Thanks for the response, Aaron! We'll give it a try tomorrow.
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 12:13 AM, Aaron Davidson [via Apache Spark User List] <ml-node+s1001560n6073...@n3.nabble.com> wrote: > This is very likely because the serialized map output locations buffer > exceeds the akka frame size. Please try setting "spark.akka.frameSize" > (default 10 MB) to some higher number, like 64 or 128. > > In the newest version of Spark, this would throw a better error, for what > it's worth. > > > > On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 8:39 PM, jonathan.keebler <[hidden > email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=6073&i=0> > > wrote: > >> Has anyone observed Spark worker threads stalling during a shuffle phase >> with >> the following message (one per worker host) being echoed to the terminal >> on >> the driver thread? >> >> INFO spark.MapOutputTrackerActor: Asked to send map output locations for >> shuffle 0 to [worker host]... >> >> >> At this point Spark-related activity on the hadoop cluster completely >> halts >> .. there's no network activity, disk IO or CPU activity, and individual >> tasks are not completing and the job just sits in this state. At this >> point >> we just kill the job & a re-start of the Spark server service is required. >> >> Using identical jobs we were able to by-pass this halt point by increasing >> available heap memory to the workers, but it's odd we don't get an >> out-of-memory error or any error at all. Upping the memory available >> isn't >> a very satisfying answer to what may be going on :) >> >> We're running Spark 0.9.0 on CDH5.0 in stand-alone mode. >> >> Thanks for any help or ideas you may have! >> >> Cheers, >> Jonathan >> >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/Spark-stalling-during-shuffle-maybe-a-memory-issue-tp6067.html >> Sent from the Apache Spark User List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> > > > > ------------------------------ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > > http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/Spark-stalling-during-shuffle-maybe-a-memory-issue-tp6067p6073.html > To unsubscribe from Spark stalling during shuffle (maybe a memory issue), > click > here<http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=6067&code=amtlZWJsZXI0MkBnbWFpbC5jb218NjA2N3wtMjA5NzAzMzE5NQ==> > . > NAML<http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> > -- View this message in context: http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/Spark-stalling-during-shuffle-maybe-a-memory-issue-tp6067p6074.html Sent from the Apache Spark User List mailing list archive at Nabble.com.