The Apache Kafka distributed streaming platform features an architecture that – ironically, given the name – provides application messaging that is markedly clearer and less Kafkaesque when compared ...

In the previous article, we gained an understanding of the main Kafka components and how Kafka consumers work. Now, we’ll see how these contribute to the ability of Kafka to provide extreme ...

Event-driven architectures are wonderful. But Kafka was never intended to be a database, and using it as a database won’t solve your problem. It’s a tale as old as time. An enterprise is struggling ...

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Ensuring that distributed systems like Apache Kafka are resilient is crucial to withstanding disruptions, adapting to changing conditions and maintaining essential functions. Those who implement these ...

Life happens as a continuous flow of events (a stream). Ted Dunning and Ellen Friedman describe new designs for streaming data architecture that help you get real-time insights and greatly improve the ...

In this section, we will examine the architectural components and related terminology in Kafka. Basically, Kafka consists of the following components: Kafka Cluster—a collection of one or more servers ...

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