I imagine this has been asked before, but I have googled around quite a bit and can't really find a clear answer. Apologies in advance, though ..
I'm interested in Kafka setups that allow for competing customers. I'll have one topic where a lot of messages get published to, and I'd like to be able to (dynamically, eventually) fire up services to take messages of the queue and process them. Obviously, I'd expect each of the services to see consume only a subset of the messages. Do I understand correctly that I would need multiple partitions for this? I've been messing around a bit with a one topic/one partition setup, but all consumers receive the same (and total amount of) messages. Do all the clients support this? I've currently got the option between C#, Java and Python, more or less. (I expect the Java one to be most feature-complete). Thanks! Joris Peeters Developer Research and Data Technology T: +44 (0) 20 8576 5800 Winton Grove House 27 Hammersmith Grove London W6 0NE wintoncapital.com<http://www.wintoncapital.com/> [cid:image002.jpg@01D0E670.EAC418F0]<http://www.wintoncapital.com/> Winton Capital Management Limited ("Winton") is a limited company registered in England and Wales with its registered offices at 16 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7EG (Registered Company No. 3311531). Winton is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom, registered as an investment adviser with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, registered with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and a member of the National Futures Association in the United States. This communication, including any attachments, is confidential and may be privileged. This email is for use by the intended recipient only. If you receive it in error, please notify the sender and delete it. You should not copy or disclose all or any part of this email. This email does not constitute an offer or solicitation and nothing contained in this email constitutes, and should not be construed as, investment advice. Prospective investors should request offering materials and consult their own advisers with respect to investment decisions and inform themselves as to applicable legal requirements, exchange control regulations and taxes in the countries of their citizenship, residence or domicile. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Winton takes reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy and integrity of its communications, including emails. However Winton accepts no liability for any materials transmitted. Emails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free.
