NameNode

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NameNode is the central master server in Hadoop’s HDFS that manages the filesystem namespace and controls client access to files.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf HDFS component
master server
metadata server
belongsTo HDFS master-slave architecture
canBe active NameNode
standby NameNode
canStoreMetadataOn NFS shared storage
Quorum Journal Manager NERFINISHED
local filesystem
communicatesWith DataNode NERFINISHED
controls client access to files
coordinates block replication
file creation
file deletion
file renaming
detects DataNode failures
enforces HDFS replication factor
file system permissions
exposes RPC interface to clients
web UI
introducedIn Hadoop 0.x series NERFINISHED
is single point of control in HDFS
isImplementedIn Java NERFINISHED
maintains in-memory representation of namespace
manages HDFS filesystem namespace
monitors DataNode heartbeats
partOf Apache Hadoop NERFINISHED
Hadoop Distributed File System NERFINISHED
persistsChangesIn edit log
persistsMetadataIn fsimage
requires large heap memory
runsOn dedicated server
schedules block deletion
block replication balancing
stores HDFS metadata
block locations
directory hierarchy
file permissions
file-to-block mappings
supports federation of multiple NameNodes
high availability configuration
triggers block re-replication on failure
uses checkpointing via CheckpointNode
checkpointing via Secondary NameNode (legacy)
edit log
fsimage
wasOriginally single point of failure

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HDFS storesMetadataOn NameNode