What is Amazon Kinesis Data Streams?
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams is a highly scalable, durable, and cost-effective streaming data service that simplifies the process of capturing, processing, and storing data streams at any scale. This service can continuously capture and process gigabytes of data per second from hundreds of thousands of sources, including website clickstreams, database event streams, financial transactions, social media feeds, IT logs, and location-tracking events. The collected data is made available in milliseconds, enabling a wide range of real-time analytics use cases, such as real-time dashboards, real-time anomaly detection, and dynamic pricing. Customers rely on Amazon Kinesis Data Streams to run more than two million unique streams and process tens of petabytes of data per day, demonstrating its robust capabilities and high-performance processing
Highlights
- Massively Scalable: Handles high-volume data streams from hundreds of thousands of sources, capturing gigabytes of data per second
- Durable and Low-Cost: Provides a reliable and cost-effective solution for streaming data processing
- Real-Time Data Availability: Makes collected data available in milliseconds, enabling real-time analytics applications
- Diverse Use Cases: Supports a wide range of real-time data processing and analytics scenarios, including dashboards, anomaly detection, and dynamic pricing.