On 12/20/12 11:46 AM, Christopher Alexander wrote:
During my due diligence to assess use of Kafka for both our activity and log message
streams, I would like to ask the project committers and community users about using Kafka
with Node.js. Yes, I am aware that a Kafka client exists for Node.js
(https://github.com/marcuswestin/node-kafka), which has spurred further interest by our
front-end team. Here are my questions, excuse me if they seem "noobish".
1. How reliable is the Node.js client
(https://github.com/marcuswestin/node-kafka) in production applications? If
there are issues, what are they (the GitHub repo currently lists none)?
Just FYI, there is another node.js library
https://github.com/cainus/Prozess. I have no experience with either, so
I cannot say how reliable they are.
2. To support real-time activity streams within Node.js, what is the
recommended consumer polling interval?
What kind of data velocity do you expect? You should only have to poll
if your consumer catches up to the broker and there's no more data.
Blocking/polling behavior of the consumer depends entirely on the client
implementation.
3. General advise observations on integrating a front-end based Node.js
application with Kafka mediated messaging.
Thanks you!
Chris
