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What does 'back up' node in Hadoop?

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In Hadoop, the backup node is similar to checkpoint node in every way. It expands upon checkpoint node by providing up-to-date in-memory of the file system namespace. This in-memory record of the file system namespace is in synchronization with the active NameNode. 

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