Practice Partition Leaders And Followers (replication) (3.7) - Cloud Applications: MapReduce, Spark, and Apache Kafka
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Partition Leaders and Followers (Replication)

Practice - Partition Leaders and Followers (Replication)

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the role of the leader in Kafka?

💡 Hint: Think about who handles messages in a partition.

Question 2 Easy

What do followers do in Kafka?

💡 Hint: Consider what happens when a leader writes a message.

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Question 1

What is the primary function of a leader in Kafka?

To manage reads and writes
To replicate data
To collect metrics

💡 Hint: Think about who has control over the partition's data flow.

Question 2

True or False: Followers handle read requests in Kafka.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the responsibilities of leaders versus followers.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Explain how partition leadership impacts data integrity and availability in a Kafka system. Discuss potential issues if the leadership fails and how ZooKeeper addresses these issues.

💡 Hint: Consider the role of the leader in data flow and the mechanism of leadership election.

Challenge 2 Hard

Evaluate the effectiveness of Kafka's replication model in preventing data loss. Discuss scenarios where replication may fail and the importance of configurations.

💡 Hint: Think about the balance between availability and consistency.

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