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Re: Sorting the inputSplits

Thank you.I have   explained the problem better here below.Is this
possible?.


We have a use case where we have files in   the below directory structure.
The requirement is that we  should not process files inside a Parent
directory in parallel(1.txt and 2.txt  cannot be processed in parallel
since we need to do some check pointing we have to process the oldest file
first).How ever 1.txt and 5.txt can be processed in parallel. Right now I
am  over riding the list status method to pick only the oldest file but
this means I cannot achieve parallelism outside the parent as well since
the number of input splits is always 1. What would be  the way to go about
this use case ?.In short I want to achieve parallelism outside Parent
directory but not within it. Please advise.



published/

+-- Parent1/

¦       +-- 1.txt

¦       +-- 2.txt

¦       +-- 3.txt

+-- Parent2/

          +-- 4.txt

           +-- 5.txt




On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Gera Shegalov <ge...@shegalov.com> wrote:

> Can you clarify the requirement "processed first"? Maps run in parallel
> without any ordering guarantees. If you want to affect the mapping
> file->split number, you can implement your own getSplits in the custom
> input format and return splits ordered anyway your like.
>
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Nishanth S <ch...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey folks,
>>
>> Is their a way to sort the input splits  in map reduce.We have a case
>> where there are two files file1 and file2 in the input directory.Since we
>>  have custominputformat which   has issplittable return false always each
>> of  these files would be processed  by  a different mapper.How could I make
>> sure that  file1 is processed   before  file2(I want the oldest file to  be
>> processed first).Is this possible?.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nishan
>>
>
>

Re: Sorting the inputSplits

Posted by Rudra Tripathy <ru...@gmail.com>.
Hi Nishanth
Even if u ordered input split u can't order d output
On Aug 19, 2015 1:55 AM, "Nishanth S" <ch...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you.I have   explained the problem better here below.Is this
> possible?.
>
>
> We have a use case where we have files in   the below directory structure.
> The requirement is that we  should not process files inside a Parent
> directory in parallel(1.txt and 2.txt  cannot be processed in parallel
> since we need to do some check pointing we have to process the oldest file
> first).How ever 1.txt and 5.txt can be processed in parallel. Right now I
> am  over riding the list status method to pick only the oldest file but
> this means I cannot achieve parallelism outside the parent as well since
> the number of input splits is always 1. What would be  the way to go about
> this use case ?.In short I want to achieve parallelism outside Parent
> directory but not within it. Please advise.
>
>
>
> published/
>
> +-- Parent1/
>
> ¦       +-- 1.txt
>
> ¦       +-- 2.txt
>
> ¦       +-- 3.txt
>
> +-- Parent2/
>
>           +-- 4.txt
>
>            +-- 5.txt
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Gera Shegalov <ge...@shegalov.com> wrote:
>
>> Can you clarify the requirement "processed first"? Maps run in parallel
>> without any ordering guarantees. If you want to affect the mapping
>> file->split number, you can implement your own getSplits in the custom
>> input format and return splits ordered anyway your like.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Nishanth S <ch...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey folks,
>>>
>>> Is their a way to sort the input splits  in map reduce.We have a case
>>> where there are two files file1 and file2 in the input directory.Since we
>>>  have custominputformat which   has issplittable return false always each
>>> of  these files would be processed  by  a different mapper.How could I make
>>> sure that  file1 is processed   before  file2(I want the oldest file to  be
>>> processed first).Is this possible?.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Nishan
>>>
>>
>>
>

Re: Sorting the inputSplits

Posted by Rudra Tripathy <ru...@gmail.com>.
Hi Nishanth
Even if u ordered input split u can't order d output
On Aug 19, 2015 1:55 AM, "Nishanth S" <ch...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you.I have   explained the problem better here below.Is this
> possible?.
>
>
> We have a use case where we have files in   the below directory structure.
> The requirement is that we  should not process files inside a Parent
> directory in parallel(1.txt and 2.txt  cannot be processed in parallel
> since we need to do some check pointing we have to process the oldest file
> first).How ever 1.txt and 5.txt can be processed in parallel. Right now I
> am  over riding the list status method to pick only the oldest file but
> this means I cannot achieve parallelism outside the parent as well since
> the number of input splits is always 1. What would be  the way to go about
> this use case ?.In short I want to achieve parallelism outside Parent
> directory but not within it. Please advise.
>
>
>
> published/
>
> +-- Parent1/
>
> ¦       +-- 1.txt
>
> ¦       +-- 2.txt
>
> ¦       +-- 3.txt
>
> +-- Parent2/
>
>           +-- 4.txt
>
>            +-- 5.txt
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Gera Shegalov <ge...@shegalov.com> wrote:
>
>> Can you clarify the requirement "processed first"? Maps run in parallel
>> without any ordering guarantees. If you want to affect the mapping
>> file->split number, you can implement your own getSplits in the custom
>> input format and return splits ordered anyway your like.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Nishanth S <ch...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey folks,
>>>
>>> Is their a way to sort the input splits  in map reduce.We have a case
>>> where there are two files file1 and file2 in the input directory.Since we
>>>  have custominputformat which   has issplittable return false always each
>>> of  these files would be processed  by  a different mapper.How could I make
>>> sure that  file1 is processed   before  file2(I want the oldest file to  be
>>> processed first).Is this possible?.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Nishan
>>>
>>
>>
>

