Sivaraman Arumugam
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Apache Kafka

Apache Kafka is a scalable, distributed messaging system used for real-time data processing. Ideal for data-intensive apps, Kafka enables parallel processing, low-latency handling, and fault-tolerance

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Kafka Architecture

Nov 2, 20222 min read72 views

The Kafka architecture is a distributed, scalable, and fault-tolerant system for handling large volumes of real-time data. The architecture consists...

Kafka Producer

Feb 20, 20231 min read41 views

Producer In Apache Kafka, Producer is a client application that sends data to a Kafka cluster. The producer is responsible for publishing records on...

Kafka Producer

Kafka Topic

Feb 20, 20232 min read15 views

In Apache Kafka, a topic is a category or feed name to which messages are published. A topic in Kafka is similar to a table in a database or a folder...

Kafka Partition

Feb 20, 20232 min read691 views

In Apache Kafka, a partition is a unit of parallelism and scaling for topics. Each topic in Kafka can be split into one or more partitions, and each...

Kafka Broker

Feb 20, 20232 min read31 views

In Apache Kafka, a broker is a single node in a Kafka cluster. It is a server that is responsible for handling read and writes requests from producers...

Kafka Consumer

Feb 20, 20232 min read59 views

In Apache Kafka, a consumer is a client application that reads messages from one or more topics in a Kafka cluster. The consumer is responsible for...