hadoop/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/concept/_index.md

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title: Concepts
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Ozone's architectural elements are explained in the following pages. The
metadata layer, data layer, protocol bus, replication layer and Recon  are
discussed in the following pages. These concepts are useful if you want to
understand how ozone works in depth.

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