Why do we use HDFS for applications having large data sets and not when there ar

Why do we use HDFS for applications having large data sets and not when there are lot of small files?

Question Posted / priyanka shakya

Why do we use HDFS for applications having large data sets and not when there are lot of small files..

Answer / chitti

for replication factor

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