[YARN-5105] entire time series is returned for YARN container system metrics (CPU and memory)

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: YARN-2928
• Fix Version/s: 2.9.0, 3.0.0-alpha1
• Component/s: timelineserver
• Labels: yarn-2928-1st-milestone
• Target Version/s: YARN-2928
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Varun Saxena
• Reporter: Sangjin Lee
• Created: 17/May/16 21:02
• Updated: 21/Oct/17 06:05
• Resolved: 31/May/16 20:11

Description

I see that the entire time series of the CPU and memory metrics are returned for the YARN containers REST query. This has a potential of bloating the output big time.

"metrics": [
{
    "type": "TIME_SERIES",
    "id": "MEMORY",
    "values": 
{
    "1463518173363": ​407539712,
    "1463518170347": ​407539712,