Hi, I have a Java memory issue with Spark. The same application working on my 8GB Mac crashes on my 72GB Ubuntu server...
I have changed things in the conf file, but it looks like Spark does not care, so I wonder if my issues are with the driver or executor. I set: spark.driver.memory 20g spark.executor.memory 20g And, whatever I do, the crash is always at the same spot in the app, which makes me think that it is a driver problem. The exception I get is: 16/07/13 20:36:30 WARN TaskSetManager: Lost task 0.0 in stage 7.0 (TID 208, micha.nc.rr.com): java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space at java.nio.HeapCharBuffer.<init>(HeapCharBuffer.java:57) at java.nio.CharBuffer.allocate(CharBuffer.java:335) at java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder.decode(CharsetDecoder.java:810) at org.apache.hadoop.io.Text.decode(Text.java:412) at org.apache.hadoop.io.Text.decode(Text.java:389) at org.apache.hadoop.io.Text.toString(Text.java:280) at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.json.JSONRelation$$anonfun$org$apache$spark$sql$execution$datasources$json$JSONRelation$$createBaseRdd$1.apply(JSONRelation.scala:105) at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.json.JSONRelation$$anonfun$org$apache$spark$sql$execution$datasources$json$JSONRelation$$createBaseRdd$1.apply(JSONRelation.scala:105) at scala.collection.Iterator$$anon$11.next(Iterator.scala:328) at scala.collection.Iterator$$anon$11.next(Iterator.scala:328) at scala.collection.Iterator$class.foreach(Iterator.scala:727) at scala.collection.AbstractIterator.foreach(Iterator.scala:1157) at scala.collection.TraversableOnce$class.foldLeft(TraversableOnce.scala:144) at scala.collection.AbstractIterator.foldLeft(Iterator.scala:1157) at scala.collection.TraversableOnce$class.aggregate(TraversableOnce.scala:201) at scala.collection.AbstractIterator.aggregate(Iterator.scala:1157) at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD$$anonfun$treeAggregate$1$$anonfun$23.apply(RDD.scala:1135) at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD$$anonfun$treeAggregate$1$$anonfun$23.apply(RDD.scala:1135) at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD$$anonfun$treeAggregate$1$$anonfun$24.apply(RDD.scala:1136) at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD$$anonfun$treeAggregate$1$$anonfun$24.apply(RDD.scala:1136) at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD$$anonfun$mapPartitions$1$$anonfun$apply$20.apply(RDD.scala:710) at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD$$anonfun$mapPartitions$1$$anonfun$apply$20.apply(RDD.scala:710) at org.apache.spark.rdd.MapPartitionsRDD.compute(MapPartitionsRDD.scala:38) at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD.computeOrReadCheckpoint(RDD.scala:306) at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD.iterator(RDD.scala:270) at org.apache.spark.scheduler.ResultTask.runTask(ResultTask.scala:66) at org.apache.spark.scheduler.Task.run(Task.scala:89) at org.apache.spark.executor.Executor$TaskRunner.run(Executor.scala:227) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) I have set a small memory "dumper" in my app. At the beginning, it says: ** Free ......... 1,413,566 ** Allocated .... 1,705,984 ** Max .......... 16,495,104 **> Total free ... 16,202,686 Just before the crash, it says: ** Free ......... 1,461,633 ** Allocated .... 1,786,880 ** Max .......... 16,495,104 **> Total free ... 16,169,857