PROBLEM:
Consumer throughput only 36.80 msgs/sec vs producer 50.21 msgs/sec.
Test shows messages consumed at 73% of production rate.
ROOT CAUSE:
FetchMultipleBatches was hardcoded to fetch only:
- 10 records per batch (5.1 KB per batch with 512-byte messages)
- 10 batches max per fetch (~51 KB total per fetch)
But clients request 10 MB per fetch!
- Utilization: 0.5% of requested capacity
- Massive inefficiency causing slow consumer throughput
Analysis:
- Client requests: 10 MB per fetch (FetchSize: 10e6)
- Server returns: ~51 KB per fetch (200x less!)
- Batches: 10 records each (way too small)
- Result: Consumer falls behind producer by 26%
FIX:
Calculate optimal batch size based on maxBytes:
- recordsPerBatch = (maxBytes - overhead) / estimatedMsgSize
- Start with 9.8MB / 1024 bytes = ~9,600 records per fetch
- Min 100 records, max 10,000 records per batch
- Scale max batches based on available space
- Adaptive sizing for remaining bytes
EXPECTED IMPACT:
- Consumer throughput: 36.80 → ~48+ msgs/sec (match producer)
- Fetch efficiency: 0.5% → ~98% of maxBytes
- Message loss: 45% → near 0%
This is critical for matching Kafka semantics where clients
specify fetch sizes and the broker should honor them.
chrislu
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