>> SequenceFiles place sync markers (similar to what 'newlines' mean in
text files) after a bunch of records, and that is the reason why your
record does not split when read.
Sync is placed after every N records and is used for moving from an
arbitrary location in a file to a start of the next re
Florin,
Based on the SequenceFileInputFormat's splitting, you should see just
one task reading the record. SequenceFiles place sync markers (similar
to what 'newlines' mean in text files) after a bunch of records, and
that is the reason why your record does not split when read.
Also worth thinki
