You can try it: start a 3 node cluster and create a file with replication 5.
The answer is that each data-node can store only one replica of a block. So in your case you will get an exception on close() saying the file cannot be fully replicated. Thanks, --Konstantin Rakhi Khatwani wrote:
Hi, I just wanted to know what if we have set the replication factor greater than the number of nodes in the cluster. for example, i have only 3 nodes in my cluster but i set the replication factor to 5. will it create 3 copies and save it in each node, or can it create more than one copy per node? Regards, Raakhi Khatwani
