A 911 computer-aided dispatch feed on OCI Streaming must let several consumers process messages in parallel. What is the unit that determines that parallelism?
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Short Explanation
Partitions are like checkout lanes—more lanes mean more cashiers can work at once, but a seventh cashier with only six lanes stands idle. Messages spread across Oracle-managed partitions so consumers can read in parallel; fan-out scales with partition count. Partition count is chosen when you create the stream, not by raising a Function’s memory.
Full Explanation
OCI Streaming distributes messages across Oracle-managed partitions so multiple consumers can read in parallel. Throughput and consumer-group fan-out scale with the partition count. Adding consumers beyond the number of partitions leaves extras idle because each partition is consumed by one group member at a time. Partition count is a stream-creation setting; it is not controlled by a Function’s memory configuration.