src/test/mapred-site.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="configuration.xsl"?>

<!-- Put site-specific property overrides in this file. -->

<configuration>

<property>
  <name>mapreduce.task.io.sort.mb</name>
  <value>10</value>
</property>
<property>
  <name>mapreduce.jobtracker.hosts.exclude.filename</name>
  <value>hosts.exclude</value>
  <description></description>
</property>
<property>
  <name>mapreduce.jobtracker.retirejobs</name>
  <value>false</value>
  <description></description>
</property>
</configuration>