Advantages are:
- for large DBs w/ many partitions we can ingest data in-parallel
- on top of this change we can implement per-sequencer seeking, which is
required for replay
This refactors the write buffer a bit for:
- **Testing:** Add generic tests for the Kafka and the mocking
implementation. The same interface can be used easily add new
implementations (e.g. via Redis, filesystem, ...).
- **Partition on Write:** The caller of the writer operation must now
specify the partition/sequencer ID. The implicit partitioning of the
Kafka writer would have lead to broken data since we must never spill
entries w/ the same primary key over multiple partitions. At the
moment we will only use partition 0 but we can easily implement
better logic in the future.
- **Improved Mocking:** The mocked implementation now simulates a system
that feels more real. Especially the handling around multiple streams
and "write while read" has been improved. This will be helpful for
testing and for new features like seeking (during replay). A solid
realistic mock also helps us to ensure that the tests using the mock
do not rely on unrealistic behavior too much.
Marco Neumann
Marko Mikulicic
Carol (Nichols || Goulding)
Andrew Lamb