What will be the output if a Kafka producer publishes a message to a topic with multiple partitions?

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Kafka - Producers

AThe message is duplicated in all partitions automatically

BThe message is stored in one of the partitions based on the partitioning strategy

CThe message is rejected because multiple partitions exist

DThe message is stored only in the first partition always

Step-by-Step Solution

Solution:

Step 1: Understand Kafka partitioning
Kafka uses a partitioning strategy (like key hashing) to decide which partition stores the message.
Step 2: Analyze message distribution
Messages are stored in one partition, not duplicated or rejected.
Final Answer:
The message is stored in one of the partitions based on the partitioning strategy -> Option B
Quick Check:
Message goes to one partition, not all [OK]

Quick Trick: Messages go to one partition based on key or round-robin [OK]

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