Real-time processing handles event data with sufficiently low delay to support decisions while events are occurring. An event-streaming platform captures events, transfers and stores them in order, and lets applications process or analyze the resulting stream. section 1.1
Use real-time processing when immediate responses matter, including:
- Reviewing purchases as they happen to detect potentially fraudulent credit-card use. section 1.1
- Interpreting temperature-sensor signals while a manufacturing problem may be developing. section 1.1
- Sending routing information to the appropriate department as business events arrive. section 1.1
Replaying a sudden sales surge
After an unusually successful online sale crashes servers, engineers replay the durable event history to understand the influx and improve capacity for future activity. section 1.1
