What is the jobtracker and what it performs in a hadoop cluster?



What is the jobtracker and what it performs in a hadoop cluster?..

Answer / Upasna Sonker

JobTracker manages the entire MapReduce process by assigning tasks to TaskTrackers, monitoring their progress, and re-scheduling failed or slow-running tasks. It also maintains a centralized resource management service for managing the resources of the Hadoop cluster.

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