>
> ok .thanks a lot that information .
> As i said i am running 2 datanodes on same machine . so my haddop home has 2
> conf folders .
> conf and conf2 and in turn 2 hdfs-site.xml in both conf folders .
> I guess dfs.replication value in hdfs-site.xml of conf folder should be 3 .
> What should i have it in conf2 ? should it be 1 there ?
>
> sorry if question sounds stupid . But i am unfamiliar with these kind of
> settings ( 2 datanodes on same machine ..so having 2 conf )
>
>
> If data is split across multiple datanodes , then processing capacity would
> be improved - ( thats what i guess ) since my file is only 240 KB , it
> occupies only one block . It cannot use second block and remain in another
> datanode .
> So now , does it make sense to reduce the block size so that blocks are split
> between 2 datanodes —if i want to take very much advantage of multiple
> datanodes .
>
> Any advices ? Your help would be appreciated .
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Sindhu
>
