Does this help: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/FAQ#FAQ-HowdoIchoosethenumberofpartitionsforatopic?
On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 03:34:28PM -0700, Cassa L wrote: > Hi, > I am sizing Kafka setup for the first time. One question I have is, how > to determine number of partitions my topic will need. Are there any > considerations to be taken in order to determine this number. I am planning > to have a three node Kafka cluster. > > LCassa.