HDFS replication factor

Question

When I\'m uploading a file to HDFS, if I set the replication factor to 1 then the file splits gonna reside on one single machine or the splits would be distributed to multiple m

Answer 1

If you set replication factor is 1 it means that the single node cluster. It has only one client node http://commandstech.com/replication-factor-in-hadoop/. Where you can upload files then use in a single node or client node.