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CCA-500 · Question #34

You decide to create a cluster which runs HDFS in High Availability mode with automatic failover, using Quorum Storage. What is the purpose of ZooKeeper in such a configuration?

The correct answer is A. It only keeps track of which NameNode is Active at any given time. Availability-Guide.pdf(page 15)

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Question

You decide to create a cluster which runs HDFS in High Availability mode with automatic failover, using Quorum Storage. What is the purpose of ZooKeeper in such a configuration?

Options

  • AIt only keeps track of which NameNode is Active at any given time
  • BIt monitors an NFS mount point and reports if the mount point disappears
  • CIt both keeps track of which NameNode is Active at any given time, and manages the Edits file.
  • DIf only manages the Edits file, which is log of changes to the HDFS filesystem
  • EClients connect to ZooKeeper to determine which NameNode is Active

How the community answered

(29 responses)
  • A
    69% (20)
  • B
    7% (2)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    17% (5)
  • E
    3% (1)

Explanation

Availability-Guide.pdf(page 15)

Topics

#ZooKeeper#HDFS HA#automatic failover#Quorum Storage

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