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<td><code>spark.port.maxRetries</code></td>
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- Default maximum number of retries when binding to a port before giving up.
+ Maximum number of retries when binding to a port before giving up.
+ When a port is given a specific value (non 0), each subsequent retry will
+ increment the port used in the previous attempt by 1 before retrying. This
+ essentially allows it to try a range of ports from the start port specified
+ to port + maxRetries.
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