Hi, Currently, there is no way to check the size except for snooping INFO-logs in a driver;
16/02/02 14:51:53 INFO BlockManagerInfo: Added rdd_2_12 in memory on localhost:58536 (size: 40.0 B, free: 510.7 MB) On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 8:20 AM, apu mishra . rr <apumishra...@gmail.com> wrote: > How can I determine the size (in bytes) of a broadcast variable? Do I need > to use the .dump method and then look at the size of the result, or is > there an easier way? > > Using PySpark with Spark 1.6. > > Thanks! > > Apu > -- --- Takeshi Yamamuro