One of the biggest red flags in a Hadoop interview is calling the Secondary NameNode a "backup" for high availability. It is actually just a checkpoint node! 🛑
I just made a quick 30-second visual breakdown explaining exactly what it does behind the scenes so you don't fall into this common trap. Hope this helps anyone currently studying!
You can check out the quick breakdown here:
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19PysXpT4D/