Brokers | Apache Kafka 101 (2025 Edition)
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In this episode, Tim Berglund explains brokers—the network of machines that actually handles computing processes in Kafka. Brokers host partitions from multiple Kafka topics and enable the parallel processing and load distribution needed for massive scalability.
We’ll touch on how brokers work with local storage vs in modern, serverless implementations like Confluent Cloud. Even if you never plan to manage Kafka yourself, watch this video to learn the basics.
CHAPTERS
0:00 - Introduction to Kafka Brokers
1:07 - Apache Kafka vs Managed Kafka
2:00 - Brokers, Partitions, and Clusters
3:12 - Zookeeper? No, KRaft
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