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Now do a test with a file size of exactly 1 non-NULL byte and report back.

If the 1-byte file gets replicated across multiple disks, corrupt one of the chunks and report back.

Depends entirely on what replication goals you have setup. My simple cluster (not EC or XOR) mandates 2 copies per chunk at a minimum. My 1-byte file was unaffected by a single chunk corruption, even on the node in which the corruption originated.

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