Yes, on average, each broker will host (total partitions * replication factor) /brokers partitions.
Thanks, Jun On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 12:04 AM, Tom Amon <ta46...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not really, it doesn't say anything about replication. Should I assume that > replication follows the same rules? In other words, the maximum number of > partitions on a single node is (partitions/brokers * replication factor)? > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Does the following help? > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/FAQ#FAQ-HowdoIchoosethenumberofpartitionsforatopic > > ? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jun > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Tom Amon <ta46...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I'm trying to tune the log retention size and have a question. > > > > > > I have a replication factor of 3 on a cluster of 5 brokers. How many > > > partitions will a broker host? Is there any way to tell? Or do I have > > > to assume that each broker will host all partitions and size accordingly? > > > > > > Thanks much for the help. > > > >
