If keys are null, what happens in terms of partitioning, is the load spread evenly..?
On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 7:59 AM, Gwen Shapira <g...@confluent.io> wrote: > Kafka itself supports null keys. I'm not sure about the Go client you > use, but Confluent's Go client also supports null keys > (https://github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/). > > If you decide to generate keys and you want even spread, a random > number generator is probably your best bet. > > Gwen > > On Sun, Oct 9, 2016 at 6:05 PM, Ali Akhtar <ali.rac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A kafka producer written elsewhere that I'm using, which uses the Go > kafka > > driver, is sending messages where the key is null. > > > > Is this OK - or will this cause issues due to partitioning not happening > > correctly? > > > > What would be a good way to generate keys in this case, to ensure even > > partition spread? > > > > Thanks. > > > > -- > Gwen Shapira > Product Manager | Confluent > 650.450.2760 | @gwenshap > Follow us: Twitter | blog >
