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  1. Kafka
  2. KAFKA-3170

Default value of fetch_min_bytes in new consumer is 1024 while doc says it is 1

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    • Bug
    • Status: Resolved
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 0.9.0.0
    • 0.9.0.1
    • consumer
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      FETCH_MIN_BYTES_DOC says:

      The minimum amount of data the server should return for a fetch request. If insufficient data is available the request will wait for that much data to accumulate before answering the request. The default setting of 1 byte means that fetch requests are answered as soon as a single byte of data is available or the fetch request times out waiting for data to arrive. Setting this to something greater than 1 will cause the server to wait for larger amounts of data to accumulate which can improve server throughput a bit at the cost of some additional latency.

      But the default value is actually set to 1024. Either the doc or the value needs to be changed. Perhaps 1 is a better default?

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            rsivaram Rajini Sivaram
            rsivaram Rajini Sivaram
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