Constantly starting and stopping Apache Kafka producers and consumers? That’s a recipe for high resource usage and inefficiency. Short-lived connections are heavy on resources, and can slow down your whole cluster. Keep them running to boost performance, cut latency, and get the most out of your Kafka setup.

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Default settings in Apache Kafka work when you’re getting started, but aren't suited for production. Sticking with defaults, like a seven-day retention policy, or a replication factor of one, can cause storage issues, or data loss in case of failure. Learn why optimizing retention periods, replication factors, and partitions, is crucial for better Kafka performance and reliability.