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ZooKeeper

Component Java Heap CPU Disk
 ZooKeeper Server 
  • Minimum: 1 GB
  • Increase heap size when watching 10,000 - 100,000 ephemeral znodes and are using 1,000 or more clients.

Set this value using the Java Heap Size of ZooKeeper Server in Bytes ZooKeeper configuration property.

 Minimum: 4 cores

ZooKeeper was not designed to be a low-latency service and does not benefit from the use of SSD drives. The ZooKeeper access patterns – append-only writes and sequential reads – were designed with spinning disks in mind. Therefore Cloudera recommends using HDD drives.