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Practicing caching: the SQL

Previously, we examined two DataFrames: df1 and df2 (which is created from df1). We tried caching df1, but not df2. In this exercise, we'll examine the effects of caching df2, but not df1.

Once again, note the amount of time that each action takes. We'll be comparing these in the next exercise. Which tasks are sped up? Which are slowed down?

This exercise is part of the course

Introduction to Spark SQL in Python

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Exercise instructions

  • Cache df2, but not df1.
  • Run a first action on df1 and repeat it, then run an action df2 and repeat it. This has been done for you.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Unpersist df1 and df2 and initializes a timer
prep(df1, df2) 

# Persist df2 using memory and disk storage level 
df2.persist(____)

# Run actions both dataframes
run(df1, "df1_1st") 
run(df1, "df1_2nd") 
run(df2, "df2_1st") 
run(df2, "df2_2nd", elapsed=True)
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