Spark Dynamic Allocation is a useful feature that was developed through the Spark community’s focus on continuous innovation and improvement. While Apache Spark users may believe Spark Dynamic Allocation is helping them eliminate resource waste, it doesn’t eliminate waste within applications themselves.

Watch this video to understand SDA's benefits, where it falls short, and the solution gaps that remain with this component of Apache Spark.

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