In a large MapReduce job with m mappers and n reducers, how many distinct copy operations will there be in the sort/shuffle phase?
A) mXn (i.e., m multiplied by n)
B) n
C) m
D) m+n (i.e., m plus n)
E) m n (i.e., m to the power of n) (i.e., m to the power of n)

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In the sort/shuffle phase of a MapReduce job, each mapper sends its output to each reducer. Therefore, there are m mappers and n reducers, resulting in m * n distinct copy operations.

In a Large MapReduce Job with M Mappers and N