What is Amazon Kinesis?
Amazon Kinesis is a cloud-based managed service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) to allow for real-time streaming data ingestion and processing. It is designed to easily ingest and process high volumes of streaming data from multiple sources simultaneously, making it well-suited for real-time analytics and big data workloads.
Some key capabilities and benefits of Amazon Kinesis include:
- Scalable data streams that can ingest gigabytes of data per second from hundreds of thousands of sources
- Real-time processing of streaming data as soon as it arrives to enable near-instant analytics and insights
- Customizable data processing through Kinesis Data Analytics and other AWS analytics services
- Easy integration with a variety of data sources like web/mobile apps, IoT devices, and more through Kinesis agents and producers
- Durable storage of streaming data for later replay and reprocessing needs
- High availability and durability built in to handle data streams 24/7
Amazon Kinesis integrates closely with other AWS services like S3, Redshift, and Lambda to provide a complete platform for streaming data intake, processing, analysis, and storage. The service handles the underlying infrastructure to simplify real-time analytics at any scale.