Apache HDFS Hadoop Distributed File System Interview Questions
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What is the module in HDFS?

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Tell me two most commonly used commands in HDFS?

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What is a block in HDFS? what is the default size in Hadoop 1 and Hadoop 2? Can we change the block size?

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HDFS is used for applications with large data sets, not why Many small files?

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What is throughput? How does HDFS provide good throughput?

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File permissions in HDFS?

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What is Hadoop HDFS – Hadoop Distributed File System?

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How to change the replication factor of data which is already stored in HDFS?

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What is Block in HDFS?

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How to copy a file into HDFS with a different block size to that of existing block size configuration?

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Can multiple clients write into an HDFS file concurrently?

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Why is block size set to 128 MB in Hadoop HDFS?

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Does HDFS allow a client to read a file which is already opened for writing?

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How HDFS client divide the file into the block while storing inside HDFS?

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What is the difference between Input Split and an HDFS Block?

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Explain the difference between nas and hdfs?

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What is non-dfs used in hdfs web console

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Hdfs stores data using commodity hardware which has higher chances of failures. So, how hdfs ensures the fault tolerance capability of the system?

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Write command to copy a file from HDFS to linux(local).

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Define data integrity? How does hdfs ensure data integrity of data blocks stored in hdfs?

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How to transfer data from Hive to HDFS?

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What is active and passive NameNode in HDFS?

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What is the throughput?

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How does a client read/write data in HDFS?

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What is a block in HDFS, why block size 64MB?

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What is secondary namenode?

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What are file permissions in HDFS and how HDFS check permissions for files or directory?

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When NameNode enter in Safe Mode?

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Can multiple clients write into an HDFS file concurrently?

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Is the hdfs block size reduced to achieve faster query results?

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