- IoT devices generate large streams of data that need to be collected and processed in real-time. MQTT and Kafka are common protocols for collecting IoT data streams. MQTT is lightweight but lacks scalability while Kafka is highly scalable.
- Stream processing platforms like Flink, Storm and Spark can be used to analyze the IoT data streams. Flink supports both batch and stream processing while Storm is best for low-latency streaming. Spark is better for machine learning on streams.
- An example use case is real-time equipment monitoring in a factory where IoT sensors stream data to Kafka which is then processed by Flink to detect abnormalities and enable predictive maintenance. Performance is evaluated based on latency and