Kafka Producer Properties Calculator
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Kafka Producer Properties Calculator

Optimize your Kafka producer settings for
maximum throughput with minimal configuration
Typical message size in your workload. Common ranges: 100B-10KB. Can be up to 10MB.
How much data you need to send per second. Higher values require more aggressive batching.
The number of replicas the topic you produce data to has.
Total memory available to your producer application. Affects buffer sizes and throughput capacity.
Number of CPU cores available. Affects compression options and concurrent request handling.
Controls durability vs. speed tradeoff. "all" ensures data is replicated (safest), "0" maximizes throughput (no guarantees).
Reduces network bandwidth at the cost of CPU. Choose based on your message content and CPU availability.
Available network speed between your producer and Kafka cluster. Affects compression recommendations.
How long to wait for more messages before sending a batch. Higher values increase throughput but add latency.

Recommended Producer Properties

Expected Performance

    Reliability Trade-offs

      Understanding Key Settings

      batch.size

      Controls the amount of memory in bytes used for batching records awaiting transmission. Larger batches lead to higher throughput but might increase latency.

      linger.ms

      How long to wait for additional messages before sending a batch. Higher values increase throughput at the cost of latency.

      buffer.memory

      Total memory the producer can use to buffer records waiting to be sent to the server.

      max.in.flight.requests.per.connection

      Maximum number of unacknowledged requests the client will send before blocking. Higher values increase throughput but can affect ordering with retries.

      compression.type

      Compression algorithm applied to batches. Compression reduces network bandwidth usage but uses CPU resources.

      acks

      Controls durability guarantees. "all" ensures all replicas acknowledge writes (slowest but most durable), "1" waits for just the leader (faster), "0" doesn't wait for acknowledgment (fastest but least durable).