A little question， when old message log is deleted， the start point offset is changed. If a simple consumer seek a offset less than start point offset, what will happen? Read all message from start?
2013/4/2 Jason Rosenberg <j...@squareup.com> > Essentially, > > There's a configuration property: log.retention.hours > > This determines the minimum time a message will remain available on the > broker. The default is 7 days. > > The kafka broker doesn't keep track of whether the message has been > consumed or not (or how many times it has been consumed). > > It's up to individual consumers to keep track of which message offset > they've consumed (which typically gets saved in zookeeper). > > Jason > > > On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Philip O'Toole <phi...@loggly.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Ankit Jain <ankitjainc...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > Once the message is consumed by consumer, we want it to delete from > > message > > > broker as well. > > > > > > > Kafka doesn't work this way. Read the design doc -- it's well written, > and > > should be read by anyone working with Kafka. > > > > http://kafka.apache.org/design.html > > > > > > > > > > > > I was exploring the kafka configuration, but not sure which > configuration > > > would full my need. > > > > > > Guys, I need your help. > > > > > > Thanks .. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Thanks, > > > Ankit Jain > > > > > >
