10.1

Suppose you need to store a very large number of small files, each of size say 2 kilobytes. If your choice is between a distributed file system and distributed key-value store, which would your prefer and explain why.

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The key-value store, since the distributed file system is designed to store a moderate number of large files. With each file block being multiple megabytes, kilobyte-sized files would result in a lot of wasted space in each block and poor storage performance.