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HDFS Metadata - Namenode

In this article I will explain how namenode maintains metadata information in directory configured using dfs.namenode.name.dir in hdfs-site.xml file. In my c...

HDFS Metadata - Datanode

In this article I will explain how datanode maintains metadata information in directory configured using dfs.datanode.name.dir in hdfs-site.xml file. In my c...

HDFS - Components Overview

In this article I will explain main components of Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) and their responsibilities.

How to add auxiliary Jars in Hive

Many times we need to add auxiliary (3rd party) jars in hive class path to make use of them. Some of the auxiliary jars which I use most of the times like se...