Case Study
The Hazelcast and Apache Kafka Reference Architecture
©Hazelcast | 2 W 5th Ave, Ste 300, San Mateo, CA 94402 | USA | 1 650.521.5453 | hazelcast.com 1 ©Hazelcast | 2 W 5th Ave, Ste 300, San Mateo, CA 94402 | USA | 1 650.521.5453 | hazelcast.com The Hazelcast and Apache Kafka ® Transaction Processing Reference Architecture White Paper©Hazelcast | 2 W 5th Ave, Ste 300, San Mateo, CA 94402 | USA | 1 650.521.5453 | hazelcast.com 2 ©Hazelcast | 2 W 5th Ave, Ste 300, San Mateo, CA 94402 | USA | 1 650.521.5453 | hazelcast.com Introduction Most computerized systems today follow a “request-response” pattern where an end client (either a human end user or another software application) submits a request to a remote system, which then runs a task that results in a response. Popular examples of this type of interaction include e-comme