Hi Fabian, thanks for the reply. I increased the TM heap to 20GB (on a 32GB machine) and indeed got a performance boost of more than a minute (about 20%).
Cheers, Viktor > Am 14.02.2015 um 14:23 schrieb Fabian Hueske-2 [via Apache Flink (Incubator) > User Mailing List archive.] <ml-node+s2336050n731...@n4.nabble.com>: > > Hi, > > Flink uses only the memory which is configured to the JobManager and > TaskManager JVMs. > By default this is 256MB for the JM and 512MB for the TM (see [1] for > details). > The TM memory is split into equally large chunks for each configured slot of > the TM. > > You should definitely configure the TM JVM memory for your setup! See common > options in [1] for other important configuration parameters such as > numberOfTaskSlots. > > In Yarn setups the TM memory is automatically sized with respect to the Yarn > container size, if I remember correctly. > > [1] http://flink.apache.org/docs/0.8/config.html > <http://flink.apache.org/docs/0.8/config.html> > > 2015-02-14 13:58 GMT+01:00 Viktor Rosenfeld <[hidden email] > <x-msg://43/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=731&i=0>>: > Hi, > > does the default configuration of Flink use all of the available memory? I > mean the physical memory installed in the computer, not whatever amount of > memory the JVM allocates by default. > > Cheers, > Viktor > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://apache-flink-incubator-user-mailing-list-archive.2336050.n4.nabble.com/Does-Flink-use-all-of-the-available-memory-tp730.html > > <http://apache-flink-incubator-user-mailing-list-archive.2336050.n4.nabble.com/Does-Flink-use-all-of-the-available-memory-tp730.html> > Sent from the Apache Flink (Incubator) User Mailing List archive. mailing > list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > http://apache-flink-incubator-user-mailing-list-archive.2336050.n4.nabble.com/Does-Flink-use-all-of-the-available-memory-tp730p731.html > > <http://apache-flink-incubator-user-mailing-list-archive.2336050.n4.nabble.com/Does-Flink-use-all-of-the-available-memory-tp730p731.html> > To unsubscribe from Does Flink use all of the available memory?, click here > <http://apache-flink-incubator-user-mailing-list-archive.2336050.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=730&code=dmlrdG9yLnJvc2VuZmVsZEB0dS1iZXJsaW4uZGV8NzMwfDQ1NTg2ODM4Ng==>. > NAML > <http://apache-flink-incubator-user-mailing-list-archive.2336050.n4.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.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> signature.asc (161 bytes) <http://apache-flink-incubator-user-mailing-list-archive.2336050.n4.nabble.com/attachment/732/0/signature.asc> -- View this message in context: http://apache-flink-incubator-user-mailing-list-archive.2336050.n4.nabble.com/Does-Flink-use-all-of-the-available-memory-tp730p732.html Sent from the Apache Flink (Incubator) User Mailing List archive. mailing list archive at Nabble.com.