https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/when-should-i-choose-a-different-driver-type-on-my-cluster-vs/m-p/24347#M16916 <P>Using the same instance type is a fine default. If you know that you need very large workers, but little happens on the driver, maybe you can save money with a smaller driver. Conversely, you may know that some parts of your notebook involve a lot of data pulled to the driver and some heavy compute on the driver - you'd want a larger one in that case. It really depends.</P> Thu, 17 Jun 2021 23:12:36 GMT sean_owen 2021-06-17T23:12:36Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/when-should-i-choose-a-different-driver-type-on-my-cluster-vs/m-p/24346#M16915 <P>When creating a cluster the driver type defaults to choose the same type as the workers, and this is what I usually choose. But in what of situation would I want to choose a different driver type?</P> Tue, 15 Jun 2021 18:44:07 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/when-should-i-choose-a-different-driver-type-on-my-cluster-vs/m-p/24346#M16915 User16826992666 2021-06-15T18:44:07Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/when-should-i-choose-a-different-driver-type-on-my-cluster-vs/m-p/24347#M16916 <P>Using the same instance type is a fine default. If you know that you need very large workers, but little happens on the driver, maybe you can save money with a smaller driver. Conversely, you may know that some parts of your notebook involve a lot of data pulled to the driver and some heavy compute on the driver - you'd want a larger one in that case. It really depends.</P> Thu, 17 Jun 2021 23:12:36 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/when-should-i-choose-a-different-driver-type-on-my-cluster-vs/m-p/24347#M16916 sean_owen 2021-06-17T23:12:36Z