GFS file structure
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DeZyre
Hi Shankara,
GFS-File Structure: It is an abstraction on native linux file system and it stores the data in the form of blocks or chunks. The specific features are listed below.
Divides the data files into 64 MB chunks
Chunks replicated. (Default 3 replication).
Chunks divided into 64 KB blocks.
Each block has a 34 bit check sum.
All about the Google File System can be found at the GFS whitepaper published by Google. Your instructor must have shared this with you.
http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//archive/gfs-sosp2003.pdf
Nov 18 2014 12:58 PM
GFS-File Structure: It is an abstraction on native linux file system and it stores the data in the form of blocks or chunks. The specific features are listed below.
Divides the data files into 64 MB chunks
Chunks replicated. (Default 3 replication).
Chunks divided into 64 KB blocks.
Each block has a 34 bit check sum.
All about the Google File System can be found at the GFS whitepaper published by Google. Your instructor must have shared this with you.
http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//archive/gfs-sosp2003.pdf