Question

Which of the following parameter is the threshold for the accounting and serialization buffers?

(a) io.sort.spill.percent

(b) io.sort.record.percent

(c) io.sort.mb

(d) None of the mentioned

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) io.sort.spill.percent

For explanation I would say: When the percentage of either buffer has filled, their contents will be spilled to disk in the background.