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What do you mean by metadata in HDFS?



What do you mean by metadata in HDFS?..

Answer / Piyush Dixit

In HDFS, metadata refers to data about the data, including information such as file name, creation time, last modification time, permissions, ownership, and block location. It is stored on the NameNode's local filesystem, in a database called the EditLog, and on secondary NameNodes if available.

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