What is executor memory and driver memory in spark?



What is executor memory and driver memory in spark?..

Answer / Ankitdoharey

Executor memory is the amount of RAM allocated to each worker node (executor) in a Spark cluster. Driver memory, on the other hand, refers to the amount of memory reserved for the main application that runs on the driver program.

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