Building a Real-Time Kafka + Cassandra Pipeline
The article discusses the integration of Apache Kafka and Apache Cassandra for building a real-time data pipeline. Kafka is used for high-throughput event streaming, while Cassandra provides scalable and fault-tolerant storage. An example is provided of a movie streaming company utilizing this combination to manage user data and enhance recommendations.
- ▪Apache Kafka handles real-time event streaming and ingestion, while Apache Cassandra offers scalable, low-latency persistent storage.
- ▪The integration allows companies to achieve massive write throughput and low latency reads.
- ▪Cassandra is a NoSQL database designed for high availability and data replication across multiple nodes.
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