fs.local.block.size vs file.blocksize

Hi guys and gals, I originally posted a version of this question on the user list on a few days ago to no response, so I thought perhaps it delved a bit too far into the nitty-gritty to warrant one. My apologies for cross-listing. Can someone please briefly summarize the difference between

Re: fs.local.block.size vs file.blocksize

Hi Ellis, fs.local.block.size is the default FileSystem block size, note however that most file systems (like HDFS, see DistributedFileSystem) override this, eg when using HDFS the default block size is configured with dfs.blocksize which defaults to 64mb. Note in v1 the default block size for