How to run Consumer for a Long time

Hi i am using CDH kafka_2.10 0.9.0-kafka-2.0.0, i wrote a java kafka consumer process which needs to be run for long time, 8-10 hrs. what are the properties do i need to set in order to run consumer for a long time. how can i achieve real time processing with Kafka. can some one guide me

How does Cloudera manager Collects Kafka Metrics

can someone explain, how Cloudera manager Collects Kafka Metrics, such as TotalMessages in a Topic, Total Bytes read and written from and into Kafka. please let me know Thanks, -Yeshwanth Can you Imagine what I would do if I could do all I can - Art of War