Hi Jay, We can make it global instead of per-processor, sounds good.
Thanks Eno > On 3 Jun 2016, at 23:15, Jay Kreps <j...@confluent.io> wrote: > > Hey Eno, > > Should the config be the global memory use rather than the per-processor? > That is, let’s say I know I have fixed a 1GB heap because that is what I > set for Java, and want to use 100MB for caching, it seems like right now > I’d have to do some math that depends on my knowing a bit about how caching > works to figure out how to set that parameter so I don't run out of memory. > Does it also depend on the number of partitions assigned (and hence the > number of task), if so that makes it even harder to set since each time > rebalancing happens that changes so it is then pretty hard to set safely. > > You could theoretically argue for either bottom up (you know how much cache > you need per processor as you have it and you want to get exactly that) or > top down (you know how much memory you have to spare but can't be bothered > to work out what that amounts to per-processor). I think our experience has > been that 99% of people never change the default and if it runs out of > memory they really struggle to fix it and kind of blame us, so I think top > down and a global config might be better. :-) > > Example: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-3775 > > -Jay > > On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 2:39 PM, Eno Thereska <eno.there...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Gwen, >> >> Yes. As an example, if cache.max.bytes.buffering set to X, and if users >> have A aggregation operators and T KTable.to() operators, then X*(A + T) >> total bytes will be allocated for caching. >> >> Eno >> >>> On 3 Jun 2016, at 21:37, Gwen Shapira <g...@confluent.io> wrote: >>> >>> Just to clarify: "cache.max.bytes.buffering" is per processor? >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 11:30 AM, Eno Thereska <eno.there...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>> Hi there, >>>> >>>> I have created KIP-63: Unify store and downstream caching in streams >>>> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-63%3A+Unify+store+and+downstream+caching+in+streams >> < >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-63:+Unify+store+and+downstream+caching+in+streams >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Feedback is appreciated. >>>> >>>> Thank you >>>> Eno >> >>