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diff --git a/system/kafka/README b/system/kafka/README index 4debc23d4c..8f5d531d74 100644 --- a/system/kafka/README +++ b/system/kafka/README @@ -1,27 +1,27 @@ -Apache Kafka is publish-subscribe messaging rethought as a +Apache Kafka is publish-subscribe messaging rethought as a distributed commit log. Fast - A single Kafka broker can handle hundreds of megabytes + A single Kafka broker can handle hundreds of megabytes of reads and writes per second from thousands of clients. Scalable - Kafka is designed to allow a single cluster to serve as - the central data backbone for a large organization. It - can be elastically and transparently expanded without - downtime. Data streams are partitioned and spread over a - cluster of machines to allow data streams larger than the - capability of any single machine and to allow clusters of + Kafka is designed to allow a single cluster to serve as + the central data backbone for a large organization. It + can be elastically and transparently expanded without + downtime. Data streams are partitioned and spread over a + cluster of machines to allow data streams larger than the + capability of any single machine and to allow clusters of co-ordinated consumers Durable - Messages are persisted on disk and replicated within the - cluster to prevent data loss. Each broker can handle + Messages are persisted on disk and replicated within the + cluster to prevent data loss. Each broker can handle terabytes of messages without performance impact. Distributed by Design - Kafka has a modern cluster-centric design that offers - strong durability and fault-tolerance guarantees. + Kafka has a modern cluster-centric design that offers + strong durability and fault-tolerance guarantees. Groupname and username |