hadoop fs -put vs writing text files to hadoop as sequence files

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Hi,
I have to upload some terabytes of data that is text files.

What would be good option to do so:

i) using hadoop fs -put to copy text files directly on hdfs.

ii) copying text files as sequence files on hdfs ? What would be extra time
in this case as opposed to (i).

Thanks,
Jimmy