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What is a NameNode in Hadoop?

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The NameNode is the master node that manages all the DataNodes (slave nodes). It records the metadata information regarding all the files stored in the cluster (on the DataNodes), e.g. The location of blocks stored, the size of the files, permissions, hierarchy, etc.

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