The blocks in a file are stored on the namenode (clearly these are file meta-data). The namenode also stores the number of replications.
There is a CRC for each block that is stored by the datanodes. Based on IRC chatter, there will soon be user and group permission meta data. On 9/26/07 2:01 PM, "kate rhodes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My understanding is that there is no file meta-data beyond it's name > and the directory that it lives in.
