advanced~2h

Kinesis Data Streams

Real-time, ordered, replayable data streaming at massive scale — for when you need many consumers reading the same continuous flow of events, not just one-time delivery.

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🎓 Learning objectives

  • Explain how Kinesis differs fundamentally from SQS
  • Explain shards and how they determine a stream's throughput capacity
  • Explain why multiple independent consumers can all read the same data from a Kinesis stream
  • Recognize when a workload needs Kinesis versus SQS/SNS

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