Kafka Partition Limits
Kafka's partition limits, their implications on performance and scalability, and best practices to optimize partition usage.
Kafka Reduce Partitions: Why It’s Not Allowed and How to Work Around It
Why Kafka doesn't allow partition reduction, the guarantees it upholds, and alternative approaches for reducing partitions without data loss.
Kafka Consumer Configurations: How Kafka message consumption works
Kafka consumer configurations max.poll.records, fetch.min.bytes, and max.partition.fetch.bytes control the number of messages fetched in a single poll.
min.insync.replicas in Apache Kafka
Learn about min.insync.replicas in Apache Kafka, its role in ensuring durability, and its impact on message delivery guarantees.
List Kafka Topics
List topics in Apache Kafka using CLI tools like kafka-topics.sh and programmatic methods. Commands, configurations, and best practices.
How to Purge Data from Kafka Topics
Learn how to purge data from Kafka topics using delete and compact cleanup policies with simple CLI commands.
RabbitMQ vs Apache Kafka: A Detailed Comparison
Compare RabbitMQ vs Apache Kafka. Understand differences, use cases, and strengths. Find out which messaging solution suits your needs.
Monitoring Kafka Partitions
Monitor Kafka partitions, critical metrics to track, and tools and best practices to ensure the smooth operation of your Kafka cluster.
How to Count Messages in a Kafka Topic Using kafka-run-class.sh
Steps for counting messages in a Kafka topic using the kafka-run-class.sh command-line tool. Monitor how many messages are stored in a topic.