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What is Hadoop shuffle and sort phase?
Updated May 16, 2026
Short answer
Shuffle and sort transfers and organizes mapper output for reducers.
Deep explanation
After mapping, intermediate data is shuffled across nodes and sorted by key before reaching reducers. This is one of the most expensive phases in MapReduce.
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