apache / apache/parquet-java

Add way to disables statistics on a per column basis

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Component: Java Component: Parquet Priority: Major Type: enhancement
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Description

When you write dataset with BINARY columns that can be fairly large (several Mbs) you can often end with an OutOfMemory error where you either have to:

 

 - Throw more RAM

 - Increase number of output files

 - Play with Block size

 

Using a fork with increased checks frequency for row group size help but it is not enough. (PR: )

 

 

The OutOfMemory error is now caused due to the accumulation of min/max values for those columns for each BlockMetaData.

 

The "parquet.statistics.truncate.length" configuration is of no help because it is applied during the footer serialization whereas the OOM occurs before that.

 

I think it would be nice to have, like for dictionary or bloom filter, a way to disable the statistic on a per-column basis.

 

Could be very useful to lower memory consumption when stats of huge binary column are unnecessary.

 

 

 

**Reporter**: [Anthony Pessy](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=panthony) / @panthony
#### Original Issue Attachments:
- [add_config_to_opt-out_of_a_column's_statistics.patch](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/13011473/add_config_to_opt-out_of_a_column%27s_statistics.patch)
- [NoOpStatistics.java](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/13037932/NoOpStatistics.java)

**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [PARQUET-1911](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PARQUET-1911). Please see the [migration documentation](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PARQUET-2502) for further details.*

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