Apache Kafka (https://kafka.apache.org/) is a distributed data streaming platform that can be used to publish, subscribe, store, and process streams of data from multiple sources in real time at amazing speeds.
Apache Kafka can be plugged into streaming data pipelines that distribute data between systems, and also into the systems and applications that consume that data. Since Apache Kafka reduces the need for point-to-point integrations for data sharing, it is a perfect fit for a range of use cases where high throughput and scalability are vital.
Additionally, once you combine Kafka with Kubernetes, you attain all the benefits of Kafka, as well as the advantages of Kubernetes, such as the following:
- Scalability and high availability: You can easily scale up and down resources with Kubernetes, which means you can automatically determine the...