How can load balancing of Kafka clients across multiple brokers be accomplished?

The correct answer is A. Partitions. Partitions are the primary mechanism for achieving load balancing in Kafka. When a topic has multiple partitions, Kafka clients (producers and consumers) can distribute the load across brokers hosting these partitions.

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BReplicas
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DConnectors

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Partitions are the primary mechanism for achieving load balancing in Kafka. When a topic has multiple partitions, Kafka clients (producers and consumers) can distribute the load across brokers hosting these partitions.

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