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diff --git a/docs/job-scheduling.md b/docs/job-scheduling.md index 8d9c2ba204..a3c34cb679 100644 --- a/docs/job-scheduling.md +++ b/docs/job-scheduling.md @@ -56,36 +56,32 @@ provide another approach to share RDDs. ## Dynamic Resource Allocation -Spark 1.2 introduces the ability to dynamically scale the set of cluster resources allocated to -your application up and down based on the workload. This means that your application may give -resources back to the cluster if they are no longer used and request them again later when there -is demand. This feature is particularly useful if multiple applications share resources in your -Spark cluster. If a subset of the resources allocated to an application becomes idle, it can be -returned to the cluster's pool of resources and acquired by other applications. In Spark, dynamic -resource allocation is performed on the granularity of the executor and can be enabled through -`spark.dynamicAllocation.enabled`. - -This feature is currently disabled by default and available only on [YARN](running-on-yarn.html). -A future release will extend this to [standalone mode](spark-standalone.html) and -[Mesos coarse-grained mode](running-on-mesos.html#mesos-run-modes). Note that although Spark on -Mesos already has a similar notion of dynamic resource sharing in fine-grained mode, enabling -dynamic allocation allows your Mesos application to take advantage of coarse-grained low-latency -scheduling while sharing cluster resources efficiently. +Spark provides a mechanism to dynamically adjust the resources your application occupies based +on the workload. This means that your application may give resources back to the cluster if they +are no longer used and request them again later when there is demand. This feature is particularly +useful if multiple applications share resources in your Spark cluster. + +This feature is disabled by default and available on all coarse-grained cluster managers, i.e. +[standalone mode](spark-standalone.html), [YARN mode](running-on-yarn.html), and +[Mesos coarse-grained mode](running-on-mesos.html#mesos-run-modes). ### Configuration and Setup -All configurations used by this feature live under the `spark.dynamicAllocation.*` namespace. -To enable this feature, your application must set `spark.dynamicAllocation.enabled` to `true`. -Other relevant configurations are described on the -[configurations page](configuration.html#dynamic-allocation) and in the subsequent sections in -detail. +There are two requirements for using this feature. First, your application must set +`spark.dynamicAllocation.enabled` to `true`. Second, you must set up an *external shuffle service* +on each worker node in the same cluster and set `spark.shuffle.service.enabled` to true in your +application. The purpose of the external shuffle service is to allow executors to be removed +without deleting shuffle files written by them (more detail described +[below](job-scheduling.html#graceful-decommission-of-executors)). The way to set up this service +varies across cluster managers: + +In standalone mode, simply start your workers with `spark.shuffle.service.enabled` set to `true`. -Additionally, your application must use an external shuffle service. The purpose of the service is -to preserve the shuffle files written by executors so the executors can be safely removed (more -detail described [below](job-scheduling.html#graceful-decommission-of-executors)). To enable -this service, set `spark.shuffle.service.enabled` to `true`. In YARN, this external shuffle service -is implemented in `org.apache.spark.yarn.network.YarnShuffleService` that runs in each `NodeManager` -in your cluster. To start this service, follow these steps: +In Mesos coarse-grained mode, run `$SPARK_HOME/sbin/start-mesos-shuffle-service.sh` on all +slave nodes with `spark.shuffle.service.enabled` set to `true`. For instance, you may do so +through Marathon. + +In YARN mode, start the shuffle service on each `NodeManager` as follows: 1. Build Spark with the [YARN profile](building-spark.html). Skip this step if you are using a pre-packaged distribution. @@ -95,10 +91,13 @@ pre-packaged distribution. 2. Add this jar to the classpath of all `NodeManager`s in your cluster. 3. In the `yarn-site.xml` on each node, add `spark_shuffle` to `yarn.nodemanager.aux-services`, then set `yarn.nodemanager.aux-services.spark_shuffle.class` to -`org.apache.spark.network.yarn.YarnShuffleService`. Additionally, set all relevant -`spark.shuffle.service.*` [configurations](configuration.html). +`org.apache.spark.network.yarn.YarnShuffleService` and `spark.shuffle.service.enabled` to true. 4. Restart all `NodeManager`s in your cluster. +All other relevant configurations are optional and under the `spark.dynamicAllocation.*` and +`spark.shuffle.service.*` namespaces. For more detail, see the +[configurations page](configuration.html#dynamic-allocation). + ### Resource Allocation Policy At a high level, Spark should relinquish executors when they are no longer used and acquire |