I was getting similar errors too while running the mapreduce samples. I fiddled with the hadoop-env.sh (where the HEAPSIZE is specified) and the hadoop-site.xml files - and rectified it after some trial and error. But I would like to know if there is a thumb rule for this. Right now, I've a core duo machine with 2GB RAM running on Ubuntu 8.10, and I've found that a HEAPSIZE of 256Mb works without any problems. Anything more than that would give the same error (even when nothing else is going on in the machine).
Arijit 2009/2/26 Anum Ali <miss.anum...@gmail.com> > If the solution given my Matei Zaharia wont work , which I guess it > wont if you are using eclipse 3.3.0 because this is a bug , which they > resloved it in later version which is eclipse 3.4 ganymede. Better > upgrade eclipse version. > > > > > On 2/26/09, Matei Zaharia <ma...@cloudera.com> wrote: > > These variables have to be at runtime through a config file, not at > compile > > time. You can set them in hadoop-env.sh: Uncomment the line with export > > HADOOP_HEAPSIZE=<whatever> to set the heap size for all Hadoop processes, > or > > change options for specific commands. Now these commands are for the > Hadoop > > processes themselves, but if you are getting the error in tasks you're > > running, you can set these in your hadoop-site.xml through the > > mapred.child.java.opts variable, as follows: > > <property> > > <name>mapred.child.java.opts</name> > > <value>-Xmx512m</value> > > </property> > > > > By the way I'm not sure if -J-Xmx is the right syntax; I've always seen > -Xmx > > and -Xms. > > > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 5:05 PM, madhuri72 <akil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm trying to run hadoop version 19 on ubuntu with java build > >> 1.6.0_11-b03. > >> I'm getting the following error: > >> > >> Error occurred during initialization of VM > >> Could not reserve enough space for object heap > >> Could not create the Java virtual machine. > >> make: *** [run] Error 1 > >> > >> I searched the forums and found some advice on setting the VM's memory > via > >> the javac options > >> > >> -J-Xmx512m or -J-Xms256m > >> > >> I have tried this with various sizes between 128 and 1024 MB. I am > adding > >> this tag when I compile the source. This isn't working for me, and > >> allocating 1 GB of memory is a lot for the machine I'm using. Is there > >> some > >> way to make this work with hadoop? Is there somewhere else I can set > the > >> heap memory? > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> > http://www.nabble.com/Could-not-reserve-enough-space-for-heap-in-JVM-tp22215608p22215608.html > >> Sent from the Hadoop core-user mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> > >> > > > -- "And when the night is cloudy, There is still a light that shines on me, Shine on until tomorrow, let it be."
