Resources can mean memory-only (by default) or memory + CPU etc across the 
_entire_ cluster.

So 70% of cluster resources for a queue means that 70% of the total memory set 
for Hadoop in the cluster are available for all applications in that queue.

Heap sizes are part of the memory requirements for each container.

HTH
+Vinod

On Dec 5, 2014, at 5:41 AM, Chris Mawata <chris.maw...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>      when you divide up resources e.g. on CapacityScheduler or FairScheduler 
> etc., what does x% or resources mean? So, for example, a guranteed 70% meant 
> to indicate you can have up to
> 70% of the containers clusterwide irrespective of size of container 
> 70% of the containers  on each node 
> or should it not be number of containers but sum of heap sizes?
> 
> Cheers
> Chris Mawata

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