Also, note that this is the default behavior which can be overridden by the --resources flag.
On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 11:24 AM, Zameer Manji <zma...@apache.org> wrote: > Arkal, > > There are many services that might need to run on a host adjacent to the > slave. For example, you might need a dns resolver, ntp, postfix, sshd, etc. > All of these services may need disk space for logging or other uses. > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 11:12 AM, Arkal Arjun Rao <aa...@ucsc.edu> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I read this line in the book "Building Applications on Mesos - David >> Greenberg": >> >> " The slave will reserve 1 GB or 50% of detected memory, whichever >> is smaller, in order to run itself and other operating system services. >> Likewise, it will reserve 5 GB or 50% of detected disk, whichever is >> smaller. " >> >> I haven't been able to figure out what "operating system services" refers >> to, and whether is is really necessary to block off the entire 5Gb of disk >> for that purpose. Could anyone shed some light on what the disk is used >> for, in better detail? >> >> Ideally, I'd like as much of the disk as possible for my framework. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Arjun >> -- >> Arjun Arkal Rao >> >> PhD Student, >> Haussler Lab, >> UC Santa Cruz, >> USA >> >> aa...@ucsc.edu >> >> -- >> Zameer Manji >> >> <aa...@ucsc.edu> >> >
