Apache: Big Data 2016

Big Data means big hardware, and the less of it we can use to do the job properly, the better the bottom line. Apache Kafka makes up the core of our data pipelines at many organizations, including LinkedIn, and we are on a perpetual quest to squeeze as much as we can out of our systems, from Zookeeper, to the brokers, to the various client applications. This means we need to know how well the system is running, and only then can we start turning the knobs to optimize it. In this talk, we will explore how best to monitor Kafka and its clients to assure they are working well. Then we will dive into how to get the best performance from Kafka, including how to pick hardware and the effect of a variety of configurations in both the broker and clients. We’ll also talk about setting up Kafka for no data loss.