Apache Kafka in 6 minutes
A quick introduction to how Apache Kafka works and differs from other messaging systems using an example application. In this video I explain partitioning, consumer offsets, replication and many other concepts found in Kafka.
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Idk how many videos I went over but not a single one would say that partition in Kafka is JUST A QUEUE. They would unnecessarily make it complicated with more technical jargon. Thank You good Sir🧔♂👋🎩
Finally a tutorial using examples instead of abstract concepts. Thanks!
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James, this is a great video. It goes to enough technical details and a perfect first video on Kafka. It should have a million views, really. Please keep posting and sharing your knowledge. Thank you.
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You are right 👍
Would love to see more Kafka subjects communicated this way, awesome to give to a team to get basic concepts down.
I love how you don't just jump into the current implementation, but rather, goes through the thought process of starting out with single server setup, addressing issues, and then leading up to how Kafka handles it. Nice video. The videos help, the explanations are crystal clear and detailed too.
This is exactly how an introduction to a tool should be made. Thanks James, liked and subscribed! I've seen a lot of these videos about user organisations and purpose, but not the exact problem they solved using this.
Wow! You created a great video - informative and concise. It gives enough technical details, but not too many in a short amount of time. Rarely do you see technical videos this well made on KZhead. Thank you.
Hours of Kafka technology within 6 mins. And that too crystal clear. Hats off.
What an explanation. In 6 minutes so many details and so clear. This requires real talent
This 6 minutes made my day! What a crisp explanation. No bullshit straight and on point.
Thorough Notes Apache Kafka is a solution to the problems faced by the distribution and scaling of messaging systems. Kafka is used to design a system that listens to various basketball game updates from various sources and displays the game's status on various channels such as mobile devices and computer browsers. In the architecture, a process called a producer reads these updates and writes them in a queue. Downstream processes called consumers consume these updates to display them on the various channels. As the system expands to follow more games, the servers struggle to handle the load due to the queue being hosted on one server which is running out of memory and processing capacity. To add more computing power, the architecture needs to be distributed. However, distributing a queue data structure can lead to consuming updates in the wrong order, resulting in inconsistencies. Kafka allows the application to specify the way to distribute the items in the queue. In the example, items are distributed using the match name, ensuring that updates from the same match are on the same queue, maintaining an ordering per basketball match. Each queue in Kafka is called a partition, and the total number of partitions is called a partition count. Each server holding one or more of these partitions is called a broker. Each item in a partition is called a record. The field used to decide which partition the record should be stored in is called the partition key. If no key is specified, Kafka assigns a random partition. A grouping of partitions handling the same type of data is called a topic. Each record in a topic is identified by a partition number and an offset. Kafka allows for parallelizing consumer applications, with one consumer per partition guaranteeing ordering per game. Consumers can live on one machine or distributed amongst multiple ones. Consumers in Kafka are lightweight and many can be created without affecting performance. Kafka only needs to maintain the latest offsets read by each consumer. Consumers belonging to the same consumer group do not share partitions, meaning each consumer reads different records from the other consumers. Kafka provides various policies that allow it to do a record cleanup. For example, using a retention policy, you can provide a record age limit after which the records are automatically deleted. Kafka stores records in a fault-tolerant and durable way. Each record is stored on persistent storage so that if a broker goes down, it can recover when it comes back up. Kafka replicates partitions so that when a broker goes down, a backup partition takes over and processing can resume. This replication is configured using a replication factor.
What on earth was that? The most useful introduction I encountered to watch. Not only it addresses a lot of technical Q&As but also does it in a visual, perceptive and intuitive manner!
Hours of knowledge, juiced up in 6 minutes. Amazing video
I was so struggling to understand why Kafka and this is it! to the point and crisp clear explanation . Thankyou !
Very Helpful, explained in a very cleaned way. Thanks James for sharing this.
This is the best video hands down! I can see why Kafka is widely preferred because it's amazing distributed and fault tolerant architecture
extremely helpful to cover the base terms & workflow!!! brilliant piece! :D Thanks James
Hands down the best video introduction to understanding kafka in 6 mins, liked and subscribed
Straightforward explanation in six minutes, thank you.
Only a person who has deep knowledge on a subject can explain anything with clarity in a short video. Looking forward to more videos from you!
Thank you for the detailed example with the matches and the visualization, it really helps to understand the topic intuitively. Keep it up, James!
This is THE way to teach concepts as an introduction... I know because I already have questions about limitations and applications, and I'm thinking of a lot of other services that use something similar or actually are using K somewhere underneath; services I didn't REALLY understand, and now make much more sense. Thank you.
Please make more such videos. Your content is good. Thank you for bringing this. The video is to the point.
