This is a common requirement. Left unchanged would be fine but is probably very hard to enforce because of the many map tasks and some uncertainty about which maps finished first. Similarly useful would be the ability to require a particular sort ordering on reduce values.
On 10/1/07 6:05 PM, "Chris Dyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know if Hadoop guarantees (can be made to guarantee) that the > relative order of keys that are equal will be left unchanged?
