The check for cache file cleanup is controlled by the property mapreduce.tasktracker.distributedcache.checkperiod. It defaults to 1 minute (which should be sufficient for your requirement).
I am not sure why the JobTracker UI is inaccessible. If you know where JT is running, try hitting http://machine:50030. If that doesn't work, maybe check if ports have been changed in mapred-site.xml for a property similar to mapred.job.tracker.http.address. There is logging in the code of the tasktracker component that can help debug the distributed cache behaviour. In order to get those logs you need to enable debug logging in the log4j configuration properties and restart the daemons. Hopefully that will help you get some hints on what is happening. Thanks hemanth On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:49 PM, <xia_y...@dell.com> wrote: > Hi Hemanth and Bejoy KS,**** > > ** ** > > I have tried both mapred-site.xml and core-site.xml. They do not work. I > set the value to 50K just for testing purpose, however the folder size > already goes to 900M now. As in your email, “After they are done, the > property will help cleanup the files due to the limit set. ” How frequently > the cleanup task will be triggered? **** > > ** ** > > Regarding the job.xml, I cannot use JT web UI to find it. It seems when > hadoop is packaged within Hbase, this is disabled. I am only use Hbase > jobs. I was suggested by Hbase people to get help from Hadoop mailing list. > I will contact them again.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > ** ** > > Jane**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Hemanth Yamijala [mailto:yhema...@thoughtworks.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 16, 2013 9:35 PM > > *To:* user@hadoop.apache.org > *Subject:* Re: How to configure mapreduce archive size?**** > > ** ** > > You can limit the size by setting local.cache.size in the mapred-site.xml > (or core-site.xml if that works for you). I mistakenly mentioned > mapred-default.xml in my last mail - apologies for that. However, please > note that this does not prevent whatever is writing into the distributed > cache from creating those files when they are required. After they are > done, the property will help cleanup the files due to the limit set. **** > > ** ** > > That's why I am more keen on finding what is using the files in the > Distributed cache. It may be useful if you can ask on the HBase list as > well if the APIs you are using are creating the files you mention (assuming > you are only running HBase jobs on the cluster and nothing else)**** > > ** ** > > Thanks**** > > Hemanth**** > > ** ** > > On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:15 PM, <xia_y...@dell.com> wrote:**** > > Hi Hemanth,**** > > **** > > I did not explicitly using DistributedCache in my code. I did not use any > command line arguments like –libjars neither.**** > > **** > > Where can I find job.xml? I am using Hbase MapReduce API and not setting > any job.xml.**** > > **** > > The key point is I want to limit the size of > /tmp/hadoop-root/mapred/local/archive. Could you help?**** > > **** > > Thanks.**** > > **** > > Xia**** > > **** > > *From:* Hemanth Yamijala [mailto:yhema...@thoughtworks.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, April 11, 2013 9:09 PM**** > > > *To:* user@hadoop.apache.org > *Subject:* Re: How to configure mapreduce archive size?**** > > **** > > TableMapReduceUtil has APIs like addDependencyJars which will use > DistributedCache. I don't think you are explicitly using that. Are you > using any command line arguments like -libjars etc when you are launching > the MapReduce job ? Alternatively you can check job.xml of the launched MR > job to see if it has set properties having prefixes like mapred.cache. If > nothing's set there, it would seem like some other process or user is > adding jars to DistributedCache when using the cluster.**** > > **** > > Thanks**** > > hemanth**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 11:40 PM, <xia_y...@dell.com> wrote:**** > > Hi Hemanth,**** > > **** > > Attached is some sample folders within my > /tmp/hadoop-root/mapred/local/archive. There are some jar and class files > inside.**** > > **** > > My application uses MapReduce job to do purge Hbase old data. I am using > basic HBase MapReduce API to delete rows from Hbase table. I do not specify > to use Distributed cache. Maybe HBase use it?**** > > **** > > Some code here:**** > > **** > > Scan scan = *new* Scan();**** > > scan.setCaching(500); // 1 is the default in Scan, which > will be bad for MapReduce jobs**** > > scan.setCacheBlocks(*false*); // don't set to true for MR jobs**** > > scan.setTimeRange(Long.