Perfect Balance uses the standard Hadoop methods of specifying configuration properties in the command line. You can use the -conf option to identify a configuration file, or the -D option to specify individual properties. All Perfect Balance configuration properties have default values, and so setting them is optional.
"Perfect Balance Configuration Property Reference" lists the configuration properties in alphabetical order with a full description. The following are functional groups of properties.
Job Analyzer Properties
Key Chopping Properties
Load Balancing Properties
Load Model Properties
MapReduce-Related Properties
Partition Report Properties