[jira] [Commented] (KAFKA-10431) ProducerPerformance with payloadFile arg: add support for sequential or random outputs

2020-08-26 Thread Zaahir Laher (Jira)


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Zaahir Laher commented on KAFKA-10431:
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Yes, so basically the payloads from the file will be sent to the topic 
sequentially from top to bottom.

> ProducerPerformance with payloadFile arg: add support for sequential or 
> random outputs
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>
> Key: KAFKA-10431
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-10431
> Project: Kafka
>  Issue Type: Improvement
>  Components: tools
>Affects Versions: 2.5.1
>Reporter: Zaahir Laher
>Priority: Minor
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> When using ProducerPerformance  with the --payloadFile argument with a file 
> with multiple payloads (i.e the default is one payload per line) , the 
> ProducerPerformance randomly chooses payloads from the file. 
> This could result in the same payload being sent, which may not be the 
> desired result in some cases. 
> It would be useful to all have another argument that allows for sequence 
> payload submission if required. If left blank this arg would default to false 
> (i.e default random selection).



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[jira] [Commented] (KAFKA-10431) ProducerPerformance with payloadFile arg: add support for sequential or random outputs

2020-08-26 Thread huxihx (Jira)


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huxihx commented on KAFKA-10431:


Seems adding a new option to ProducerPerformance requires a KIP. I am thinking 
of replacing the randomly-choosing with a sequential consuming. Is it a better 
alternative?

> ProducerPerformance with payloadFile arg: add support for sequential or 
> random outputs
> --
>
> Key: KAFKA-10431
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-10431
> Project: Kafka
>  Issue Type: Improvement
>  Components: tools
>Affects Versions: 2.5.1
>Reporter: Zaahir Laher
>Priority: Minor
>
> When using ProducerPerformance  with the --payloadFile argument with a file 
> with multiple payloads (i.e the default is one payload per line) , the 
> ProducerPerformance randomly chooses payloads from the file. 
> This could result in the same payload being sent, which may not be the 
> desired result in some cases. 
> It would be useful to all have another argument that allows for sequence 
> payload submission if required. If left blank this arg would default to false 
> (i.e default random selection).



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