title: spark-submit in local mode - configuration
body: <p>I am doing a <code>spark-submit</code> using <code>--master local</code> on my laptop (spark 1.6.1) to load data into hive tables. Laptop has 8 GB RAM and 4 cores. I have not set any properties manually - just using defaults.</p>
  
  <p>When I load 50k records, the jobs finishes successfully. But when I try and load 200k records, I get a "GC Overhead Limit Exceeded" error.</p>
  
  <p>In --master local mode, are there properties for job memory or heap memory that could be set manually?</p>