Introduction to Apache Kafka

Apache Kafka is all about getting large amounts of data from one place to another, rapidly, and reliably. In computing terms Apache Kafka is a messaging system that is tailored for high throughput use cases, where vast amounts of data need to be moved in a scalable, fault tolerant way. That is why companies like LinkedIn, Netflix, Uber and Airbnb utilize Apache Kafka to provide the messaging infrastructure that can handle hundreds of billions of messages that amount to several hundred terabytes of data being produced, moved around and consumed per day. Read more at https://moustafarefaat.wordpress.com/2017/08/21/introduction-to-apache-kafka/