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DP-700 · Question #70

You need to ensure that processes for the bronze and silver layers run in isolation. How should you configure the Apache Spark settings?

The correct answer is A. Disable high concurrency. To ensure isolation between Spark processes for different medallion layers within a Fabric workspace, you should disable high concurrency, forcing jobs to acquire dedicated Spark sessions instead of sharing resources.

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Question

You need to ensure that processes for the bronze and silver layers run in isolation. How should you configure the Apache Spark settings?

Options

  • ADisable high concurrency.
  • BCreate a custom pool.
  • CModify the number of executors.
  • DSet the default environment.

How the community answered

(57 responses)
  • A
    72% (41)
  • B
    4% (2)
  • C
    18% (10)
  • D
    7% (4)

Why each option

To ensure isolation between Spark processes for different medallion layers within a Fabric workspace, you should disable high concurrency, forcing jobs to acquire dedicated Spark sessions instead of sharing resources.

ADisable high concurrency.Correct

High concurrency in Spark allows multiple users or jobs to share the same cluster, which can lead to resource contention and lack of isolation. Disabling high concurrency ensures that each job or process (e.g., for bronze or silver layers) gets its own dedicated Spark session, thereby achieving better isolation.

BCreate a custom pool.

Creating a custom pool can define resource limits but does not inherently guarantee isolation between distinct processes running within the same workspace if high concurrency is enabled.

CModify the number of executors.

Modifying the number of executors primarily tunes performance for a single job or application but does not provide isolation between distinct processes or layers.

DSet the default environment.

Setting the default environment configures shared settings for notebooks/jobs but does not specifically enforce execution isolation for different processing layers.

Concept tested: Apache Spark isolation in Fabric

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/data-engineering/workspace-admin-settings

Topics

#Apache Spark#Databricks Clusters#Workload Isolation#Cluster Configuration

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