*MIN_VALUE*, timestamp);**** > > // set other scan *attrs***** > > // the purge start time**** > > Date date=*new* Date();**** > > TableMapReduceUtil.*initTableMapperJob*(**** > > tableName, // input table**** > > scan, // Scan instance to control CF and > attribute selection**** > > MapperDelete.*class*, // *mapper* class**** > > *null*, // *mapper* output key**** > > *null*, // *mapper* output value**** > > job);**** > > **** > > job.setOutputFormatClass(TableOutputFormat.*class*);**** > > job.getConfiguration().set(TableOutputFormat.*OUTPUT_TABLE*, > tableName);**** > > job.setNumReduceTasks(0);**** > > **** > > *boolean* b = job.waitForCompletion(*true*);**** > > **** > > *From:* Hemanth Yamijala [mailto:yhema...@thoughtworks.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, April 11, 2013 12:29 AM**** > > > *To:* user@hadoop.apache.org > *Subject:* Re: How to configure mapreduce archive size?**** > > **** > > Could you paste the contents of the directory ? Not sure whether that will > help, but just giving it a shot.**** > > **** > > What application are you using ? Is it custom MapReduce jobs in which you > use Distributed cache (I guess not) ? **** > > **** > > Thanks**** > > Hemanth**** > > **** > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 3:34 AM, <xia_y...@dell.com> wrote:**** > > Hi Arun,**** > > **** > > I stopped my application, then restarted my hbase (which include hadoop). > After that I start my application. After one evening, my > /tmp/hadoop-root/mapred/local/archive goes to more than 1G. It does not > work.**** > > **** > > Is this the right place to change the value?**** > > **** > > "local.cache.size" in file core-default.xml, which is in > hadoop-core-1.0.3.jar**** > > **** > > Thanks,**** > > **** > > Jane**** > > **** > > *From:* Arun C Murthy [mailto:a...@hortonworks.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 10, 2013 2:45 PM**** > > > *To:* user@hadoop.apache.org > *Subject:* Re: How to configure mapreduce archive size?**** > > **** > > Ensure no jobs are running (cache limit is only for non-active cache > files), check after a little while (takes sometime for the cleaner thread > to kick in).**** > > **** > > Arun**** > > **** > > On Apr 11, 2013, at 2:29 AM, <xia_y...@dell.com> <xia_y...@dell.com> > wrote:**** > > **** > > Hi Hemanth,**** > > **** > > For the hadoop 1.0.3, I can only find "local.cache.size" in file > core-default.xml, which is in hadoop-core-1.0.3.jar. It is not in > mapred-default.xml.**** > > **** > > I updated the value in file default.xml and changed the value to 500000. > This is just for my testing purpose. However, the folder > /tmp/hadoop-root/mapred/local/archive already goes more than 1G now. Looks > like it does not do the work. Could you advise if what I did is correct?** > ** > > **** > > <name>local.cache.size</name>**** > > <value>500000</value>**** > > **** > > Thanks,**** > > **** > > Xia**** > > **** > > *From:* Hemanth Yamijala [mailto:yhema...@thoughtworks.com] > *Sent:* Monday, April 08, 2013 9:09 PM > *To:* user@hadoop.apache.org > *Subject:* Re: How to configure mapreduce archive size?**** > > **** > > Hi,**** > > **** > > This directory is used as part of the 'DistributedCache' feature. ( > http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r1.0.4/mapred_tutorial.html#DistributedCache). > There is a configuration key "local.cache.size" which controls the amount > of data stored under DistributedCache. The default limit is 10GB. However, > the files under this cannot be deleted if they are being used. Also, some > frameworks on Hadoop could be using DistributedCache transparently to you. > **** > > **** > > So you could check what is being stored here and based on that lower the > limit of the cache size if you feel that will help. The property needs to > be set in mapred-default.xml.**** > > **** > > Thanks**** > > Hemanth**** > > **** > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 11:09 PM, <xia_y...@dell.com> wrote:**** > > Hi,**** > > **** > > I am using hadoop which is packaged within hbase -0.94.1. It is hadoop > 1.0.3. There is some mapreduce job running on my server. After some time, I > found that my folder /tmp/hadoop-root/mapred/local/archive has 14G size.** > ** > > **** > > How to configure this and limit the size? I do not want to waste my space > for archive.**** > > **** > > Thanks,**** > > **** > > Xia**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > --**** > > Arun C. Murthy**** > > Hortonworks Inc. > http://hortonworks.com/**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > ** ** >
