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As organizations move workloads to the cloud, one of the most common questions is: should I use HDFS or Amazon S3 as my Hadoop storage layer? Both are valid choices, but they have very different performance profiles and operational characteristics.

The s3a:// filesystem connector in Hadoop lets you use Amazon S3 as a drop-in replacement for HDFS storage. It's the foundation for cost-effective data lake architectures where compute and storage are decoupled. This guide covers configuration, performance tuning, and production best practices.