What a great video! Perfect balance between an illustrating example and technical depth. Easy to follow along. I tried another video before, with which started out talking about "source systems" and "target systems", never explaining what they mean by those, without any illustrating example, and that video lost me right away. In contrast, yours easily made sense from the first second and was easy to follow along as you kept adding depth incrementally.
One of the best video to learn about Kafka basics … Simple and very clear , Thanks a lot
James, really liked this tutorial! Concise with fantastic illustrations. Bravo
Excellent video, great explanation and visual representation. Amazing job!
Best intro to Kafka video I've seen. Thank you.
Your way of explanation is Outstanding!! Thanks and keep the good work flowing
Wow this is a great video ! I am about to take couple of virtual onsite interviews for data engineer role and looking for a short video to explain Kafa.. This is the best video !! Thanks
Simple, clear and concise.. That's how teaching should be.. Kudos!
It started off clear, but got very confusing after half way.
@@fieryscorpion same feeling but it seems like I am too stupid for now to understand the second part. this might be the reason
Simple clear and concise. Thank you James
Great video. Although I never use Kafka before, it is very clear for me to understand the its mechanism under the hood. Thank you.
Very well done man, simplified demonstration
This is the best explanation I have found on internet on the topic many thanks :)
Awesome video! Great intro with just the right amount of information.
Amazing example, great graphics and very neat explanation. Thank u for the video!
This is the fantastic video I ever watched on Kafka understanding.
❤ Wohoooooo! Simplicity at its peak. Thanks for explaining Kafka in a simplistic way.
Excellent Video, in just 6 mins you have covered core concepts of the Apache kafka.
Best and easy summary on Kafka. Pls keep posting useful videos like this.
This is a perfect video explaining the core concepts of Kafka
One of the best explanation of KAFKA to understand simply
Really very simple, and complete, description of Kafka. Thx!. Subscribed
Thanks, James... Please post more videos. Precise and clear
Awesome video. Simple and super clear!!
Best kafka intro so far. great video. thanks a lot
Excellent explanation! I just felt frustrated for not finding a Kafka course on your list!
James very simple and easy to understand
Watched many videos on Kafka but this is what i was looking for. Thanks for the simple yet effective tutorial for beginners. Loved it.
Shruti
loved it ! simply explained , to the point .Thankyou
the basic terms explained very very well.. Thank you.
Great intro to the fundamentals! Great use of example too
Truly Exceptional ! Thanks for making this.
You just nailed it very well. Thanks for the great explanation. Indeed, it was useful for me :)
Really concise overview of Kafka. Thank you.
Really amazing video, I've subscribed without thinking about it.
view a lot of videos about kafka, and you 're video is the best one
So greatly explained! Really helpful.
Straightforward and intuitive video. Thx!!!
Great explanation Sir 🙏from India 🇮🇳..will follow your classes from now❤
Thank you for explaining this with an example! 😊
Great introductory video! Thanks!
Clear explanation in 6 minutes...this is the best video to understand how Kafka works and what it solves...thanks...Can you also make a video comparing Kafka with JMS queues?
What a fantastic video... Made very very simple. 4:25 was little tough to understand. all others were made very very simple and easy to understand. You are amazing
such a great video with great explanations and examples. learned a lot!! thanks!!!!
you explained it so nicely and in a simple way.
I loved this video....nice presentation..........super simple to understand
the most clear explanation of kafka I ve seen
AGREE,
Its crazy how good this video is
Thank you so much for the this video. The diagrams really helped me understand this better.
Great and very good summary of Kaffka in small amount of time
Best explanation under 7 minutes!!
Love the brevity of the video !
James what a Content with everything ..Thanks !! keep uploading
Looking for more content like this. Thanks!
great video. your animations really supported what you said.
Very well designed and created content, thank you for sharing :)
Amazing "nutshell" intro to kafka. thanks.
Very well explained. keep up the good work. Your videos will help a lot.
this is way better than the other kafka in 5mins video on youtube
Amazing video man, very helpful !! Thanks for this .
extremely helpful! Thanks James!
Thanks a lot for the succinct introduction!
James, thank you so much for this video. I love Basketball too and so it particularly appealed to me.
To add Kekfa helps to achieve 2 main goals 1. Use Ques for async communication 2. Achieve a pub-sub model
Amazing. You just reduced 50 hours of research for me ❤
This is an amazing recap! Thanks
100% Perfect introduction to Kafka
As Einstein said - 'If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.' Perfect explaination for a beginner. Thanks much.
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Wow.. thanks for the clear explanation ❤
Thank you so much this was perfect explanation!
Thank you so much James. Very well Delivered .....!!!!
This video was amazing. New subscriber!
Wonderful video !! Thank you for detailed info
Great video this Had a hard time understanding the fundamentals of how it works.
Sir, this video is just awesome !!
thank you sir for this wonderful explanation !!
Wonderful job,... very nice 6 min video...
it is really easy to get basic things of Apache Kafka Thanks