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Parker Jarred @parkerjarred1   06, Jun 2023 12:00 AM
fault-tolerant HDFS
Why is HDFS fault-tolerant?
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Jose Grimsbro @josegrimsbro   12, Jun 2023 07:33 PM
HDFS is fault-tolerant because it replicates data on different DataNodes. By default, a block of data is replicated on three DataNodes. The data blocks are stored in different DataNodes. If one node crashes, the data can still be retrieved from other DataNodes.