Explain what is a task tracker in hadoop?



Explain what is a task tracker in hadoop?..

Answer / Pragya Aparajita

Task Tracker (TT) in Hadoop is a process responsible for executing MapReduce tasks on the worker nodes. It communicates with JobTracker (JT) to receive tasks, manage their execution, and report back the results. Each TT runs an associated NameNode to handle local HDFS operations.

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