Cloud Architecture

Real-Time Analytics: MSK to Apache Flink

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Streaming architecture pipeline showing Producer apps feeding Amazon MSK, processed by Apache Flink, and stored in DynamoDB for real-time APIs.

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What it shows

Apache Flink processes event streams with sub-second sliding windows.
Amazon MSK manages high-throughput Kafka partitions without broker ops.
DynamoDB provides low-latency key-value serving for downstream consumers.

The takeaway

Pairing Amazon MSK with managed Apache Flink enables true sub-second stateful stream processing.

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