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Quote: a GFS file consists of fixed-size chunks identified by a globally unique 64-bit handle; a chunk is a Linux file

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Topic:
unique numeric names as surrogates
Topic:
examples of file systems
Topic:
file system reliability
Topic:
replicated data

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A GFS cluster consists of a single master … Files are divided into fixed-size chunks. Each chunk … at the time of chunk creation. Chunkservers store … For reliability, each chunk is replicated on multiple … [p. 8] We … also spread chunk replicas across racks.   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: replicate GFS file chunks on multiple chunkservers and racks; usually three replicas

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