Thanks for the explanations, makes sense. For the record looks like this was worked on a while back (and maybe the work is even close to a solution?)
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-1476 and perhaps an independent solution was worked on here? https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-1391 On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 5:20 PM, Reynold Xin <r...@databricks.com> wrote: > cc dev list > > > How are you saving the data? There are two relevant 2GB limits: > > 1. Caching > > 2. Shuffle > > > For caching, a partition is turned into a single block. > > For shuffle, each map partition is partitioned into R blocks, where R = > number of reduce tasks. It is unlikely a shuffle block > 2G, although it > can still happen. > > I think the 2nd problem is easier to fix than the 1st, because we can > handle that in the network transport layer. It'd require us to divide the > transfer of a very large block into multiple smaller blocks. > > > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Imran Rashid <iras...@cloudera.com> wrote: > >> Michael, >> >> you are right, there is definitely some limit at 2GB. Here is a trivial >> example to demonstrate it: >> >> import org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel >> val d = sc.parallelize(1 to 1e6.toInt, 1).map{i => new >> Array[Byte](5e3.toInt)}.persist(StorageLevel.DISK_ONLY) >> d.count() >> >> It gives the same error you are observing. I was under the same >> impression as Sean about the limits only being on blocks, not partitions -- >> but clearly that isn't the case here. >> >> I don't know the whole story yet, but I just wanted to at least let you >> know you aren't crazy :) >> At the very least this suggests that you might need to make smaller >> partitions for now. >> >> Imran >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 4:58 AM, Michael Albert < >> m_albert...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: >> >>> Greetings! >>> >>> Thanks for the response. >>> >>> Below is an example of the exception I saw. >>> I'd rather not post code at the moment, so I realize it is completely >>> unreasonable to ask for a diagnosis. >>> However, I will say that adding a "partitionBy()" was the last change >>> before this error was created. >>> >>> >>> Thanks for your time and any thoughts you might have. >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> Mike >>> >>> >>> >>> Exception in thread "main" org.apache.spark.SparkException: Job aborted >>> due to stage failure: Task 4 in stage 5.0 failed 4 times, most recent >>> failure: Lost task 4.3 in stage 5.0 (TID 6012, >>> ip-10-171-0-31.ec2.internal): java.lang.RuntimeException: >>> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Size exceeds Integer.MAX_VALUE >>> at sun.nio.ch.FileChannelImpl.map(FileChannelImpl.java:828) >>> at org.apache.spark.storage.DiskStore.getBytes(DiskStore.scala:123) >>> at org.apache.spark.storage.DiskStore.getBytes(DiskStore.scala:132) >>> at >>> org.apache.spark.storage.BlockManager.doGetLocal(BlockManager.scala:517) >>> at >>> org.apache.spark.storage.BlockManager.getBlockData(BlockManager.scala:307) >>> at >>> org.apache.spark.network.netty.NettyBlockRpcServer$$anonfun$2.apply(NettyBlockRpcServer.scala:57) >>> at >>> org.apache.spark.network.netty.NettyBlockRpcServer$$anonfun$2.apply(NettyBlockRpcServer.scala:57) >>> at >>> scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:244) >>> at >>> scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:244) >>> at >>> scala.collection.IndexedSeqOptimized$class.foreach(IndexedSeqOptimized.scala:33) >>> at scala.collection.mutable.ArrayOps$ofRef.foreach(ArrayOps.scala:108) >>> at >>> scala.collection.TraversableLike$class.map(TraversableLike.scala:244) >>> at scala.collection.mutable.ArrayOps$ofRef.map(ArrayOps.scala:108) >>> at >>> org.apache.spark.network.netty.NettyBlockRpcServer.receive(NettyBlockRpcServer.scala:57) >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* Sean Owen <so...@cloudera.com> >>> *To:* Michael Albert <m_albert...@yahoo.com> >>> *Cc:* "u...@spark.apache.org" <u...@spark.apache.org> >>> *Sent:* Monday, February 2, 2015 10:13 PM >>> *Subject:* Re: 2GB limit for partitions? >>> >>> The limit is on blocks, not partitions. Partitions have many blocks. >>> >>> It sounds like you are creating very large values in memory, but I'm >>> not sure given your description. You will run into problems if a >>> single object is more than 2GB, of course. More of the stack trace >>> might show what is mapping that much memory. >>> >>> If you simply want data into 1000 files it's a lot simpler. Just >>> repartition into 1000 partitions and save the data. If you need more >>> control over what goes into which partition, use a Partitioner, yes. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 8:40 PM, Michael Albert >>> <m_albert...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: >>> > Greetings! >>> > >>> > SPARK-1476 says that there is a 2G limit for "blocks". >>> > Is this the same as a 2G limit for partitions (or approximately so?)? >>> > >>> > >>> > What I had been attempting to do is the following. >>> > 1) Start with a moderately large data set (currently about 100GB, but >>> > growing). >>> > 2) Create about 1,000 files (yes, files) each representing a subset of >>> the >>> > data. >>> > >>> > The current attempt I am working on is something like this. >>> > 1) Do a "map" whose output key indicates which of the 1,000 files it >>> will go >>> > into and whose value is what I will want to stick into the file. >>> > 2) Partition the data and use the body of mapPartition to open a file >>> and >>> > save the data. >>> > >>> > My apologies, this is actually embedded in a bigger mess, so I won't >>> post >>> > it. >>> > >>> > However, I get errors telling me that there is an >>> "IllegalArgumentException: >>> > Size exceeds Inter.MAX_VALUE", with sun.nio.ch.FileChannelImpl.map at >>> the >>> > top of the stack. This leads me to think that I have hit the limit or >>> > partition and/or block size. >>> > >>> > Perhaps this is not a good way to do it? >>> > >>> > I suppose I could run 1,000 passes over the data, each time collecting >>> the >>> > output for one of my 1,000 final files, but that seems likely to be >>> > painfully slow to run. >>> > >>> > Am I missing something? >>> > >>> > Admittedly, this is an odd use case.... >>> > >>> > Thanks! >>> > >>> > Sincerely, >>> > Mike Albert >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@spark.apache.org >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >