Correction not mapred.num.reduce.tasks but mapred.reduce.tasks . :) On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Bejoy Ks <bejoy.had...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi experts > I have a query with the job.xml file in map reduce.I set some > value in mapred-site.xml and *marked as final*, say > mapred.num.reduce.tasks=15. When I submit my job I explicitly specified the > number of reducers as -D mapred.num.reduce.tasks=4. Now as expected my my > job should run with 15 reducers as I marked this value as final in my > config file. Now what would be the value that would be available for > mapred.num.reduce.tasks *in job.xml*, 15 or 4 ? > > Thank you > > Regards > Bejoy.K.S >