Go hinmheánach, stórálann Kafka sonraí mar logadán append-only ar dhiosca (eagraithe i gcodanna), úsáideann sé teicníocha I/O éifeachtacha, agus bhainistiríonn sé meiteashonraí an bhraisle trí ZooKeeper (go stairiúil) nó KRaft (anois). Méadaíonn tuiscint ar an mbonn inmheánach ar thuiscint ar iompar agus ar fheidhmíochán Kafka.
Stóráil an logadáin um dhealramh
Each partition is an append-only LOG stored on disk, split into SEGMENTS (files):
→ new events are APPENDED to the end (sequential writes → fast)
→ events are immutable once written; identified by OFFSET
→ old segments are deleted (retention) or compacted
→ an INDEX maps offsets to file positions (fast lookups)
→ the append-only log is the core of Kafka's design (durable, sequential, efficient)
