Big Data Technology & Architecture

Jul 3, 2020 · Big Data

Kafka Fundamentals: Topics, Partitions, Producers, Consumers, and Cluster Architecture

This article provides a comprehensive overview of Kafka, explaining how topics are divided into partitions, the roles of producers and consumers, consumer groups, broker responsibilities, offset management, data persistence, replication mechanisms, leader‑follower coordination, and the use of Zookeeper for metadata.