chunkserver
nounEtymology From chunk + server.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A specialized server that retrieves chunks of data.
- Each chunk at the time of storage is replicated and stored in multiple chunkservers which provides enhanced reliability to the data stored in the GFS.2015, Pethuru Raj, Anupama Raman, Dhivya Nagaraj, High-Performance Big-Data Analytics: Computing Systems and Approaches, page 141: