[HADOOP-849] randomwriter fails with 'java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space' in the 'reduce' task

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.10.0
• Assignee: Devaraj Das
• Reporter: Arun Murthy
• Created: 25/Dec/06 17:40
• Updated: 05/Jan/07 23:22
• Resolved: 03/Jan/07 18:29

Description

Reproducible, tried to increase the child jvm's heapsize via
<property>
<name>mapred.child.java.opts</name>
<value>-Xmx512m</value>
</property>

without any difference, still fails.

Need to investigate further.