Secondary NameNode

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The Secondary NameNode is an auxiliary HDFS service that periodically checkpoints and merges filesystem metadata to help keep the primary NameNode’s namespace image compact and manageable.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf HDFS component
auxiliary HDFS service
canRunOn separate physical machine from NameNode
category HDFS metadata management
communicatesWith primary NameNode
configuredBy hdfs-site.xml
developedBy Apache Software Foundation NERFINISHED
hasRole checkpointing service
metadata helper for NameNode
helpsWith keeping NameNode namespace image compact
limiting size of NameNode edit logs
identifiedBy secondarynamenode daemon
improves manageability of NameNode namespace
introducedIn early Hadoop 1.x architecture
license Apache License 2.0
manages HDFS filesystem metadata
notInstanceOf backup NameNode
high-availability NameNode
oftenMisunderstoodAs hot standby NameNode
partOf Apache Hadoop NERFINISHED
Hadoop Distributed File System NERFINISHED
performs merging of fsimage and edits logs
periodic checkpoints of filesystem metadata
produces new checkpointed fsimage
readsFrom NameNode edits log
NameNode fsimage NERFINISHED
reduces NameNode restart time
overhead of large edit logs
relatedTo BackupNode NERFINISHED
replacedBy CheckpointNode NERFINISHED
requires access to NameNode metadata files
runsOn separate daemon process
softwareLanguage Java NERFINISHED
supportsComponent NameNode NERFINISHED
usedIn non-HA Hadoop deployments
uses edits log
fsimage
writesTo checkpoint directory

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HDFS hasComponent Secondary NameNode