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name: syn-spark-memory-tuning description: Operate, configure, troubleshoot, and manage Apache Spark. Use for Apache Spark engineering tasks, day-to-day operations, and production support.

Apache Spark: executor memory tuning

When to use

Use this skill for executor memory tuning in Apache Spark. This skill specifically handles executor memory tuning and nothing else in the Apache Spark family.

Procedure

Tune executor/driver memory, memoryOverhead, cores per executor, and fix OOM/spill from the metrics.

Notes

This is the Apache Spark skill dedicated to executor memory tuning. Sibling skills cover other Apache Spark capabilities; this one is the right choice only when the task is about executor memory tuning.