In the wiki - there is a statement that a partition must fit on a single
machine, while technically true, isn't it so that a partition must fit on a
single disk on that machine.
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/FAQ#FAQ-HowmanytopicscanIhave
partition in your topic you >cannot scale your write rate or retention
beyond the capability of a single machine. If you have 1000 >partitions you
could potentially use 1000 machines.
thanks,
svante
machine, while technically true, isn't it so that a partition must fit on a
single disk on that machine.
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/FAQ#FAQ-HowmanytopicscanIhave
partition in your topic you >cannot scale your write rate or retention
beyond the capability of a single machine. If you have 1000 >partitions you
could potentially use 1000 machines.
thanks,
svante