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Optimization Databricks

The document outlines ten optimization techniques for enhancing performance and efficiency in big data processing using Spark. Key strategies include optimizing partitions, leveraging lazy evaluation and caching, minimizing expensive operations, and tuning Spark configurations. It emphasizes the importance of monitoring and debugging to identify bottlenecks and improve resource usage.

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Optimization Databricks

The document outlines ten optimization techniques for enhancing performance and efficiency in big data processing using Spark. Key strategies include optimizing partitions, leveraging lazy evaluation and caching, minimizing expensive operations, and tuning Spark configurations. It emphasizes the importance of monitoring and debugging to identify bottlenecks and improve resource usage.

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OPTIMIZATION
TECHNIQUES FOR
BIG DATA
Boost Performance and Efficiency in
Distributed Data Processing

Abhishek Agrawal
Azure Data Engineer
Why optimize?
Reduce job execution time.
Lower resource usage and costs.
Handle massive datasets efficiently.

Understanding Spark Architecture


Key Components:
Driver: Orchestrates tasks.
Executors: Perform computations.
Cluster Manager: Allocates resources.

Abhishek Agrawal | Azure Data Engineer


Partitioning and Parallelism
Technique 1: Optimize Partitions

Ensure adequate partitions for


parallelism (repartition(), coalesce()).

Balance: Avoid too few (overloading)


or too many (overhead).

Technique 2: Data Skew Management

Redistribute data evenly using salting.

Abhishek Agrawal | Azure Data Engineer


Lazy Evaluation and Caching
Technique 3: Leverage Lazy Evaluation

Spark optimizes the query plan before


execution.

Combine transformations to reduce


shuffles.

Technique 4: Cache/Checkpoint Data

Use .cache() for reusable datasets.

Checkpoint for fault tolerance.

Abhishek Agrawal | Azure Data Engineer


Avoiding Expensive Operations
Technique 5: Minimize Shuffles

Avoid wide transformations (join,


groupByKey).

Use reduceByKey or mapPartitions for


narrow transformations.

Technique 6: Broadcast Joins

Use broadcast() for small datasets in


joins.

Abhishek Agrawal | Azure Data Engineer


Optimize Code and Queries
Technique 7: Use DataFrame API

DataFrames are optimized by Catalyst


Query Optimizer.

Prefer .select() over .map() for specific


columns.

Technique 8: Filter Early

Apply .filter() and .select() as early as


possible to reduce data size.

Abhishek Agrawal | Azure Data Engineer


Resource Optimization
Technique 9: Tune Spark Configurations

Examples:
spark.executor.memory: Adjust
executor memory.
spark.executor.cores: Limit number
of cores per executor.

Use Dynamic Allocation for better resource


usage.

Abhishek Agrawal | Azure Data Engineer


Monitoring and Debugging
Technique 10: Use Spark UI

Monitor jobs, stages, and tasks for


bottlenecks.

Check logs for shuffle spill, GC


overhead, and other issues.

Abhishek Agrawal | Azure Data Engineer


Key Takeaways
Optimize partitions and avoid data skew.

Leverage caching and lazy evaluation.

Prefer DataFrames and narrow


transformations.

Monitor and tune configurations.

Abhishek Agrawal | Azure Data Engineer


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