Kafka for Mere Mortals #2

Sun, 03 Jun 2018 22:30:50 +0100

I recommend to start with the previous part of the series before going ahead unless you have already read it.

Kafka as a distributed system ¶

Kafka is designed as a distributed system to achieve horizontal scalability, high availability (HA), and data redundancy. Horizontal scalability means we can keep adding more and more nodes to a cluster to handle virtually any imaginable load¹. High availability describes a system that is always operational even if some of its components fail or get disconnected. Data redundancy is employed to ensure there is no data loss or corruption.

Kafka for Mere Mortals #1

Sun, 01 Oct 2017 23:31:44 +0100

This series of posts is an attempt to explain what Apache Kafka is and to show some benefits of using it side by side with a relational database in a .NET (or really any) distributed solution. I am by no means expert in any of those technologies so take all of that with a pinch of salt. I am assuming you will have a basic knowledge of relational databases and some experience in building applications.

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Kafka for Mere Mortals #2

Kafka as a distributed system ¶

Kafka for Mere Mortals #1