Uporabniške skupine so Kafkov mehanizem za skalabilno in odpornost na napake porabo — potrošniki v skupini si delijo delo porabe particij teme, s samodejnim ponovno uravnoteženjem. Globoko razumevanje je ključno za gradnjo skalabilnih Kafkovih potrošnikov.
Kako uporabniške skupine razdelijo delo
A CONSUMER GROUP = consumers cooperating to consume a topic:
→ each PARTITION is assigned to exactly ONE consumer in the group (at a time)
→ partitions are distributed across the group's consumers → PARALLEL consumption
→ e.g. 6 partitions, 3 consumers → 2 partitions each
→ scale consumption by adding consumers (UP TO the partition count — extra consumers idle)
