Kafka se razlikuje od tradicionalnih redaka poruka (poput RabbitMQ-a) na ključne načine — to je distribuirana evidencija koja čuva događaje (umjesto brisanja pri konzumaciji), podržava reprodukciju, nudi vrlo visoku propusnost i koristi pull-bazirani model temeljen na particijama. Razumijevanje razlika pojašnjava kada koristiti što.
Ključne razlike
TRADITIONAL QUEUE (e.g. RabbitMQ) → messages are typically DELETED once consumed:
→ a message goes to a consumer and is removed (transient)
→ push-based often; rich routing; per-message acknowledgment
KAFKA → a durable, retained LOG of events:
→ events are STORED (retained for a period), NOT deleted on consumption
→ multiple consumers/groups can read the SAME events independently
→ REPLAY → re-read past events (rewind to any offset)
→ pull-based; partition-based ordering and scaling; very high throughput
