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Rodrigo Schmidt commented on HDFS-1094:
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There is a number of simplifications there, including the block placement 
algorithms. This was done to simplify the math.

We now have better models for the algorithms, which we should post here soon. 
However, time-dependent failure probabilities would make calculations overly 
complicated. It would be great if someone could work that out.

> Intelligent block placement policy to decrease probability of block loss
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>
>                 Key: HDFS-1094
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-1094
>             Project: Hadoop HDFS
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: name-node
>            Reporter: dhruba borthakur
>            Assignee: Rodrigo Schmidt
>         Attachments: prob.pdf, prob.pdf
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> The current HDFS implementation specifies that the first replica is local and 
> the other two replicas are on any two random nodes on a random remote rack. 
> This means that if any three datanodes die together, then there is a 
> non-trivial probability of losing at least one block in the cluster. This 
> JIRA is to discuss if there is a better algorithm that can lower probability 
> of losing a block.

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