[MAPREDUCE-321] provide progress feedback while the reducer is sorting

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Labels: newbie
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Yoram Arnon
• Created: 21/Jul/06 22:47
• Updated: 16/Jan/12 09:38

Description

during the sort phase of reduce, the progress is stuck at 33%, like:
tip_0132_r_000000 0.33333334 reduce > sort

For some jobs this takes a long time, during which it's not clear if the job is making any progress.
Some progress indication would be good.