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Secondary NameNode

The name secondary NameNode is confusing. It does not act as a NameNode. Its main function is to get the filesystem changes from the NameNode and merge it to NameNode FSImage at regular intervals. Writing edits log file changes to FSImage are called commits. Regular commits help to reduce the NameNode start time. The secondary NameNode is also known as the commit node.

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