A comprehensive tutorial series to master kafka deep dive. Follow along step by step.
Follow the tutorials in order for the best learning experience. Each part builds on the previous one.
Master Kafka's architecture from the ground up. Understand brokers, clusters, ZooKeeper vs KRaft, data flow, and how all components work together in production systems.
Master Kafka's data organization. Understand partition design, replication protocols, min.insync.replicas, partition assignment strategies, and how to avoid common pitfalls.
Master Kafka producer internals. Understand batching, compression, idempotence, transactions, exactly-once semantics, partitioner logic, and performance optimization strategies.
Master Kafka consumer internals. Understand consumer groups, rebalancing protocols, offset management strategies, lag monitoring, and building scalable consumer applications.
Master Kafka's storage layer. Understand log segments, indexes, compaction, retention policies, and how Kafka achieves high performance through efficient disk usage.
Master Kafka's internal coordination systems. Understand the Controller, Group Coordinator, Transaction Coordinator, and the protocols that make Kafka reliable.
Master Kafka performance optimization and capacity planning. Learn to size clusters, tune for throughput vs latency, scale to handle massive workloads, and monitor effectively.
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