       .set("spark.mesos.coarse", "true") // helpful for
>>>>>>>>>> MapOutputTracker errors?
>>>>>>>>>>       .set("spark.akka.frameSize","500") // helpful when using
>>>>>>>>>> consildateFiles=true
>>>>>>>>>>       .set("spark.akka.askTimeout", "30")
>>>>>>>>>>       .set("spark.shuffle.compress","false") //
>>>>>>>>>> http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/Fetch-Failure-tp20787p20811.html
>>>>>>>>>>       .set("spark.file.transferTo","false") //
>>>>>>>>>> http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/Fetch-Failure-tp20787p20811.html
>>>>>>>>>>       .set("spark.core.connection.ack.wait.timeout","600") //
>>>>>>>>>> http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/Fetch-Failure-tp20787p20811.html
>>>>>>>>>>       .set("spark.speculation","true")
>>>>>>>>>>       .set("spark.worker.timeout","600") //
>>>>>>>>>> http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/Heartbeat-exceeds-td3798.html
>>>>>>>>>>       .set("spark.akka.timeout","300") //
>>>>>>>>>> http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/Heartbeat-exceeds-td3798.html
>>>>>>>>>>       .set("spark.storage.blockManagerSlaveTimeoutMs","120000")
>>>>>>>>>>       .set("spark.driver.maxResultSize","2048") // in response to
>>>>>>>>>> error: Total size of serialized results of 39901 tasks (1024.0 MB) is
>>>>>>>>>> bigger than spark.driver.maxResultSize (1024.0 MB)
>>>>>>>>>>       .set("spark.serializer",
>>>>>>>>>> "org.apache.spark.serializer.KryoSerializer")
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> .set("spark.kryo.registrator","com.att.bdcoe.cip.ooh.MyRegistrator")
>>>>>>>>>>       .set("spark.kryo.registrationRequired", "true")
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> val rdd1 = sc.textFile(file1).persist(StorageLevel
>>>>>>>>>> .MEMORY_AND_DISK_SER).map(_.split("\\|", -1)...filter(...)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> val rdd2 =
>>>>>>>>>> sc.textFile(file2).persist(StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK_SER).map(_.split("\\|",
>>>>>>>>>> -1)...filter(...)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> rdd2.union(rdd1).map(...).filter(...).groupByKey().map(...).flatMap(...).saveAsTextFile()
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I run the code with:
>>>>>>>>>>   --num-executors 500 \
>>>>>>>>>>   --driver-memory 20g \
>>>>>>>>>>   --executor-memory 20g \
>>>>>>>>>>   --executor-cores 32 \
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'm using kryo serialization on everything, including broadcast
>>>>>>>>>> variables.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Spark creates 145k tasks, and the first stage includes everything
>>>>>>>>>> before groupByKey(). It fails before getting to groupByKey. I have 
>>>>>>>>>> tried
>>>>>>>>>> doubling and tripling the number of partitions when calling 
>>>>>>>>>> textFile, with
>>>>>>>>>> no success.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Very similar code (trivial changes, to accomodate different
>>>>>>>>>> input) worked on a smaller input (~8TB)... Not that it was easy to 
>>>>>>>>>> get that
>>>>>>>>>> working.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Errors vary, here is what I am getting right now:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ERROR SendingConnection: Exception while reading
>>>>>>>>>> SendingConnection ... java.nio.channels.ClosedChannelException
>>>>>>>>>> (^ guessing that is symptom of something else)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> WARN BlockManagerMasterActor: Removing BlockManager
>>>>>>>>>> BlockManagerId(...) with no recent heart beats: 120030ms exceeds 
>>>>>>>>>> 120000ms
>>>>>>>>>> (^ guessing that is symptom of something else)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ERROR ActorSystemImpl: Uncaught fatal error from thread (...)
>>>>>>>>>> shutting down ActorSystem [sparkDriver]
>>>>>>>>>> *java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded*
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Other times I will get messages about "executor lost..." about 1
>>>>>>>>>> message per second, after ~~50k tasks complete, until there are 
>>>>>>>>>> almost no
>>>>>>>>>> executors left and progress slows to nothing.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I ran with verbose GC info; I do see failing yarn containers that
>>>>>>>>>> have multiple (like 30) "Full GC" messages but I don't know how to
>>>>>>>>>> interpret if that is the problem. Typical Full GC time taken seems
>>>>>>>>>> ok: [Times: user=23.30 sys=0.06, real=1.94 secs]
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Suggestions, please?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Huge thanks for useful suggestions,
>>>>>>>>>> Arun
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
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