According to the documentation , short circuit reads are faster as they doesn't go through the data node. If this is the case then Why isn't this enabled by default? In which scenarios do we need short circuit reading?

HDFS Short circuit reads

Created Dec 10, 2013 Edited Dec 10, 2013

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According to the documentation, short circuit reads are faster as they doesn't go through the data node. If this is the case then

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