Re: Sorting the inputSplits

Posted by Rudra Tripathy <ru...@gmail.com>.
Hi Nishanth
Even if u ordered input split u can't order d output
On Aug 19, 2015 1:55 AM, "Nishanth S" <ch...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you.I have   explained the problem better here below.Is this
> possible?.
>
>
> We have a use case where we have files in   the below directory structure.
> The requirement is that we  should not process files inside a Parent
> directory in parallel(1.txt and 2.txt  cannot be processed in parallel
> since we need to do some check pointing we have to process the oldest file
> first).How ever 1.txt and 5.txt can be processed in parallel. Right now I
> am  over riding the list status method to pick only the oldest file but
> this means I cannot achieve parallelism outside the parent as well since
> the number of input splits is always 1. What would be  the way to go about
> this use case ?.In short I want to achieve parallelism outside Parent
> directory but not within it. Please advise.
>
>
>
> published/
>
> +-- Parent1/
>
> ¦       +-- 1.txt
>
> ¦       +-- 2.txt
>
> ¦       +-- 3.txt
>
> +-- Parent2/
>
>           +-- 4.txt
>
>            +-- 5.txt
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Gera Shegalov <ge...@shegalov.com> wrote:
>
>> Can you clarify the requirement "processed first"? Maps run in parallel
>> without any ordering guarantees. If you want to affect the mapping
>> file->split number, you can implement your own getSplits in the custom
>> input format and return splits ordered anyway your like.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Nishanth S <ch...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey folks,
>>>
>>> Is their a way to sort the input splits  in map reduce.We have a case
>>> where there are two files file1 and file2 in the input directory.Since we
>>>  have custominputformat which   has issplittable return false always each
>>> of  these files would be processed  by  a different mapper.How could I make
>>> sure that  file1 is processed   before  file2(I want the oldest file to  be
>>> processed first).Is this possible?.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Nishan
>>>
>>
>>
>

Re: Sorting the inputSplits

Posted by Rudra Tripathy <ru...@gmail.com>.
Hi Nishanth
Even if u ordered input split u can't order d output
On Aug 19, 2015 1:55 AM, "Nishanth S" <ch...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you.I have   explained the problem better here below.Is this
> possible?.
>
>
> We have a use case where we have files in   the below directory structure.
> The requirement is that we  should not process files inside a Parent
> directory in parallel(1.txt and 2.txt  cannot be processed in parallel
> since we need to do some check pointing we have to process the oldest file
> first).How ever 1.txt and 5.txt can be processed in parallel. Right now I
> am  over riding the list status method to pick only the oldest file but
> this means I cannot achieve parallelism outside the parent as well since
> the number of input splits is always 1. What would be  the way to go about
> this use case ?.In short I want to achieve parallelism outside Parent
> directory but not within it. Please advise.
>
>
>
> published/
>
> +-- Parent1/
>
> ¦       +-- 1.txt
>
> ¦       +-- 2.txt
>
> ¦       +-- 3.txt
>
> +-- Parent2/
>
>           +-- 4.txt
>
>            +-- 5.txt
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Gera Shegalov <ge...@shegalov.com> wrote:
>
>> Can you clarify the requirement "processed first"? Maps run in parallel
>> without any ordering guarantees. If you want to affect the mapping
>> file->split number, you can implement your own getSplits in the custom
>> input format and return splits ordered anyway your like.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Nishanth S <ch...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey folks,
>>>
>>> Is their a way to sort the input splits  in map reduce.We have a case
>>> where there are two files file1 and file2 in the input directory.Since we
>>>  have custominputformat which   has issplittable return false always each
>>> of  these files would be processed  by  a different mapper.How could I make
>>> sure that  file1 is processed   before  file2(I want the oldest file to  be
>>> processed first).Is this possible?.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Nishan
>>>
>>
>>
>