What is Apache Kafka?

Apache Kafka® is a powerful, open-source solution tailored for distributed streaming applications. It supports the expansion of production clusters to include up to a thousand brokers, enabling the management of trillions of messages each day and overseeing petabytes of data spread over hundreds of thousands of partitions. The architecture offers the capability to effortlessly scale storage and processing resources according to demand. Clusters can be extended across multiple availability zones or interconnected across various geographical locations, ensuring resilience and flexibility. Users can manipulate streams of events through diverse operations such as joins, aggregations, filters, and transformations, all while benefiting from event-time and exactly-once processing assurances. Kafka also includes a Connect interface that facilitates seamless integration with a wide array of event sources and sinks, including but not limited to Postgres, JMS, Elasticsearch, and AWS S3. Furthermore, it allows for the reading, writing, and processing of event streams using numerous programming languages, catering to a broad spectrum of development requirements. This adaptability, combined with its scalability, solidifies Kafka's position as a premier choice for organizations aiming to leverage real-time data streams efficiently. With its extensive ecosystem and community support, Kafka continues to evolve, addressing the needs of modern data-driven enterprises.

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Company Facts

Company Name:
The Apache Software Foundation
Date Founded:
1999
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
kafka.apache.org

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iPaaS Software

AI / Machine Learning
Cloud Data Integration
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Integration Management
Pre-Built Connectors
White Label
Workflow Management

Message Queue Software

Asynchronous Communications Protocol
Data Error Reduction
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On-Premise Installation
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Storage / Retrieval / Deletion
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    Position: Software Developer
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    Great Platform for Distributed Streaming

    Date: Jul 09 2020
    Summary

    Apache Kafka is a highly versatile service that can be used as a data streaming platform, a message broker service, a log aggregator and many more use cases.

    Positive

    Good performance
    Excellent scaling capability & fault tolerance
    Handles real time data pipelines
    Can be used as a message broker service as well
    Can be used in a variety of use cases

    Negative

    It is an advanced solution so it takes time and learning to deploy and use. Not very beginner friendly.

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