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GFS: The Google File System

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• Holds all metadata:<br />

Master Server<br />

– Namespace (directory hierarchy)<br />

Holds – Access all metadata control information RAM; very (per-file) fast<br />

operations – Mapping on from file files system to chunks metadata<br />

– Current locations of chunks (chunkservers)<br />

• Delegates consistency management<br />

• Garbage collects orphaned chunks<br />

• Migrates chunks between chunkservers

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