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[jira] [Commented] (KAFKA-979) Add jitter for time based rolling

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Swapnil Ghike commented on KAFKA-979:
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Hey Sriram, can you explain what we are trying to achieve here? I am not sure if I understood the meaning of "jitter" completely.
                
> Add jitter for time based rolling
> ---------------------------------
>
>                 Key: KAFKA-979
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-979
>             Project: Kafka
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Sriram Subramanian
>            Assignee: Sriram Subramanian
>
> Currently, for low volume topics time based rolling happens at the same time. This causes a lot of IO on a typical cluster and creates back pressure. We need to add a jitter to prevent them from happening at the same time.

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