One example pattern we have it doing joins or filters based on two datasets. E.g.
1 Filter –multiple- RddB for a given set extracted from RddA (keyword here is multiple times) a. RddA -> keyBy -> distinct -> collect() to Set A; b. RddB -> Filter using Set A; 2 “Join” using composition on executor (again multiple times) a. RddA -> filter by XYZ -> keyBy join attribute -> collectAsMap ->Broadcast MapA; b. RddB -> map (Broadcast<Map<K,V>> MapA; The first use case might not be that common, but joining a large RDD with a small (reference) RDD is quite common and much faster than using “join” method. From: Marcin Tustin [mailto:mtus...@handybook.com] Sent: 28 April 2016 12:08 To: Deligiannis, Ioannis (UK) Cc: dev@spark.apache.org Subject: Re: RDD.broadcast Why would you ever need to do this? I'm genuinely curious. I view collects as being solely for interactive work. On Thursday, April 28, 2016, <ioannis.deligian...@nomura.com<mailto:ioannis.deligian...@nomura.com>> wrote: Hi, It is a common pattern to process an RDD, collect (typically a subset) to the driver and then broadcast back. Adding an RDD method that can do that using the torrent broadcast mechanics would be much more efficient. In addition, it would not require the Driver to also utilize its Heap holding this broadcast. I guess this can become complicated if the resulting broadcast is required to keep lineage information, but assuming a torrent distribution, once the broadcast is synced then lineage would not be required. I’d also expect the call to rdd.brodcast to be an action that eagerly distributes the broadcast and returns when the operation has succeeded. Is this something that could be implemented or are there any reasons that prohibits this? 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