Apache Kafka

What is Apache Kafka?

Apache Kafka is a distributed event streaming platform capable of handling trillions of events per day. Originally developed at LinkedIn, it's now the foundation for event-driven architectures at thousands of companies.

Why We Use Kafka

Kafka enables real-time data at massive scale:

• High Throughput: Millions of messages per second per cluster
• Durability: Replicated, persistent log with configurable retention
• Scalability: Horizontal scaling by adding brokers and partitions
• Stream Processing: Kafka Streams and ksqlDB for real-time transformations
• Exactly-Once Semantics: Transactional guarantees for critical data

Our Kafka Expertise

We design and operate Kafka for production workloads:

• Topic Design: Partitioning strategies and key selection
• Producer/Consumer: Reliability patterns and consumer group management
• Schema Management: Avro schemas with Schema Registry
• Kafka Connect: Source and sink connectors for data integration
• Monitoring: Lag tracking, throughput metrics, and alerting

When to Choose Kafka

Kafka excels for:

• Event sourcing and CQRS architectures
• Real-time analytics and data pipelines
• Microservices event-driven communication
• Log aggregation and audit trails
• Systems requiring replay and time-travel capabilities