Implement a Map-Reduce application which can be used to reliably launch 
speculative tasks
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                 Key: HADOOP-2214
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-2214
             Project: Hadoop
          Issue Type: Test
          Components: test
            Reporter: Arun C Murthy
             Fix For: 0.16.0


It would be very useful to have a reliable test case to help launch speculative 
tasks (maps and/or reduces) to help debug problems or fine-tune strategies for 
speculative execution.

I propose we implement some along the lines of the SmallJobsBenchmark and put 
it in the hadoop-test.jar. I imagine it could be used like:

{noformat}
$ bin/hadoop jar hadoop-${version}-test.jar speculativejob -nMaps 1000 
-nReduces 50 -specMaps 10 -specReduces 5
{noformat}

The application should be minutely aware of the _current_ strategies for 
launching speculative tasks, and throttle requisite no. of maps/reduces to 
ensure that the speculative tasks are launched in a reliable and repeatable 
manner.

Thoughts?


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