Update documentation for externalSorting

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Andrew Or 2014-01-10 15:45:38 -08:00
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<td>spark.shuffle.externalSorting</td>
<td>true</td>
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If set to "true", spills in-memory maps used for shuffles to disk when a memory threshold is reached. This
threshold is specified by <code>spark.shuffle.memoryFraction</code>. Enable this especially for memory-intensive
applications.
If set to "true", limits the amount of memory used during reduces by spilling data out to disk. This spilling
threshold is specified by <code>spark.shuffle.memoryFraction</code>.
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