Partitions | Apache Kafka 101 (2025 Edition)
Get started: https://cnfl.io/apache-kafka-101-lear... | You don’t know Kafka architecture until you know partitions. Learn about partitions and more in Confluent's flagship course, Apache Kafka® 101.
In this episode, Tim Berglund takes us into the heart of Kafka’s distributed architecture—the Kafka partition. We’ll dive into how partitioning works and makes Kafka highly efficient, scalable, and reliant.
This overview will give you a fundamental understanding of how partitions impact message ordering and are assigned and balanced so you can get the most out of Kafka.
CHAPTERS
0:00 - Introduction to Kafka Partitions
0:41 - Partitions: What Makes Kafka Scalable
1:34 - Message Ordering & Partitions
3:23 - Summary
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