Kafka Tutorial for Beginners This Kafka tutorial from Intellipaat covers the introduction to Kafka, its definition, installation of Kafka, use cases, ecosystem, version updating, Application Programming Interface, configuration, operation, basic Kafka operations, datacenters, import configuration, Java version, hardware and operating system, monitoring, and conclusion. Read below to find out why Kafka has gained impetus in such a short span of time since its inception: Widely known for its speed, i.e., 2 million writes per second with zero downtime and zero loss Balances the load by storing more than one partition Able to gather logs from multiple sources and convert them in a standard format. Kafka vs Storm Despite both these technologies work together, their operations are slightly different in nature. Let’s compare Kafka and Storm: Apache Kafka Apache Storm distributed pub-sub real-time messaging system distributed real-time computation engine processes messages at scale processes unbounded streams of data Useful when processing and analyzing data in real-time Useful in transforming data in multiple stages Related Blogs What’s Inside MapReduce Example Describes a MapReduce example for big data analysis in Hadoop systems. Kafka Interview Questions Showcases Kafka questions for big data streaming job preparation. Sparse Matrix in Data Structure Outlines sparse matrices for optimized data storage and processing. Splunk Interview Questions Details Splunk questions for log analytics and monitoring interviews. Hive Interview Questions Offers Hive questions for big data warehousing job interviews. Apache Spark Interview Questions Provides Spark questions for big data processing and analytics roles. HDFS Interview Questions Showcases HDFS questions for big data storage job preparation. Top Big Data Challenges Explores major challenges in big data analytics and management. Sqoop Interview Questions Details Sqoop questions for data transfer roles in big data environments. Our Big Data Courses Duration and Fees Program Name Start Date Fees Big Data Hadoop Course in Bangalore Cohort Starts on: 7th Jun 2025 ₹22,743 Big Data Hadoop Training in Pune Cohort Starts on: 7th Jun 2025 ₹22,743