Partitions
Explore how Kafka distributes messages across partitions using keys or default round-robin methods. Understand the role of replicas during partition failures. Discover how to implement custom partitioners to balance load and manage specific routing logic for efficient data processing.
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When sending messages to Kafka topics, we can choose whether or not to specify a key. If we don’t specify a key (i.e. it is set to null), Kafka’s default mechanism takes over to assign a partition. The default partitioner directs the message to one of the available partitions in a ...