what is Metastore in Hive?



what is Metastore in Hive?..

Answer / Pramod Singh

The Metastore in Hive is a centralized repository that stores metadata information about Hive tables, partitions, and other objects. It provides a unified view of the data stored across different HDFS directories and manages access control for these resources.

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