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[jira] [Commented] (HDFS-2535) A Model for Data Durability

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sri commented on HDFS-2535:
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Rob, Can you also point me to you presentation slides in Hadoop summit 2011 or any materials related to it. 
                
> A Model for Data Durability
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>                 Key: HDFS-2535
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-2535
>             Project: Hadoop HDFS
>          Issue Type: Task
>          Components: documentation
>            Reporter: Robert Chansler
>            Assignee: Robert Chansler
>         Attachments: LosingBlocks.xlsx
>
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> This is a statistical model considering data durability in HDFS in the presence of Data Node failures. The attached spreadsheet considers the probability of losing a block with three replicas in the case of uncorrelated failures of DNs. Also included is a section that looks at the consequences of simultaneous failures. 
> The model parameters reflect experience at Yahoo with a large cluster. But it is easy to change the parameters in the spreadsheet. Number of replicas is not a easily adjusted parameter. And while published reports (the Google papers) suggest that node failures are not really uncorrelated, this does give some practical insight into HDFS durability.
> I and others have quoted from this work in the past. I thought it good to make the details conveniently available.

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