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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 ...

Originally developed at LinkedIn, Apache Kafka is one of the most mature platforms for event streaming. Kafka is used for high-performance data pipelines, streaming analytics, data integration, and ...