External sorter 2048MB memory limit should be Hadoop only
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Description
The 2048MB limit only applies when using Hadoop sequence file for external sort.
It doesn't apply when sorting is entirely in memory since we're using a `List>` to buffer data and `long` to keep track of total bytes. Same with native external sorter.
https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/12659
Imported from Jira [BEAM-10787](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-10787). Original Jira may contain additional context.
Reported by: sinisa_lyh.
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