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When is the earliest point at which the reduce method of a given Reducer can be called?

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 7:29 pm
by answerhappygod
When is the earliest point at which the reduce method of a given Reducer can be called?

A. As soon as at least one mapper has finished processing its input split.
B. As soon as a mapper has emitted at least one record.
C. Not until all mappers have finished processing all records.
D. It depends on the InputFormat used for the job.