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Learning Hadoop 2

Learning Hadoop 2

By : GABRIELE MODENA
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Learning Hadoop 2

Learning Hadoop 2

3.8 (4)
By: GABRIELE MODENA

Overview of this book

If you are a system or application developer interested in learning how to solve practical problems using the Hadoop framework, then this book is ideal for you. You are expected to be familiar with the Unix/Linux command-line interface and have some experience with the Java programming language. Familiarity with Hadoop would be a plus.
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Protecting the filesystem metadata

Because the fsimage file is so critical to the filesystem, its loss is a catastrophic failure. In Hadoop 1, where the NameNode was a single point of failure, the best practice was to configure the NameNode to synchronously write the fsimage and edits files to both local storage plus at least one other location on a remote filesystem (often NFS). In the event of NameNode failure, a replacement NameNode could be started using this up-to-date copy of the filesystem metadata. The process would require non-trivial manual intervention, however, and would result in a period of complete cluster unavailability.

Secondary NameNode not to the rescue

The most unfortunately named component in all of Hadoop 1 was the Secondary NameNode, which, not unreasonably, many people expect to be some sort of backup or standby NameNode. It is not; instead, the Secondary NameNode was responsible only for periodically reading the latest version of the fsimage and edits file and creating...

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