Both the Kafka client and broker need to allocate memory for the whole message. So, the larger the message, the more memory fragmentation it may cause, which can lead to GC/OOME issues.
Thanks, Jun On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Rohit Pujari <rpuj...@hortonworks.com> wrote: > I'm thinking of using Kafka for transporting binary files (tiff, jpeg, > pdf). These files are anywhere between 10 KB to 5MB. Thought behind > considering Kafka is - It serves as a staging area for the files and > facilitates asynchronous ingestion in near-real-time. > > Any thoughts on using Kafka for binary payloads? gotchas, watch outs? > > Thanks, > Rohit Pujari > Solutions Architect, Hortonworks > rpuj...@hortonworks.com > > -- > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, > privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader > of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that > any printing, copying, dissemination, distribution, disclosure or > forwarding of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately > and delete it from your system. Thank You. >
