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Explain HDFS erasure coding
Updated May 16, 2026
Short answer
Erasure coding reduces storage overhead while maintaining fault tolerance.
Deep explanation
Instead of replicating full copies, HDFS splits data into fragments and parity blocks. It reconstructs lost data mathematically, reducing storage cost significantly compared to replication.
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