The master node coordinates the Storm cluster. It distributed code around the cluster, monitors topologies, and reassigns any tasks that have failed. Check out

The master node coordinates the Storm cluster. It distributed code around the cluster, monitors topologies, and reassigns any tasks that have failed. Check out the wiki for more information about how Storm works and how to use it: https://github.com/nathanmarz/storm/wiki https://github.com/nathanmarz/storm/wiki Some of the things that Storm does are non-trivial, especially guaranteeing data processing. I recommend thinking more about whether you want to re-implement these kinds of things on other technologies.