Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose — Technology Profile & Architecture

Core Information

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Name, description, vendor website, logo, technology type and tags.

Overview & Role

Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose is a fully managed service that delivers real-time streaming data to destinations such as Amazon S3, Amazon Redshift, Amazon OpenSearch Service, and Splunk. It automatically scales to match the throughput of your data and requires no ongoing administration, making it easy to load streaming data into data stores and analytics tools.

Domain Classification & Tags

Streaming

Performance Profile

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Typical read and write throughput, payload size and processing latency.

Read Performance Profile

Throughput: N/A

Payload Size: N/A

Processing Latency: N/A

Write Performance Profile

Throughput: Up to 5 MB/second or 5,000 records/second per delivery stream (configurable limits can be increased)

Payload Size: Up to 1 MB per record, up to 5 MB per PutRecordBatch request

Processing Latency: Typically < 1 second for data ingestion into Firehose; delivery latency to destination can be 60 seconds to 15 minutes (or more, depending on buffer settings and destination availability)

Architecture Diagram

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Reference diagram of the technology's internal architecture.

Component Architecture & Topology

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Features

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Catalogued product capabilities and what each one does.

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Typical Use Cases

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Scenarios the technology is commonly chosen for.

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Known Customers

#known_customers

Publicly referenced organisations using the technology.

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Known Integrations

#known_integrations

Other products and services it is documented to work with.

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Connectors

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Directional data connections to other technologies, with direction and maturity.

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Reference Architectures

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Published architectures where the technology is used or mentioned.

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Security Features

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Built-in security and access-control capabilities.

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Known Issues

#known_issues

Documented limitations, defects and operational pitfalls.

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Guidelines

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Recommended practices for adopting and operating the technology.

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Standards & Compliance

#standards_and_compliance

Standards, certifications and control requirements it maps to.

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Sources

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Documentation and research references behind the recorded information.

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Expert Validation

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Whether domain experts reviewed and confirmed the content.

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