Producer Batching

The video tutorial explains Kafka's batching mechanism, focusing on minimizing latency and maximizing throughput. It covers how Kafka automatically batches messages to improve efficiency and reduce requests. The tutorial details two key settings: linger milliseconds and batch size, which control batching behavior. Linger milliseconds introduce a delay to increase batch size, while batch size determines the maximum bytes per batch. The video advises on optimal batch size settings to balance memory usage and efficiency. It concludes with a brief mention of Kafka producer metrics for monitoring batching efficiency.

How does increasing the 'linger milliseconds' affect throughput and efficiency?

Describe the relationship between batch size and compression in Kafka.