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diff --git a/docs/tuning.md b/docs/tuning.md index 26ff1325bb..093df3187a 100644 --- a/docs/tuning.md +++ b/docs/tuning.md @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ their work directories), *not* on your driver program. **Cache Size Tuning** One important configuration parameter for GC is the amount of memory that should be used for caching RDDs. -By default, Spark uses 60% of the configured executor memory (`spark.executor.memory` or `SPARK_MEM`) to +By default, Spark uses 60% of the configured executor memory (`spark.executor.memory`) to cache RDDs. This means that 40% of memory is available for any objects created during task execution. In case your tasks slow down and you find that your JVM is garbage-collecting frequently or running out of |