Thnks sharninder!!! You kinda nailed it for me ;-)
On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Sharninder <sharnin...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can write your producer in c# ( > https://github.com/kafka-dev/kafka/blob/master/clients/csharp/README.md), > java, python or a number of other languages. > > This of Kafka as a separate system that is waiting to receive data in a > particular format. The language used to send that data doesn't matter. > > You can even abstract the producer with a, for eg, REST service. That way > your applications only need to send a REST request to the producer and > it'll parse it and do the needful. > > > > On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 3:59 PM, siddharth ubale < > siddharth.ub...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi , > > > > In continuity to this thread, can you let me know if i will have to > write > > a kafka producer in C# if i have to get data from c# application onto the > > kafka bus or it will be handled by the native java producer API?? and > like > > wise for any system generating data which is using any other technology > > other than java?? > > > > Thanks, > > Siddharth Ubale > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Sharninder <sharnin...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > there are kafka producers/consumers in a lot of languages. There is an > > > Ecosystem page somewhere in the wiki. Take a look at that. > > > > > > Finally, I think you should experiment with both activemq and kafka and > > > then take a decision. Don't try to find a solution and fit your problem > > to > > > it, should be the other way round. > > > > > > -- > > > Sharninder > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 11:40 AM, siddharth ubale < > > > siddharth.ub...@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi , > > > > Thanks for the quick follow up Philip. > > > > Also , can you let me know whether the kafka implementation can be as > > > > versatile as ActiveMQ with regards to connectivity? > > > > I mean to say a web-app generating transactional data in a data base > > from > > > > java webapp, ruby web app or .net web app .... can kafka talk to > these > > > with > > > > ease as ActiveMQ does or any AMQP protocol messaging system does? > > > > finally, i would also like to know whether 0.9.2 incubating can be > used > > > in > > > > production > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Siddharth > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 9:50 PM, Philip O'Toole < > > > > philip.oto...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Kafka can ingest any kind of data, and connect to many types of > > > systems. > > > > > Much work exists in this area already, for hooking a wide variety > of > > > > > systems to Kafka. If your system isn't supported, then you write a > > > Kafka > > > > > Producer to pull (or receive) messages from your system, and write > > them > > > > to > > > > > Kafka. Take a look at the Ecosystem page: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Ecosystem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Philip > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > > > > http://www.philipotoole.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 5:05 AM, siddharth ubale < > > > > > siddharth.ub...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > > > > > > > We are implementing a messaging system in order to perform Real > time > > > > > analytics. However, we are confused on using ActiveMQ or Apache > > Kafka. > > > > The > > > > > point of worry for us are : > > > > > > > > > > 1. What kind of data can be ingested by Apache kafka? If we see , > > > Active > > > > MQ > > > > > uses the JMS which has an API to Java as well as other open source > > > > > technologies. Therefore, in future we need not worry about > interface > > to > > > > or > > > > > from ActiveMQ while performing analytics. Does kafka have any > feature > > > > like > > > > > this where it can use a messaging service which can handle wide > range > > > of > > > > > input types and also have connectors to various other systems? > > > > > > > > > > 2. As compared to network of brokers concept in ActiveMQ do we have > > > > > something like that in kafka also?? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Siddharth Ubale > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
