[MAPREDUCE-7081] Default speculator won't speculate the last several submitted reduced task if the total task num is large

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Invalid
• Affects Version/s: 2.9.0, 2.7.5
• Component/s: mrv2
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Zhizhen Hou
• Created: 17/Apr/18 06:09
• Updated: 26/Feb/19 03:01
• Resolved: 26/Feb/19 03:01

Description

DefaultSpeculator speculates a task one time.  By default, the number of speculators is max(max(10, 0.01 * tasks.size), 0.1 * running tasks).

I  set mapreduce.job.reduce.slowstart.completedmaps = 1 to start reduce after all the map tasks are finished. The cluster has 1000 vcores, and the Job has 5000 reduce jobs. At first, 1000 reduces tasks can run simultaneously, number of speculators can speculator at most is 0.1 * 1000 = 100 tasks. Reduce tasks with less data can over shortly, and speculator will speculator a task per second by default. The task be speculated execution may be because the more data to be processed. It will speculator  100 tasks within 100 seconds. When 4900 reduces is over, If a reduce is executed with a lot of  data be processed and is put on a slow machine. The speculate opportunity is running out, it will not be speculated. It can increase the execution time of job significantly.

In short, it may waste the speculate opportunity at first only because the execution time of  reduce with less data to be processed as average time. At  end of job, there is no speculate opportunity available, especially last several running tasks, judged the number of the running tasks .  

In my opinion, the number of running tasks should not determine the number of speculate opportunity .The number of tasks be speculated can be judged by square of finished task percent. Take an example, if ninety percent of  the task is finished, only 0.9*0.9 = 0.81 speculate opportunity can be used. It will leave enough opportunity for latter tasks.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: MAPREDUCE-7080 Default speculator won't sepculate the last several submitted reduced task if the total task num is large