This is a typical total sort using map/reduce. it can be done with both map and reduce.
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Arun Vasu <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to sort a huge text file lexicographically using a > mapreduce job which has only map tasks and zero reduce tasks? > > The records of the text file is separated by new line character and the > size of the file is around 1 Terra Byte. > > It will be great if any one can suggest a way to achieve sorting on this > huge file. > > Thanks in advance, > Arun > >
