Can multiple clients write into a Hadoop HDFS file concurrently?

Question Posted / arpit gautam

Can multiple clients write into a Hadoop HDFS file concurrently?..

Answer / Niharika Singh

No, by default, only one client can write to an HDFS file at a time. To allow concurrent writes, you can use SequenceFile or HBase.

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